El Alfabeto

Let's learn the alphabet! There are 2 schools of thought on this. Some teachers say they don't spend any time on the alphabet because the students will learn the letters as they go. Other teachers think it's very important to devote a lesson to the names and sounds of the alphabet. I'm in the middle. I think the students will learn as they go but others will benefit from having a day aimed at teaching the actual alphabet. I usually wait until my students ask me or when I know a chunk of them will be gone because they are leaving early for vacation.