ABC is easy as 123 BY: Ms. Charity Smoot

Today’s Lesson Good Morning Class, Today we will be covering the following topic(s): What are Alphabets and why are they important? Words that begin with the letters of the Alphabet ABC Song!!!

What are Alphabets? A set of letters or symbols in a fixed order, used to represent the basic sounds of a language; in particular, the set of letters from A to Z C B A

Why are they Important? Learning the alphabet is the first step for your child to learn how to read. Letter recognition and phonemic awareness are the two strongest predictors of reading ability. The alphabet provides the building blocks of written language while knowledge of phonemes provides the building blocks of oral language. When the grapheme (alphabet letter) and the phoneme (associated voiced unit) are combined, the child has the initial knowledge needed to become a successful reader.

Now Let’s Begin Apple Cat Alligator Caterpillar Airplane Car Bird Box Bug

Dog Dad Doorbell Fish Fire Fun Earring Elephant Eyes

Igloo Ice Ice-cream Goat Giraffe Giant Happy House Hair

Lion Love Liquid Jump rope Juice Jack Kangaroo Kite Kick

Money Mouse Music Nose Nail Noodles Orange One Octopus

Pen Prince Puppy Rainbow Rock Rabbit Queen Quilt Quest

Unicorn Umbrella Under Tail Toe Tiger Snake Star Spaghetti

Violin Vase Van Xylophone X-ray Whale Water Watermelon

Yo-Yo Yardstick Yellow Zebra Zipper Zoo

Let’s Sing!!!

Great Job Students!!! Not only did you all discover the importance of learning the Alphabet, but you also gained knowledge of words that begin with the letter of those Alphabets; and even more, you guys learned the Alphabet Song. Keep up the good work, I’m so proud of You.

References http://www.ciera.org/library/presos/2001/2001nrc/01nrcstahl/01nrcsta.pdf http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/english/pdfs/9alphabet.pdf http://www.primarygames.com/theabcgame/start.htm