Contents
About the Author
About the Online Materials
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Unit I Getting to Know the Alphabet
Chapter 1 The Alphabet and the Uppercase Letters
Lesson 1: Introducing the Alphabet
Lesson 2: The "Alphabet Song"
Lesson 3: Introducing Name Poems
Lesson 4: Uppercase Letter Draw with Duplicates: A-M
Lesson 5: Uppercase Letter Draw with Duplicates: N-Z
Lesson 6: Uppercase Letter Face-Up Match: A-Z
Chapter 2 Introducing the Lowercase Letters
Lesson 1: Lowercase Letter Face-Up Match: a-m
Lesson 2: Lowercase Letter Face-Up Match: n-z
Lesson 3: Lowercase Letter Draw with Duplicates: a-m
Lesson 4: Lowercase Letter Draw with Duplicates: n-z
Lesson 5: Lowercase Letter Face-Up Match: a-z
Chapter 3 Introducing the Vowels
Lesson 1: Lowercase Letter Draw with Vowels as Wild Cards: a-z
Lesson 2: Uppercase Letter Draw with Vowels as Wild Cards: A-Z
Lesson 3: Alphabet March
Unit II Writing Uppercase Letters
Chapter 4 Uppercase Letters with Vertical and Horizontal Strokes
Lesson 1: Writing Letters with Vertical and Horizontal Strokes: L, T
Lesson 2: Writing Letters with Vertical and Horizontal Strokes: I, H
Lesson 3: Writing Letters with Vertical and Horizontal Strokes: F, E
Chapter 5 Uppercase Letters with Slanted Strokes
Lesson 1: Writing Uppercase Letters with Slanted Strokes: A and Z
Lesson 2: Uppercase Letters with Slanted Strokes: N and M
Lesson 3: Uppercase Letters with Slanted Strokes: V, W, and X
Lesson 4: Uppercase Letters with Slanted Strokes: Y, K
Chapter 6 Uppercase Letters with Loops, Humps, and Troughs
Lesson 1: Uppercase Letters with Loops, Humps, and Troughs: D, B
Lesson 2: Uppercase Letters with Loops, Humps, and Troughs: P, R
Lesson 3: Uppercase Letters with Loops, Humps, and Troughs: U, J
Chapter 7 Uppercase Letters that Start at 2 o'Clock
Lesson 1: Uppercase Letters that Start at 2 o'Clock: O, C
Lesson 2: Uppercase Letters that Start at 2 o'Clock: Q, G
Lesson 3: Uppercase Letters that Start at 2 o'Clock: S
Lesson 4: Write Your Own Name
Unit III Writing Lowercase Letters
Chapter 8 Lowercase Letters that Start at 2 o'Clock
Lesson 1: Introducing Lowercase Letters
Lesson 2: Lowercase Letters that Start at 2 o'Clock: o, c
Lesson 3: Lowercase Letters that Start with 2 o'Clock: a, d
Lesson 4: Lowercase Letters that Start at 2 o'Clock: g, q
Lesson 5: Lowercase Letters that Start at 2 o'Clock: s, f
Chapter 9 Lowercase Letters with Loops, Humps, and Troughs
Lesson 1: Lowercase Letters with Loops, Humps, and Troughs: b, p
Humps, and Troughs
Lesson 2: Lowercase Letters with Loops, Humps, and Troughs: n, m
Humps, and Troughs
Lesson 3: Lowercase Letters with Loops, Humps, and Troughs: r, h
Humps, and Troughs
Lesson 4: Lowercase Letters with Loops, Humps, and Troughs: u, j, e
Humps, and Troughs
Chapter 10 Lowercase Letters with Slanted Strokes
Lesson 1: Lowercase Letters with Slanted Strokes: v, w
Lesson 2: Lowercase Letters with Slanted Strokes: x, z
Lesson 3: Lowercase Letters with Slanted Strokes: k, y
Chapter 11 Lowercase Letters with Straight Up-and-Down Strokes
Lesson 1: Lowercase Letters with Straight Up-and-Down Strokes: l, t, i
Lesson 2: Lowercase Letter Wrap-Up
Unit IV Introducing Letters and Sounds
Chapter 12 A Sound for Each Letter
Lesson 1: Introducing the Sounds of the Letters: Aa, Bb
Lesson 2: Introducing the Sounds of the Letters: Cc, Dd
Lesson 3: Introducing the Sounds of the Letters: Ee, Ff
Lesson 4: Introducing the Sounds of the Letters: Gg, Hh
Lesson 5: Introducing the Sounds of the Letters: Ii, Jj, Kk
Lesson 6: Introducing the Sounds of the Letters: Ll, Mm, Nn
Lesson 7: Introducing the Sounds of the Letters: Oo, Pp, Qq
Lesson 8: Introducing the Sounds of the Letters: Rr, Ss, Tt
Lesson 9: Introducing the Sounds of the Letters: Uu, Vv, Ww
Lesson 10: Introducing the Sounds of the Letters: Xx, Yy, Zz
Chapter 13 Long and Short Vowels
Lesson 1: Long and Short Sounds of the Letter Aa
Lesson 2: Long and Short Sounds of the Letter Ee
Lesson 3: Long and Short Sounds of the Letter Ii
Lesson 4: Long and Short Sounds of the Letter Oo
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Lesson 5: Long and Short Sounds of the Letter Uu
Writing Assessment
Appendix A Assessments
A.1: Uppercase and Lowercase Letter Recognition
A.2: Uppercase Letter Writing
A.3: Lowercase Letter Writing
A.4: Initial Consonant Sounds
A.5: Vowel Identification and Sounds
Appendix B Materials
B.1: Alphabet Strips
B.2: Letter Cards
B.3: Uppercase Letter Writing Activity Sheets
B.4: Lowercase Letter Writing Activity Sheets
B.5: Write Your Own Name (Uppercase)
B.6: Write Your Own Name (Lowercase)
B.7: Consonant Sound Game Activity Sheets
Index