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Draw and Write Together: “Ryan Reads”
Help children create a new version of the "Ryan Reads" poem by inserting new "r" words.
Explore Together (indoors): Letter Hunt
Place letter cards around the room and send children on a letter hunt.
Explore Together (outdoors): Letter Hunt
Explore and talk about places where children might find letters outside.
Greeting Song “Where Is?” #15
Hold up two name cards. Have those children stand slowly, as if growing, and complete the song. Repeat until every child is included.
Learn About Letter Sounds Together: Beginning Sound (/z/)
Help children learn the /z/ sound by having them come up with real or made-up words that begin with the /z/ sound.
Learn About Letters Together: “Here We Go Round the Alphabet”
Sing “Here We Go Round the Alphabet” and have children walk around a circle of the alphabet letters.
Learn About Letters Together: “Peter Piper Paints” #2
Have children recite a poem and clap the words that have the letter "p."
Learn About Letters Together: “Rocket–Doodle–Doo” #1 (BTL clip)
Watch a Between the Lions video and have children dance and hold up a letter "Rr" when they see a word with "r."
Recite Together: “Night Music”
Read aloud and discuss the poem “Night Music” about the nighttime sounds in the country.
Recite Together: “Willoughby Wallaby Wirt”
Sing the song and have children wiggle when they hear a /w/ sound.
Sing Together: “Alphabet Hokey Pokey” #2
Children move their “Dd” or “Ee” letter card in and out of the circle as they sing the "Alphabet Hokey Pokey" song.
Sing Together: “Alphabet Hokey Pokey” #3
Ask children to move their letter “Gg” in and out of the circle when prompted by the song.
Sing Together: “Here We Go Round the Alphabet”
Write the uppercase alphabet letters on the ground in a circle going clockwise. Sing the song and have children walk around the circle.
Sing Together: “The ABC Song” #2
Sing the song and remind children that the letters are in the same order as the letters in Alphabet Under Construction.
Watch Together: “Rocket-Doodle-Doo” #2 (BTL clip)
Play the Between the Lions video “Rocket-Doodle-Doo.” Have children name the /r/ words in the video.
Word Play: “Ryan Reads”
Read a poem focusing on the letter “Rr.”
Word Play: Tell Me What You Hear (/g/)
Recite the chant and have children listen for the words that end with the sound /g/.
Word Play: Tell Me What You Hear (short /a/)
Play a listening game to help children hear and recognize the /a/ sound at the end of words.
Word Play: Tell Me What You Hear (/v/)
Use the Tell Me What You Hear Routine to help children hear the beginning sound /v/.