Lesson 42 the alphabet u

Learning objectives Word families

Children will: cat, rat, hat, fat, sat, mat, bat, van, fan, can, man,
• identify the phonemes, graphemes and names ran, tan, pan, map, gap, lap, zap, tap, cap, nap, jam,
of the letters of the alphabet. ham, Sam
• identify the word ‘words’.
Vocabulary words
Australian Curriculum Content Descriptions orange, zebra, words, carrot, tent, moon, pencil,
Sound and letter knowledge apple, ant, fun, sun, fish, wish, fox, box, pin, fin, bee
ACELA1439 listen to the sounds a student hears in the
Extra assistance
word, and write letters to represent those sounds;
identify rhyme and syllables in spoken words; identify English language learners need to understand that
and manipulate sounds (phonemes) in spoken words; in the English language there are 26 graphemes or
identify onset and rime in one-syllable spoken words written letters, but there are actually 44 sounds or
ACELA1440 identify familiar and recurring letters and phonemes. So far this program has covered the most
the use of upper and lower case in written texts common sounds for the consonants and the short
vowel sounds, to give each student a sound to link
Expressing and developing ideas
to each letter. The letters also have names, which are
ACELA1438 build word families using onset and rime often different to their sounds and should also be
ACELA1758 recognise the most common sound made learnt by students.
by each letter of the alphabet, including consonants
and short vowel sounds; write consonant-vowel- Classroom activities
consonant words by writing letters to represent the Decorate the letters
sounds in the spoken words; know that spoken words Provide the students with a piece of paper that has
are written down by listening to the sounds heard in all the letters of the alphabet on it – some dotted,
the word and then writing letters to represent those some in bubble writing, some solid letters. Trace over
sounds the dotted letters with different coloured pencils,
Sight words textas or crayons. Glue collage materials such as paper
bits, leaves or wool to the solid letters. Colour in the
it, the, see, yes bubble letters with dots, stripes or shapes.

Reading Eggs TEACH PRACTISE APPLY

Lesson sequence Content and skills Children will:
Hear: Introduce the alphabet using identify lower case letters by Worksheet 1
Animated Lesson letters, sounds and names and their sounds and capital letters The alphabet
Sam’s Alphabet Song. by their name.
Write: Unjumble letters for a given write a word from jumbled Worksheet 2
Rumble Jumble, Sound word. Identify sounds in words. letters. Sound out and select Word families
Streamers letters to make words.
Find: Recognise a given word. Identify find the given word in a group. Worksheet 3
Honey Bees, Fishing Boats, the correct onset letter to Choose the correct initial letter Read and write
Word family, Letter Lights, complete the word. Recognise to make the word. Locate lower
Make a Word, Golden Goose letters in upper and lower case. case and capital letters. Match
Identify initial letters by sound pictures to their initial letter.
and read written words. Match a word to its picture.

Vocabulary: Build vocabulary skills: match pictures to words. Find Worksheet 4

Wheel of Words, Rhyming Recognise key vocabulary. images of rhyming words. Check
Squares Identify rhyming words.
Read: Read aloud book. listen, follow the reading and Reading Eggs book
Book read along. Word families for at, an, ap, am

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Lesson 42 • Worksheet 1
Name

The alphabet

1 Complete the alphabet snakes.

a
b d e

g j k
h
m q s
o
t u y
w
2 Draw lines to match.

r H g
R
d D b
B
h t
T
G
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Word families a-z

Lesson 42 • Worksheet 2
1 Join each letter to the at machine.
Write each word you make.

h c
f at
m b

2 Colour the pairs that rhyme.

cap tap pan zap

ham lap fan ran

3 Colour the ap words.

map can gap nap tan

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Lesson 42 • Worksheet 3
Name

Read and write

1 Complete each sentence. Draw a picture.

Sam has a

.
I can see a

.
2 Colour the correct word. Cross out the wrong word.
ran
The man had a .
nap
sat
She in the van.
map
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 Name

Check a-z
Lesson 42 • Worksheet 4
1 Draw lines to match.

e k q a y n

K E Y Q N A
2 Colour at words = red an words = blue.
cat hat man fan
van rat pan tan

3 Complete the sentences. hat fat can

I __________________ see Sam.
She has a __________________ .
The rat is __________________ .
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LESSON 42 the alphabet

Word families for at, an, ap, am Word family Draw your favourite

cat fat sat

• • • _____ words
hat mat rat bat
• • • •
can fan man
• • • _____ words
ran van tan pan
• • • •
tap cap gap
• • • _____ words
lap map nap zap
• • • •
jam ham Sam _____ words
• • •
Activity 1 Activity 2
Colour a hat each time you read the book. Clap each word as you read.
I counted _____ words.

I read Word families ____ times!

Activity 4
Activity 3 Match the rhyming words.
Draw the things from the book I can read the book,
that you find in a kitchen. Word families
at, an, ap, am.
I can read at, an, ap and am words.
Able to read independently
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Needs assistance to read