Title of Strategy: Alphabet Linking Chart/Consonant Cluster Linking Chart
Description: Develop print knowledge by using two charts, the Alphabet Linking Chart and the Consonant Cluster Linking Chart. You can have the children read the Alphabet Linking Chart in a variety of ways – the letters and the pictures, just the pictures, just the letters, just the uppercase letters, just the lowercase letters, the consonants only, the two sounds of the vowels, randomly as you point, and so on. The Consonant Cluster Linking Chart can be used to help children recognize and smoothly articulate initial consonant clusters and can be used in the same ways as the Alphabet Linking Chart.
Procedure:
1. Display an enlarged version of the chart for shared reading. (A smaller version of the chart can be placed in individual children’s writing folders to be used as a personal resource during journal writing.)
2. The teacher and children gather around the large ABC chart. The teacher points to each letter (upper and lowercase) and each picture as she leads the children in a shared reading activity. The letters are read fluently: “A” “a” “apple” “ape” “B” “b” “ball”. The teacher pauses at appropriate points to allow the children to lead the reading of the letters or to say the pictured cue. The chart is read daily until the children are able to read the chart independently. The chart becomes a familiar resource (an anchor chart) for associating letter and sound cues during reading and writing events.
3. Consider providing parents with a copy of the Alphabet Linking Chart so that they can practice at home. A parent-friendly version of the Alphabet Linking Chart, with directions for parents included on the chart, is an appendix to this menu.
Description: Develop print knowledge by using two charts, the Alphabet Linking Chart and the Consonant Cluster Linking Chart. You can have the children read the Alphabet Linking Chart in a variety of ways – the letters and the pictures, just the pictures, just the letters, just the uppercase letters, just the lowercase letters, the consonants only, the two sounds of the vowels, randomly as you point, and so on. The Consonant Cluster Linking Chart can be used to help children recognize and smoothly articulate initial consonant clusters and can be used in the same ways as the Alphabet Linking Chart.
Procedure:
1. Display an enlarged version of the chart for shared reading. (A smaller version of the chart can be placed in individual children’s writing folders to be used as a personal resource during journal writing.)
2. The teacher and children gather around the large ABC chart. The teacher points to each letter (upper and lowercase) and each picture as she leads the children in a shared reading activity. The letters are read fluently: “A” “a” “apple” “ape” “B” “b” “ball”. The teacher pauses at appropriate points to allow the children to lead the reading of the letters or to say the pictured cue. The chart is read daily until the children are able to read the chart independently. The chart becomes a familiar resource (an anchor chart) for associating letter and sound cues during reading and writing events.
3. Consider providing parents with a copy of the Alphabet Linking Chart so that they can practice at home. A parent-friendly version of the Alphabet Linking Chart, with directions for parents included on the chart, is an appendix to this menu.