Objective: the student will gain speed and accuracy in letter recognition.

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1 ALPHABET ARC Objective: the student will gain speed and accuracy in letter recognition. Materials: Alphabet arc (enlarge 200 percent and attach to 12 x 18 construction paper). 12 x18 construction paper Small uppercase letters-plastic or foam Timer Container-for letters Activity: Students match letters of the alphabet to the Alphabet Arc in a timed activity. 1. Place the Alphabet Arc and container of letters on a flat surface 2. The student sets the timer for three minutes. 3. Chooses a letter from container and matches it to the letter on the Alphabet Arc. Tries to complete the Arc in three minutes or less. 4. Repeats the activity attempting to beat time in two or one minute increments. 5. Picks up the letters one by one, states the letter name, and returns the letters to the original container. 6. Self-check Expansions and Adaptations: Match lowercase alphabet letters to the Arc in three minutes or less. Complete the partial Alphabet Arc

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4 Learning the Sequence of the Alphabet What You Need: Set of plastic alphabet letters A mat made on an 11x17 piece of firm paper. List the letters in order in a straight line across the top to provide a reference for the child. Draw a line to form an arc from lower left to lower right corner of the page. The provide three anchors by writing the letter A at the lower left corner of the arc, the letter Z at the lower right, and M and N at the midway point at the top of the arc. What You Do: Ask the child to take the plastic letters out of a container and place them right side up in the center of the arc Then ask her to find the A and place it. Next find the Z and place it, followed by the M and N The children then begin with B, then C, and so on, placing all the letters in order along the arc. When the child has finished sequencing the letters, ask her to check it by touching and naming each letter, starting with A and moving to Z. The alphabet across the top of the mat can serve as an additional reminder. Repeat this activity frequently until the children can place all the letters in the proper order within 2 minutes. Generally it takes several weeks for a child to master this task.

5 Counting Matching and Naming Letters What You Need: Set of plastic alphabet letters Mat that you make on an 11x17 piece of firm paper. Trace the plastic letters and fill them in, in an arc shape, so that the plastic letters will fit over the letters written on the arc. The arc should extend from the lower left to the lower right corner. What You Do: Ask the child to count how many letters there are Then ask your child to place the plastic letters on the matching letters on the arc of the mat Teach her the name of each letter, introducing about 4 new letters per day. For example, This is the letter A After she can differentiate the letter shapes and has been taught the names of each letter, ask her to say the name of the letter as she places it in position on the arc, Repeat often, until the child can recognize each letter, place it over the corresponding symbol on the arc on the mat, and say the name of each letter. Generally it takes several weeks for a child to master all the letters.

6 Guess the Letter What You Need: Two sets of plastic alphabet letters Two 1 1x17 mats with or without the letters filled in on the arc Two brown paper bags, or cloth bags, big enough to hold the letters What You Do: This is a game that 2 children can play together or you can play with one child. The object is to try to correctly identify and name the letters based on feeling them without looking. The winner is the first player to fill in all the letters on her arc. The first player reaches into a brown paper bag and feels a plastic letter without looking at it. If she can correctly name it, then she gets to place it on the arc on her mat and choose another letter. She continues choosing letters until she makes a mistake. Once a mistake is made the turn rotates to the next player. The player who successfully identifies and places all the letters on her arc is the winner.