ABC+Chant+*

ABC Letter Sound Chant:

Objective: Students will practice letter sounds.
 * 1) Actions and movement in a fast-paced daily review (video will help
 * Modified from a theatre warm-up

Letter sound chant – make up and action and chant it while making the letter sound A – alligator with arms B – bounce, bend C – crunch D – dance E – exercise F – fancy feet G – garden H – hammer I – itch J – juggle K – kick L – lazy M – mop N – nibble O – “ah-h-h” P – paint Q – quarterback R – ride S – swim T – tickle U – point up V – violin W – wash your face X – make an X with your forearms Y – yo-yo Z – zip your zipper

 Infinitec Resources:

 Literacy Center - Early Childhood Reading  @http://www.literacycenter.net/
 * Online games and printables targeting beginning literacy skills. Gain practice forming letters and spelling color words.

Between the Lions -  @http://www.pbskids.org/lions/
 * A site full of printable, online games, and read aloud books for emergent readers. Fantastic resources for parents and teachers.

Get Ready to Read - @http://www.getreadytoread.org/
 * The Get Ready to Read! program is a national initiative with the goal to enhance early literacy skills of preschoolers. The site offers screening tools/checklists, activities to download, and online games.

Clifford's Interactive Storybooks - Letter and Sound Matching Games @http://teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/
 * Phonics games and stories for early readers starring Clifford the Big Red Dog.

Starfall - Visit the "Let's Get Ready to Read" section http://www.starfall.com
 * Online and downloadable activities for students learning letters through those that can read emergent connected text.

Additional Online Resources:

[|www.getreadyto__][|read.org;] [|__http:// teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/__] (letter and sound match); __[| http://pbskids.org/lions/games/monkeymatch.html]__ (letter sound match); [|__www.starfall.com__] (Let’s Get Ready to Read); Jan Brett’s Website: Hedgie’s Alphabet game ( [|__http://www.janbrett.com/games/hedgies_alphabet_game/i__] ntro.html)

iTouch Application Links:
 * __iWriteWords__ (free): PreK - Kdg. Children learn to write numbers, letters (uppercase & lowercase), and words.
 * Build a Word ($1.99): PreK-1. Video Demo: [] Shake up this "Word Builder" and watch letters float across the screen. Place letters in the outline provided and build a word one letter at a time. By pushing the letters of each word together, words will magically "morph" into WordFriends! DOG, DUCK, PIG, ANT, FROG, SHEEP, BUG, COW, CAT, and BEE come to live and engage children to spell and read. Learn more at this website:[].
 * __ABC Maze Lite__ (free): Kdg - 1st. Love this! Uses the iTouches unique features. Turn and manipulate the iTouch to move a ball across letters to create a word.
 * __ABC Phonics__ (free): Preschool - kdg. Three games to practice letter recognition.
 * __Spell__ (free): Kdg - 2nd. Place letters in the correct order to practice common spelling patterns.
 * __eliasABC__ (free): PreK - Kdg. ABC flashcards state the letter and an object that begins with that phoneme.
 * __FirstWords Sampler by Learning Touch__ (free): PreK - 1st. Move letters over shaded letters to create a word. The program states the letter name as you move the letters to make a word.
 * __Animal ABC lite__ (free): Early childhood. Students learn to match letters and spell words. See video explanation:[]

Assessment:

This document lists uncommon (but not too uncommon) words that can be read to students to check individuals for mastery of initial sounds. I do not read all of the words for one letter at once, but rather print the document and read the words randomly to students and check off on the sheet.