Saturday, October 22, 2011

Chapter 9 Alphabet Books

Alphabet books are student made books designed to teach spelling patterns, letter sounds, vocabulary words and reading skills.

Each students alphabet photograph displays the standard spelling of students names with a possessive apostrophe and an item ( A noun) making letter- sound connections it teaches

* letter sounds association
* The term noun
* The possessive apostrophe
* the spelling of children's name

You can also use this process with verbs alphabet The lanuage concepts are repeated throughtout the process that it becomes memorable to young students, because they are the stars of the photographs. Teachers can vary the alphabet every two months making for a new learning experience for the students.

Do you think as a teacher you would use alpahbet books?

1 comment:

  1. I would be open to the idea of using an alphabet book to help my students learn necessary skills. Teachers need to be open to trying all kinds of ideas to help their students learn in the classroom.

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