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A is for Apple: Building Letter-Recognition Fluency
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| Grades | K – 2 |
| Lesson Plan Type | Standard Lesson |
| Estimated Time | Three 60-minute sessions |
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Flagstaff, Arizona |
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LESSON PLANS
Grades K – 2 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
"Run, run, as fast as you can." Students use this refrain from The Gingerbread Man to learn letter-sound correspondence. Students use their new skills to write an online story.
Grades K – 2 | Lesson Plan | Recurring Lesson
Student of the Day: Create Sound/Letter Understanding With Names
Name games make learning letters fun and interactive in this lesson where students get to know more about each other as they spell out their classmates’ names.
STUDENT INTERACTIVES
Grades K – 2 | Student Interactive | Learning About Language
ABC Match is a game that has students practice letter-recognition fluency while honing their memories. Students match initial letters with pictures, playing either with a timer or without.
Grades K – 1 | Student Interactive | Learning About Language
Puzzle Me Words is a fun, educational game for primary students that reinforces letter sounds and how sounds combine to form words.

