Alphabet Letters Activities
Teacher Instructions: Duplicate an alphabet set for each student. Have the students cut the letters apart and put them in a paper clip or envelope. Using their sets of letters, have the students… 1. Sort and match the upper and lower case letters. 2. Put the letters in alphabetical order. 3. Have the students “Hold up the lower case t, s, b etc.” Then continue with upper case letters. 4. Have the students remove the letters that are called vowels. 5. Have the students say the sound of each short vowel sound 6. Have the students say the name of each consonant. 7. Remove the letters c and q from the consonants. (C and K share a sound. Q has no sound when it stands alone.) 8. In alphabetical sequence, have the students say the letter and then the sound the letter makes. 9. Each student selects letters to spell his/her name. Discuss using capital letters at the beginning of names. 10. “I will say a word. Please hold up the letter that makes the first sound in the word.”
Words bad pan stop zoo month
van wig yes go down
red fun name job telephone
date hat time kit year
11. Ask the students to hold up a letter. The student says the name of the letter and the sound that the letter makes. Then the student gives a word that begins with that letter. The teacher records the word on a chalkboard, flip chart or overhead. Ask the student (or other students), how the word should be spelled.
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A b D e G h J k
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a C d F g I j L
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B c E f H i K l
M n P q S t V w
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N o Q r T u W x
Y z
Date Telephone
y
Some Must Know Words
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Time Day
Address Year Social Security Male Play
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Signature Birth date Men Female
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Stop Medium Down Month Yes Bus Dime Cup Gallon
Go Large Left Off No No Smoking Quarter Pint Monday (Mon.)
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Small Up Right On Telephone Nickel Penny Quart Tuesday (Tues.)
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Thursday Friday (Wed.) (Thurs.) (Fri.) Saturday Sunday Clock (Sat.) (Sun.) January February March (Jan.) (Feb.) (Mar.) April May June (Apr.) July August September (Aug.) (Sept.) October November December (Oct.) (Nov.) (Dec.) Fast Forward Rewind Dollar (FF) (Rew) How much What Which
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Activities for Must Know Words
1. Have the learners cut apart the “must know” words and store them in an envelope. Label the envelope. Find all of the words for days of the week. Find all of the words for months of the year. Find the following words: day, birth date, women, men, telephone etc. Find the word(s): That tells what you use to call someone. That tells where you live. That tells the name of money that is paid to older Americans or Americans on Disability. That are measurement words (cup, pint, quart, gallon) For days of the week. For months of the year. For money. (nickel, dime, quarter, penny) For sizes. That begin with “w”. That you might see on a sign. (no smoking, telephone, bus, men, women) That you might see on equipment. That show which hand you use for writing. That tells you to sign your name. That are question words. What other words can you think of that are question words? That have abbreviations. What are abbreviations? That show what SS# means? Play bingo using the “must know” words. (Bingo templates are on pages 1-8 and 1-9.)
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Bingo
Teacher Instructions: Choose either nine or fifteen sight words. Write the words on the board or have the learners choose the words you say from their sight word cards. Instruct the learners to randomly write one of the words in each square. You will need a copy of the words from which to draw. Play as traditional bingo. For beginning readers, nine squares might be more appropriate. Provide buttons, corn, or a marker of your choice.
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Bingo
Your Name
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Alphabet Find
Directions: In the first column, you will find both the upper and lower case letters of the alphabet. Find all of the letters in each line that match the beginning letter. Practice reading all of the letters as quickly as possible after you have completed the worksheet.
Column
Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll
b K t D
j l c d
e B u p
A v C v
c b m D
L N n z
a b C o
q u p d
A e c x
e b a z
a a o d
w B w l
v m G I p z h y
E q r h e x k l
t F t q i n l m
o f Y w r J r L
e u g H R w R R
j j x b I j K w
J y c B m u q l
e r g h b U p T
U F r H I J w L
E w R y e j m c
y f G Y i Y K z
b z p e k p k L
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Page 2 Alphabet Find
Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
M j Z a Q z H P o J W q p k
e q x s w r n a K h y x Y Z
q N o p E e h t L H w l I U
E p c d r p S E U V L M y R
m z v D T R s T e v K X u z
u a B P q p U N u U w c t e
P e O f y P Y r R W Q w Y E
m n N g U u s T z w U C r z
R N O D I r w b U v w X t B
r r M p q o e t W c v Y y Z
M R o d L R E r u V W x a z
x n a P Q N S T V M R T A l
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Alphabet Sequence Lesson
Directions: Fill in the missing letters in each sequence.
a k u
b m v
d n x
e o y
f p q
h
i s
j t
B J S
C L U M N V
E
F P Y
H
I R
X
Z
A T
b u
C L
E M N w x
f p q Z
h R
I
j
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Complete the Sequences.
a b ● d c d G H ● J I K O P Q ● Q S c d ● e g
D ● F
F H
b c ● e d f R ● T V N P O ● Q R f ● g h
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j k ● l n v w ● y z M O N ● P
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Personal Information
Fill in the following personal information.
Name: Address: Telephone Number: Social Security Number: Birth date: Emergency Contact: Your School Telephone Number: Your School Address: Signature: Draw a line from the upper case word to the matching lower case word.
NAME DAY STOP DATE YEAR TIME LEFT RIGHT
time stop date left name right year day
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Upper and Lower Case Words
Write the upper case word with lower case letters. If it is a word that requires a capital letter, begin the word with a capital letter.
NAME
ADDRESS
MONDAY
JULY
STOP
YEAR
DATE
TIME
MONTH
TELEPHONE
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