What's in a Name? Teaching Concepts of Letter and Word

Materials and Technology

Student Interactives

Printouts

 

MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY

• White or black boards and writing materials
  
  
• Journals and other writing materials
  
  
• Magnetic letters and board
  
  
• Materials to make class books
  
  
• Large name cards to pull from envelope sealed and slit open on the left side so that one letter at a time can be revealed on the card
  
  
• Name cards and pocket chart
  
  
• Word Wall
  
  
• Letter line of ABCs on a long line where children can line up by their letter
  
  
• Poem and Songs put on charts
  
  
• 2 inch oak tag squares to make name puzzles
  
  
• Salt and pan
  
  
• Shaving cream

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STUDENT INTERACTIVES

Grades   K – 12  |  Student Interactive  |  Writing & Publishing Prose

Letter Generator

The Letter Generator is a useful tool for students to learn the parts of a business or friendly letter and then compose and print letters for both styles of correspondence.

 

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PRINTOUTS

• Outline for Class Book Modeled on Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
  
  
• "Who Took the Cookies from the Cookie Jar?" song sheet
  
  
• "Willoughby Wallaby Woo" song sheet
  
  
• Letter and Word Concepts Rubric

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