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The Letters ‘Aa’
Objectives
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Recognize the letters ‘A’ and ‘a’.
Recognize and say the sound of /ă/.
Distinguish between the letters ‘Cc’ and ‘Aa’.
Write the letters ‘A’ and ‘a’.
Materials
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ABC poster
Mural Piece - ‘Aa’
Letter House poster
Letter Cards - ‘Aa’, ‘Vv’, ‘Cc’
Max the puppet
An apple
Plasticine/pipe cleaners
Before the Lesson
Prepare Name Cards for students whose names begin with ‘A’.
Lesson Procedure
Small 'a', Action and Chant
• Show the class an apple. Ask them what it is. (an apple)
• Ask them what sound they hear at the beginning of ‘apple.’ (/a/ short vowel sound)
• Tell students that you must open your mouth wide to eat the apple. Say: /a/ /a/ /a/
apple with your mouth open wide.
• Have students repeat: /a/ /a/ /a/ apple with wide open mouths as if they are going to
bite into an apple. Note: This action assists students in saying /ă/ instead of /ă/.
• Hold up Max the puppet. Say: Who is this? (Max)
• Ask if they can hear the /a/ sound in the name ‘Max’?
• ‘Give’ Max the apple to hold. Say: Max has an apple. Students repeat.
• Draw a small ‘a’ on the board. Chant with the class (track 19): The letter is ‘A’. The
sound is /a/. The word is ‘apple’.
• Have students repeat after you. Remind them to open their mouths as if biting into an
apple and as they say ‘Max’.
• Now ask students what shapes make an ‘a’. (a ‘c’ and a line or a part-circle and a line)
• Write: Max has an apple on the board. Have students come up and underline the ‘a’s
and chant the ‘A’ Chant.
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