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A Is for Apple: Building Letter-Recognition Fluency

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Title:

 A Is for Apple: Building Letter-Recognition Fluency

URL:

 http://readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/apple-building-letter-recognition-132.html

Content Source:

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Type: Lesson/Unit Plan

Overview:

Learning to recognize letters is an integral part of most kindergarten programs. The challenge is to keep students' interest while practicing until they are fluent. These lessons meet that challenge using a variety of activities. Students will apply their knowledge of letters and letter sounds as they play games and interact with letters online, using what they see and learn to create their own ABC book.

Content Standard(s):
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: K
R1. Utilize active listening skills during discussion and conversation in pairs, small groups, or whole-class settings, following agreed-upon rules for participation.
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Teacher Vocabulary:
R1.
  • Active listening
  • Discussion
  • Conversation
  • Rules
  • Participation
Knowledge:
R1. Students know:
  • Active listening skills.
  • How to engage in discussions and conversations in a variety of settings.
  • Agreed-upon rules for participation.
Skills:
R1. Students are able to:
  • Demonstrate active listening skills during discussion and conversation in pairs, small groups, or whole-class settings.
  • Converse in pairs, small groups, and large groups.
  • Practice the agreed-upon rules for participation.
Understanding:
R1. Students understand that:
  • Conversations and discussions follow agreed-upon rules which help us actively listen and gain understanding.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: K
R2. Use knowledge of phoneme-grapheme correspondences and word analysis skills to decode and encode words accurately.
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Teacher Vocabulary:
R2.
  • Decode
  • Encode
  • Phoneme-grapheme correspondences
  • Word-analysis skills
Knowledge:
R2. Students know:
  • Phoneme (sound) to grapheme (letter or letters) correspondences to encode (spell) words accurately.
  • Grapheme (letter or letters) to phoneme (sound) correspondences to decode (read) words accurately.
  • Word-analysis skills.
Skills:
R2. Students are able to:
  • Encode and decode words accurately using knowledge of phoneme-grapheme correspondences.
  • Encode and decode words accurately using word-analysis skills.
Understanding:
R2. Students understand that:
  • Mapping graphemes to phonemes is essential for learning to read or decode words efficiently.
  • Mapping phonemes to graphemes is essential for learning to spell or encode words efficiently.
  • Analyzing a word's structure helps to read and spell a word.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: K
8. Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of printed materials.

a. Recognize and demonstrate that print conveys meaning.

Examples: Share a favorite book with peers. Share a list of birthday gifts received.

b. With prompting and support, explain the roles of the author and illustrator of a text.

c. Track print, moving left to right and top to bottom on the printed page, returning to the beginning of the next line.

d. Identify the beginning and end of a sentence by locating the capital letter and end punctuation.

e. Point to words using one-to-one correspondence, noting that words are separated by spaces.

f. Distinguish letters from words within sentences.

g. Compare and contrast letters based upon similarities and differences, including name, shape, sound, and approach strokes for writing.
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Teacher Vocabulary:
8.
  • Demonstrate
  • Organization
  • Basic features of print
  • Printed materials
8a.
  • Recognize
  • Demonstrate
  • Print
  • Conveys
8b.
  • Prompting
  • Support
  • Role
  • Author
  • Illustrator
8c.
  • Track
  • Print
  • Line
8d.
  • Sentence
  • Capital letter
  • End punctuation
8e.
  • Spaces
  • One-to-one correspondence
8f.
  • Distinguish
  • Letters
  • Words
  • Sentences
8g.
  • Compare
  • Contrast
  • Similarities
  • Differences
  • Name
  • Shape
  • Sound
  • Approach strokes
Knowledge:
8. Students know:
  • The organization and basic features of printed materials.
8a.
  • Print conveys a message.
8b.
  • The role of a text's author.
  • The role of a text's illustrator.
8c.
  • Print is organized and read from left to right and top to bottom.
8d.
  • A sentence begins with a capital letter.
  • A sentence ends with an ending punctuation mark.
8e.
  • The one-to-one correspondence of words in printed text.
8f.
  • Letters are used to represent sounds in a word.
  • A word is a group of letters put together to represent all the sounds in that word.
8g.
  • The name, shape, sound, and approach stroke of each letter.
  • How the letters are similar and different.
Skills:
8. Students are able to:
  • Explain the organization and basic features of printed materials.
8a.
  • Recognize that printed materials convey a message.
  • Demonstrate their understanding of the message relayed by print (e.g., by sharing their favorite book with a peer or by sharing a list of birthday gifts received).
8b. With prompting and support,
  • Explain the role of a text's author.
  • Explain the role of a text's illustrator.
8c.
  • Track printed words from left to right, top to bottom, and page by page.
8d.
  • Identify the beginning of a sentence by locating the capital letter.
  • Identify the end of a sentence by locating the ending punctuation mark.
8e.
  • Point to words using one-to-one correspondence, using spaces to identify separate words.
8f.
  • Distinguish letters from words within sentences.
8g.
  • Compare and contrast letters based upon their similarities and differences, including the name, shape, sound, and approach strokes for writing.
Understanding:
8. Students understand that:
  • Printed materials have predictable features that help readers locate information.
8a.
  • Letters and words relay a message in printed materials.
8b.
  • The words and illustrations in a text communicate the author's and/or illustrator's intended message.
8c.
  • Print is organized and read from left to right and top to bottom.
8d.
  • Capital letters are used to begin a sentence and certain punctuation marks are used to end a complete sentence.
8e.
  • Words are separated by spaces in print to help the reader know where one word begins and the other ends, which assists readers in accurately decoding text.
8f.
  • Letters make up words and words make up sentences.
8g.
  • Letters have names, sounds, shapes, and use different approach strokes for writing.
  • Letters have similarities and differences.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 1
R2. Use knowledge of phoneme-grapheme correspondences and word analysis skills to decode and encode words accurately.
Unpacked Content
Teacher Vocabulary:
R2.
  • Decode
  • Encode
  • Phoneme-grapheme correspondences
  • Word-analysis skills
Knowledge:
R2. Students know:
  • Phoneme (sound) to grapheme (letter or letters) correspondences to encode (spell) words accurately.
  • Grapheme (letter or letters) to phoneme (sound) correspondences to decode (read) words accurately.
  • Word-analysis skills.
Skills:
R2. Students are able to:
  • Encode and decode words accurately using knowledge of phoneme-grapheme correspondences.
  • Encode and decode words accurately using word analysis skills.
Understanding:
R2. Students understand that:
  • Mapping graphemes to phonemes is essential for learning to read or decode words efficiently.
  • Mapping phonemes to graphemes is essential for learning to spell or encode words efficiently.
  • Analyzing a word's structure helps to read and spell a word.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 1
5. Locate a book's title, table of contents, glossary, and the names of author(s) and illustrator(s).

a. Explain the roles of author(s) and illustrator(s).
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Teacher Vocabulary:
5.
  • Title
  • Table of contents
  • Glossary
  • Author
  • Illustrator
5a.
  • Roles of author
  • Roles of illustrator
Knowledge:
5. Students know:
  • Text features, such as title, table of contents, glossary, and the names of author(s) and Illustrator(s).
5a.
  • The role of the author of a text.
  • The role of the illustrator of a text.
Skills:
5. Students are able to:
  • Locate a book's title, table of contents, glossary, and the names of author(s) and illustrator(s).
5a.
  • Explain the role of an author.
  • Explain the role of an illustrator.
Understanding:
5. Students understand that:
  • Text has predictable features that help readers locate information.
5a.
  • The words of a text communicate an author's intended message.
  • The illustrations in a text communicate the illustrator's intended message.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 2
R2. Use knowledge of phoneme-grapheme correspondences and word analysis skills to decode and encode words accurately.
Unpacked Content
Teacher Vocabulary:
R2.
  • Decode
  • Encode
  • Phoneme-grapheme correspondences
  • Word-analysis skills
Knowledge:
R2. Students know:
  • Phoneme (sound) to grapheme (letter or letters) correspondences to encode (spell) words accurately.
  • Grapheme (letter or letters) to phoneme (sound) correspondences to decode (read) words accurately.
  • Word-analysis skills.
Skills:
R2. Students are able to:
  • Accurately encode and decode words using knowledge of phoneme-grapheme correspondences.
  • Accurately encode and decode words using word analysis skills.
Understanding:
R2. Students understand that:
  • Mapping graphemes to phonemes is essential for learning to read or decode words efficiently.
  • Mapping phonemes to graphemes is essential for learning to spell or encode words efficiently.
  • Analyzing a word's structure helps to read and spell a word.
Tags: ABC Match, alphabet, Alphabet cards, fluency, interactive, KiddoNet Alphabet, kindergarten, letters, website interaction
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