Start With A: A Beginner's Guide to the Alphabet (PDF)

Introduction (S. V-VI)

Start with A is a reproducible book designed to introduce learners to the alphabet and guide them toward reading and writing. Each chapter is four pages long, and follows a similar pattern. The first feature of Start With A is each unit concentrates on a particular letter of the alphabet. There are 26 units in the book: A to Z. Each unit presents ten vocabulary words. Words often used in teaching the alphabet were chosen.

The letter in focus may appear anywhere in the vocabulary word (e.g. For the letter A: arm, hat, banana, etc.). The vocabulary words are introduced by ten clearly labeled illustrations. Immediately, the learners can begin to associate the printed word with the pictures in preparation for meeting many of these words in their reading texts. The first task for you and your students is to study the drawings and their associated words. It is strongly recommended that you allow your students to hear each word repeated several times, and allow your students a chance to say the words out loud. You may decide to spell each word for your students. After studying the ten drawings, the students then circle all the examples of the letter in focus for that unit. Start With A gives students ample opportunity to print the letters they are learning. In the first printing exercise the learners are guided in the formation of the letters by shadow letters and numbered strokes. Their next opportunity is a cloze exercise. Here the students are given vocabulary words from the unit and they need only fill in the blanks with the letter in focus for that lesson.

From there, the learners practice, with shadow letters and numbered strokes, writing whole words from the unit. Finally, in another exercise, the students are given a chance to print the letters without shadow letters or numbered strokes. It is hoped that with this amount of exposure and practice, learning will be both enjoyable and effective. Other exercises

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