READING and WRITING OPTIONS

Writing Options: Alphabet Work

ABC Order

ABC Wooden Train Letters

ABC Plastic Block Letters

ABC Plastic Pillow Letters

ABC Plastic Letters and ABC ARC Mats

ABC Window Clings

Objective:

Letters be found in a variety of "media" such as foam shapes, tiles, beads, cards, erasers, and much more!

Encourage students to use these objects one by one and sequence the letters in to ABC order.

How to Introduce:

Gather students at the carpet in an oval.

Distribute 1 – 2 train letter “cars” to each student.

Begin singing the “ABC SONG” and lay down the first few letter train cars.

As each letter is sung, the student with the letter lays the letter car down.

Repeat the song to order the entire alphabet.

Refer to an ABC chart for reference when students are not familiar with letter formation.

After all letters are in place, check the order by singing the song again.

Point to each letter as you sing the song.

Ask students to find 1 – 2 letter train cars and to follow you.

Lead students to the ABC Literacy Corner.

Show them the container/drawer/bin where the activity will be stored.

Have students place letter train cars into the drawer.

Remind students that when they come to the ABC Literacy Corner, they may do the activity.

NOTE - - the same ABOVE procedure would be repeated for EACH and EVERY different ABC sequencing "tool" [toy/manipulative - -as seen in the above pics].

Differentiating the Task:

Have students write the letters after they sequence them.

Have students write a word for each letter after they are sequenced.

Materials:

Letter blocks, cubes, cards, whatever you have on hand!!

ABC Letters (letter tiles, letter foamies, letter beads, letter cards, letter erasers, letter ______, etc

Alphabet Arcs are from HERE

Window Alphabet Clings can be found HERE, HERE,or HERE

Wooden Train ABC Cars are from Michael's Craft Store - - $1.00 per car.

Storage Ideas:

Each activity is stored in a pull-out drawer in our ABC Corner (center) with its corresponding direction sheet