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 Our next unit of study wil be the Alphabet. The children will doing alphabet puzzles, use stencils to practise their letter shapes and fine motor skills, write in a special book with black board spaces on it, read alphabet books and play lots of alphabet games. They will look for foods that start with the letter of the day in their lunches and play with letter magnets. Each day we will have a letter of the day and add another verse to one of our songs. Your child will probably sing it to you. It is to the tune of Frere Jacques and we will sing it every day: A starts apple A starts apple Aaaa, Aaaaa, Aaaaa Aaaaa, Aaaaa, Aaaaa, B starts balloon B starts balloon  Bbbbb, Bbbbbb, Bbbbb Bbbbbb, Bbbbbb, Bbbbbb. And so on through the letters. You will soon receive a sheet with all the letters and their sample words. You can post it somewhere visible and use it when you have time to review the sounds and letters. The children will learn to use the alphabet posted on the wall to help them sing the song and think about the alphabet. They enjoy coming in to the classroom every day and predicting what the letter of the day will be. We will be continuing to have a new letter each day until we have covered them all. There will be a few pauses to celebrate Chinese New Year and Valentine's day and we should be done the unit by the middle of February. We will put the letters together and read some easy rhyming words like cat and mat. As you know, each child learns to read at his or her own speed and there is no pressure on them at this age, but whatever step they are at in the hundreds of steps to reading they can enjoy this unit and continue to progress.



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