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Alphabet Letter Arcs
 
The ABC's are in an arc
shape on a large sheet (12”x18”) of construction paper. Use a dish
of plastic letters (similar to magnetic letters) to match the
letters printed on the arc. There is a letter arc that can be
printed for the capital letters. A capital letter arc can be found
at this link:
http://www.fcrr.org/Curriculum/studentCenterActivities.htm
Scroll down to Book One,
then Phonics, then Part One (Letter Recognition). It is on p. 004.
Other letter
arcs and letters can be purchased at this website:
http://www.nixoneducation.com/
Additional activities can be found here:
http://alphabetmats.com/activities.html
This
is the suggested sequence for the activities:
1.
Place the letters in the middle (under the arc but on the paper).
2.
Turn all the letters right side up.
3.
Find the letter a and place it on the printed a on the letter arc.
Continue doing this alphabetical order.
4.
Using their 2 lead fingers (pointer and middle fingers), they recite
and touch the plastic letters in order.
5.
Then they pick them up one at a time, say the letter's name again,
and put it back in the dish.
6.
When they can do all of this in less than 3 minutes, then they do it
backwards (that is starting with z).
7.
After they can do it backwards in 3 minutes, make a new letter arc
page printed with just a line for the arc and a, m, n, and z
printed. They do it the same way, but now they just put them in
order using a, m, n, and z as guides to help them keep them spaced
properly.
Other activities:
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Take away the
letter before letter R. (Use other positional words such as after,
in front of, behind, first, last, right, left.)
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What is the first
letter of the alphabet? Count over three letters. What letter is it?
Purpose of letter
arcs:
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Teach the number
of letters in the alphabet
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Teach the
beginning, middle and ending letters of the alphabet
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Provide an
introduction to the location of letters in the alphabet (For
example, "Is letter r close to the beginning, middle or end of the
alphabet?")
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Lead to knowledge
of alphabetical order necessary for dictionary skills. (For example,
when a student looks for a word beginning with letter G, should he
look closer to the front, middle or back of the dictionary?)
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Help children
learn the order of the alphabet without singing the song
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