AREA: Letter Names and Letter Sounds

Letter Name Activities

These activities help students learn letter names - upper and lower case letters. This supports the student's early reading and spelling skills. Assessments that can identify a student's need for this skill are easyCBM: Letter Names and Quick Phonics Screener: TASK 1a.

The following activities are from the Florida Center for Reading Research: http://www.fcrr.org

1. Poetry Pen - Students find upper and lower case letters in children's poetry.NOTE: You can use any reading material (not just poetry) for this activity. (e.g., the books/readers from the A-Z program)
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2. Alphabet Tiles Name Sort - Students match upper and lower case letters.
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The following activity is used on-line at www.starfall.com

1. Teach students the letters and the sounds of the letters using this interactive tool. You will need to enable adobe flash player. Click on Level 1 - ABCs
   

Letter Sound Activities

These activities help students match letter sounds with letter names. This supports the student's early reading and spelling skills. Assessments that can identify a student's need for this skill are easyCBM: Letter Sounds and Quick Phonics Screener: TASK 1b.

The following activities are from the Florida Center for Reading Research: http://www.fcrr.org

1. Letter-Sound Bingo - Students identify individual short vowel sounds using pictures - students match the vowel sound with the letter.
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2. Letter-Sound Match - Students match sounds of letters using pictures to letters, and students write the missing letter.
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The following activity is used on-line at www.starfall.com

1. Teach students the letters and the sounds of the letters using this interactive tool. You will need to enable adobe flash player. Click on Level 1 - ABCs