Aa
Attention, all!
Its Arnold the Ape.
This amazing athlete
is in tip-top shape.
Heres how you make Aa:
Aa.
Find the Aa words
Letter of the Week Flip Chart Kama Einhorn, Scholastic Teaching Resources
Aa words we found in the picture More Aa words
Teaching Guide
Quick &and Easy Activity
Try this activity after you explore the letter page. As you do the activity, emphasize the target letter: Aa . If there is a child in your class
whose first or last name begins with the letter A , you might ask him or her to lead the activity!
Aa A-mazing Snacks
Rinse and serve raw asparagus (three stalks per child). Give each child a napkin or
paper towel and invite them to form their own uppercase Asand then eat them.
Note: For all snack-related activities, please check for allergies.
Using the L etter P age FRIDAY: Revisit the laminated letter page with the whole group
at circle time. Invite kids to think of more target words (or names)
Presenting and exploring one letter of the alphabet each week is
that they know or that are visible in the room (for instance, Bobby,
a great way to get kids to focus on the shape and sound of each
Ms. Barrett, book, ball). Write childrens ideas in the box at bottom
letter. You can do this in just five to ten minutes a day. Because
right (or ask them to come up and do so, especially if it is their own
children will benefit from repetition and multiple experiences with
name that begins with the target letter).
each letter, laminate the letter page, then try this weekly plan:
You can go through the alphabet in letter order, or you can move
MONDAY: Share the laminated letter page with the whole
around the alphabet, focusing on any letter you choose. You might
group at circle time. Introduce the animal mascot by reading
choose letters based on a book you are sharing (for instance,
the four-line, alliterative rhyme aloud, emphasizing the words
if you are reading Where the Wild Things Are, you can take the
Letter of the Week Flip Chart Kama Einhorn, Scholastic Teaching Resources
that start with the target letter. Next, look at how the letter
opportunity to highlight the letter W ). Or, you can spotlight
is formed. Using a dry-erase marker, slowly demonstrate the
individual children on their birthdays (for instance, on Bens
the formation of the letter, asking children to air-trace the
birthday, explore the letter B).
letter with their index fingers as you do so. Then ask several
children to take turns coming to the chart and practice form- Any way you present the letters, youll be building letter-
ing the letter on the row themselves. recognition skills, developing sound-symbol awareness, and
helping kids practice letter formation.
TUESDAY: Look at the laminated letter page again. Can
children remember the name of the animal mascot? Read the
rhyme aloud. Then, examine the large picture together, inviting
children to find pictures representing the target letter (there
Aa
Attention, all!
will be at least six, though Q only has four). Have a volunteer Featured letter Its Arnold the Ape.
This amazing athlete
is in tip-top shape.
Alliterative rhyme
come up and circle those pictures with a dry-erase marker.
Heres how you make Aa:
Aa.
Write them in the box under the picture.
How to make Aa
Find the Aa words
WEDNESDAY: Look at the laminated letter page again at
circle time. Have children take turns forming the letter on
the practice row. Then do the suggested activity for the letter Find the Aa words
of the week. (See inside back cover for quick and easy letter-
specific activities.)
THURSDAY: Display the chart in the writing center for Aa words we found in the picture More Aa words
children to use on their own (include the wipe-off pen if the Aa words we found ape airplane arrow acorn
More Aa words
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pages have been laminated). Children can write on the flip apple ant art almond
chart itself, then practice the letters on separate sheets of paper.
Designed by Jason Robinson
Illustrated by Steve Cox
ISBN-13: 978-0-545-22417-8 / ISBN-10: 0-545-22417-9
Copyright 2010 by Kama Einhorn
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