Letter Knowledge

Letter Knowledge -
Breaking the Code

Helping preschool children learn letter shapes and the corresponding sounds in an enjoyable way is part of intentional literacy teaching for the preschool years. "Learning letters" includes various skills: recognizing capital letters and lower case, various types of print, understanding that directionality maters and beginning to print the letters.

These web sites will help you think about Letter Knowledge:

Alphabet knowledge

ABC connecting http://www.yahooligans.com/school_bell/language_arts/alphabet_fun/Learning_the_Alphabet/
ABC pages on line http://www.ivyjoy.com/abc/abc.shtml
ABC chant http://members.tripod.com/~ESL4Kids/chants/alphabet.html
Activity page for sorting A and B ftp://ftp.prenhall.com/pub/ect/curriculum_and_instruction.q-081/bear/f01-02a.pdf
Activity page for sorting T & F ftp://ftp.prenhall.com/pub/ect/curriculum_and_instruction.q-081/bear/f01-02b.pdf
Activity page for sorting CH, TH, SH ftp://ftp.prenhall.com/pub/ect/curriculum_and_instruction.q-081/bear/f01-03a.pdf
Activities related to letters: http://www.alphabet-soup.net/alphabite.html
Alphabet kids - work pages on line http://familycrafts.about.com/library/weekly/aa082800a.htm
Alphabet ideas http://www.mrsalphabet.com/ then, classroom.
Alphabet pages http://www.kinderstart.com/learningactivitiesandcrafts/alphabetletters.html
Alphabetic principle - video http://216.250.230.92:8080/ramgen/clips/rr/dvd/moats3.rm
Easy to read books on line http://www.readinga-z.com/newfiles/preview.html
Games and worksheets Alphabet knowledge http://www.earlyliterature.ecsd.net/alphabet1.htm
Letting Go of Letter of the Week http://www.tamucc.edu/~swolff/ENGL3360/PV0112Letting.pdf
Letter Knowledge and Rhyming skills http://www.factsinaction.org/classroom/clapr011.htm
Letter Knowledge http://www.literacymatters.com/letters.html
Letter Sound Recognition http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=132
Movements with letters http://www.literacyconnections.com/DrJeanLocomotionLetters.html
Powerpoint presentation about learning the lphabet. http://www.ciera.org/library/presos/2001/2001nrc/01nrcstahl/01nrcsta.pdf
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/alphabet.ppt
Songs by the letter http://www.kididdles.com/mouseum/alpha.html
Starfall Letter/sounds pictures http://www.starfall.com/n/level-k/index/load.htm?f
Training activity: http://www.nwrel.org/learns/trainingopps/training/tutor_13.html

Individual letters
    Letter M: Sesame Street http://www.sesameworkshop.org/sesamestreet/stories/read.php?contentId=2760
    Letter M: songs http://www.dltk-teach.com/alphabuddies/songs/m.htm
                              http://www.meddybemps.com/letterary/About_the_Letter_M.html
    Letter M Activity: http://www.kidzone.ws/kindergarten/letterm.htm
    Letter M Ideas: http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/967.html
    Big M Little m: http://www.meddybemps.com/letterary/About_the_Letter_M.html

Alphabet books

Mini-alphabet books-download http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/themes/alphabet.shtml
http://posters.barnesandnoble.com/search/results.asp?cat=1004421&PCAT=1001551
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/wil/#Alphabet
http://www.education-world.com/a_books/books157.shtml

http://www.nps.gov/archive/cuva/kidstuff/alphabet/a.htm

Word Walls

http://www.mrsalphabet.com/ classroom then word walls
Activities: http://www.teachers.net/4blocks/mindreader.pdf
Chants: http://www.teachers.net/4blocks/kelley_ww_chants.pdf
Games and Word Activities: http://www.nwrel.org/learns/trainingopps/games/games.pdf
Lists: http://www.k111.k12.il.us/lafayette/FourBlocks/wwwklist.doc
http://www.k111.k12.il.us/lafayette/FourBlocks/word_wall_grade_level_lists.htm
theory and games: http://www.coe.ilstu.edu/portfolios/students/wjmirow/word%2520walls%2520web%2520page.htm