Letters & Sounds

Working with Letters and Sounds

20-30 minutes daily

Instruction in this area involves both explicit teaching AND incidental opportunities, and focuses on

• Alphabet knowledge (ability to distinguish letters shapes, name them, write them, identify the sounds they make)

• Phonological awareness (ability to identify and manipulate sounds in spoken language)

Documents

Materials & Examples

Boardmaker Activities

Letters and Sounds Activity Cards

Cycles Approach to Explicit Teaching

Web Resources