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Sounds of the Alphabet

by CHE KHADIJAH ABDUL
(MALAYSIA)

1. Children love fun and excitement in their class. One way to break the ice with very shy, quiet new students is to ensure you let them be involved in the activities.

2. I teach phonics. So how do I get these students to learn the alphabet sounds?

3. I only introduce ONE picture for EACH sound. Only after they master with ease, all these sounds, at the end of my sounds of alphabet lessons, only then will I introduce them to other related pictures.

4. EG. a is for apple
First I will show slides about apples. The flowers, the different types of apples, apple juices, apple pies and the health benefits of an apple.

Second, I will bring out a bowl of different types of apples and let them smell and look at the colors and textures etc.

Third, I will show them how to cut/slice and peel the apples. And then, let each of them taste the different types of the fruits. Discuss. Finally, will choose the green apples and together with the kids, (let them help) prepare apple juices and sit down and drink the juice with them.

Yes, my first class will DEFINITELY BREAK the ice. From then on, each class became lively, fun and interesting.

5. Will do the same with some others eg. J for Jam, we will have different jams with biscuits and tea for them to taste and socialise with other classmates.

6. I love L for lemon. This is quite a sound to remember. I will make them prepare their own lemon juice, decorate them with cherries and tiny umbrellas... While they enjoy their juice, there will be slide shows on lemon trees, etc etc and give them a lemon each to take home and prepare same for their parents.

KHADIJAH ABDUL



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Sounds of the Alphabet

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Nov 06, 2009
 ABDUL
by: Beth

I love your over-learning instruction. It gives the children prior knowledge about that letter as they are learning it. Children at this age have very little prior knowledge about the world.
Children learn by doing and this will give them a memory that corresponds with what they are learning academically.
Jan 02, 2009
 letters are not sounds
by: Sue

Your activities sound like lots of fun.

My view on the alphabet is different. Letters do not have sounds until they are in a word. The letters are the symbols of the language (like numerals are symbols of a numerical value and don't have a value until we know the place it holds in a number). So the letter 'a' can be 'a' as in apple, 'a' as in baby, 'a' as in zebra, 'a' as in banana, 'a' as in swan, 'a' as in ball and so on with each letter.

There are 44 phonemes in the English language, represented by varying combinations of letters.

The hands on, interactive approach you have is wonderful, and could be easily built upon to allow students to see the big picture of the English language.
Regards
Sue
Jan 02, 2009
 Great Idea
by: Anonymous

Thanks for sharing your great idea. I look forward to doing similar in my class

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