Alphabet Learning Center Activities Kit,9780130449771

Alphabet Learning Center Activities Kit

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780130449771
ISBN10: 0130449776
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-01-15
Publisher(s): Jossey-Bass
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Summary

This practical resource gives primary teachers a collection of stimulating, tested learning center activities to teach and reinforce alphabet letters and their sounds. Helps children identify and spell words with ease!

Author Biography

Nancy Fetzer is a District Literacy Trainer and Title One Facilitator for the Naranca School District (El Cajon, CA). She has an extensive background in general and special education, including reading recovery teacher and resource specialist. She has co-authored and co-produced two educational videos: Successful Classrooms and Successful Schools.

Sandra F. Rief is an award-winning teacher from San Diego City Schools, currently serving as a consultant in New York City Public Schools. She is a national/international speaker and author of How to reach and teach ADD/ADHD children (Center for Applied Research in Education, 1993), The ADD/ADHD checklist (Prentice Hall, 1998), and other books and videos.

Table of Contents

Introduction v
How This Kit Will Help You ix
Phonemic Awareness
1(4)
The Holder & Fastie Alphabet
1(1)
ABC Tubbing Activities
2(1)
Letter of the Week
2(1)
Word Warm-Ups
2(1)
Shared Reading
2(1)
Modeled Writing
2(1)
Take-Home Activities
2(1)
Additional Phonemic Awareness Activities
3(2)
The Holder & Fastie Alphabet
5(65)
A--Z: How to Present and Teach the Letters and Sounds of the Alphabet
5(1)
Visual Features of the Charts
5(1)
Other Important Features of the Alphabet Boxes
6(1)
Symbol Guide for Instructors
6(1)
Other Important Points
7(1)
What Else Do You Need to Know Before Getting Started?
8(1)
The Holder & Fastie Alphabet from A--Z
9(58)
Spanish Version Holder & Fastie Letter/Sounds
67(1)
A Handy, Easy Reference for Consonant Digraphs, Blends, and ``Expert Words''
67(3)
Reproducibles: English Holder & Fastie Alphabet Chart
68(1)
Spanish Holder & Fastie Alphabet Chart
69(1)
Alphabet ``Tubbing'' Activities for Learning Centers
70(120)
Materials You Need
70(1)
Suggested Teaching Points for Upper-Grade Tutors or Other Assistants
71(119)
ABC Pocket Books
73(2)
ABC Button Up
75(2)
ABC Velcro® Match (or Match Us Up)
77(2)
ABC Pencils
79(1)
ABC Sock Clothesline
80(1)
ABC Apron
81(1)
Alphabet Tablecloth
82(1)
Alpha File
83(1)
ABC Purses
84(2)
Alphabet Fishing
86(1)
ABC Jewelry Boxes
87(1)
ABC Sort & Match
88(1)
Chinese Take-Out Food
88(1)
ABC Milk Carton
89(1)
ABC Mini-Pockets
89(1)
ABC Pocket Chart
90(1)
Plastic Tubs
90(1)
ABC Plastic Tackle Box
90(1)
ABC Mystery Can
91(1)
ABC Food & Plates
92(1)
ABC Silverware
93(1)
ABC Sound Sticks
94(1)
Sound Puzzles
95(1)
ABC Egg Twist
96(1)
ABC Clothespins
97(1)
Holder & Fastie Chart Match-Up
98(1)
ABC Bingo
99(2)
ABC Circles
101(1)
ABC Picture Sort
102(1)
Alphabet Book
103(1)
ABC Library Book Center
103(2)
Class Letter Books
105(1)
Holder & Fastie Book/Listening Center
105(1)
Reproducibles: Tub Labels
106(31)
Blackline Master for Alpha File
137(1)
ABC Clothespin Construction Pictures
138(26)
ABC Picture Sort Cards
164(26)
Teaching the ``Letter of the Week''
190(59)
Monday Rotation
190(4)
My Rainbow Letter Book
190(2)
Home Practice
192(1)
Reproducible: Parent Letter
193(1)
``Letter of the Week'' Class Book
194(55)
Presenting Each Daily Page
194(2)
Sequence of introducing the ``Letter of the Week''
196(1)
Other Activities for Teaching and Reinforcing the ``Letter of the Week''
196(1)
Reproducibles: My Rainbow Letter Book, A to Z
197(52)
Reading: Developing Strategy-Oriented Activities for Beginning Readers
249(50)
How to Model Good Reading Behavior to Emergent Readers
250(11)
Read-Aloud
250(8)
Shared Reading
258
Reproducibles: Picture Box Sequencing
252(4)
Butcher Paper Mapping
256(6)
First Day of Kindergarten
262(2)
I Can Read Book
264
Guided Reading at the Emergent Level
261(36)
Initial Stage for Teaching Beginning Reading Behaviors
261(7)
The Reading (Story) Folder
268(8)
Guided Reading with Unseen Text
276(21)
Good Reader Buddies--Cueing System Prompts and Reference
297(2)
Reproducibles: Color Books
281(18)
Writing: Developing Strategy-Oriented Activities for Beginning Writers
299(24)
Modeled Writing
300(4)
Generating and Writing the Sentences
300(1)
Involving Students During the First Step of the Modeled Writing Process
300(2)
Locating and Circling Information in the Text
302(2)
Guided Writing
304(8)
Teaching the ``Writing Position''
304(1)
Teaching Spacing
304(1)
Preparing for Journal Groups
305(2)
What Happens First During a Journal Writing Group?
307(1)
What Happens Next?
307(1)
Working with Experienced Writers
308(1)
Working with Middle/Average-Performing Writers
308(1)
Working with Beginner (Inexperienced) Writers
309(1)
What About Spelling?
310(1)
Publishing Journal Stories
311(1)
Keeping a Record/Portfolio of Published Books
312
Reproducibles: My Journal
306(7)
Published Book Master
313(1)
My Published Stories
314(3)
Happy Notes
317(1)
Prompts for Writing
318
Higher-Order Thinking Prompts for Writing
312(3)
Independent Writing Activities with Real-Life Emphasis
315(8)
Post Office
315(1)
Home Center
315(1)
Grocery Store
315(1)
Doctor's Office
315(1)
Restaurant
316(1)
Thematic Center
316(1)
Science Center
316(1)
Dollhouse Center
316(1)
Happy Note Board
316(1)
Art Area
316(1)
V.I.P. Book of the Week
316(7)
Home-School Partnership: Getting Parents Involved
323(28)
Parent Communication Bulletin Board
323(1)
The Read-at-Home ``Bookbag'' Program
324(1)
Reading Comprehension Bookmark
325(1)
Phonemic Awareness Home Activities
326(2)
The Rhyme Game
326(1)
The Sound Game (Penny Slide)
327(1)
What's That Sound?
327(1)
Alphabet Card Decks and Activities
327(1)
ABC Picture Book
328(1)
Reading Folder Introduction
328(1)
Book-Handling Skills and Reading Process Cues
328(1)
Parent Workshops
328(23)
Reproducibles: Parent Communications Board
330(1)
Weekly News
331(1)
Monthly Calendar Sample
332(1)
Monthly Calendar Master
333(1)
Food Sign-Up Sheet Sample
334(1)
Food Sign-Up Sheet Master
335(1)
Classroom Volunteers Sample
336(1)
Classroom Volunteers Master
337(1)
Take-Home Sign-Up Master
338(1)
Tub Lables
339(3)
Letter to Parents
342(1)
Bookmarks
343(1)
The Rhyme Game
344(1)
The Sound Game
345(1)
What's That Sound?
346(1)
Holder & Fastie Alphabet Deck Cards
347(1)
Parent Letters
348(3)
Appendices 351(43)
Appendix 1: Spatial Anchors and Supports
352(4)
Appendix 2: Alphabet Lists (Objects, Actions, and Foods)
356(4)
Appendix 3: Strategies for Teaching high-Frequency (``Expet'') Words
360(2)
Appendix 4: Tactile Strategies
362(2)
Appendix 5: Reading, Writing, and Learning Positions
364(2)
Appendix 6: Verbal Prompts for Alphabet Letter Formation
366(2)
Appendix 7: Teaching Consonant Digraphs (ch, sh, th, wh, ph) and Inflectional Ending ``ing''
368(4)
Appendix 8: Spanish Holder & Fastie Alphabet
372(6)
Reproducibles: Teacher Chart Cards
374(4)
Spanish Holder & Fastie Alphabet Chart
378(1)
Appendix 9: English Holder & Fastie Alphabet
378(16)
Reproducibles: Teacher Chart Cards
379(2)
Listening center/Wall-Size Cards
381(13)
Holder & Fastie Alphabet
394

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