An alphabet chart is an excellent resource for teaching and reinforcing letter names and sounds. Here are my top 10 ways to use an alphabet chart (in no particular order) as a part of small group instruction or literacy centers.
Daily Warm Up
Alphabet charts can be used as a daily warm-up before your reading or small group instruction. Students can use 1:1 correspondence to point to the upper case letter, lower case letter, and word. For the D square, they would say D (name), d (name), dog (word), and then the sound /d/.
This is as easy as it sounds! Each time you introduce a letter or sound, have the student color the corresponding picture.
Also, using the name, name, word, and sound strategy listed in #1, students can go through the chart only by reading the letters/sounds they have been introduced to.
Color the letter and/or sound as it is mastered.
Similar to #2 - as the child has mastered the letter name or sound, they can color it in. This is an excellent way for students to see their progress!
Students can pick a magnetic letter and match it to the corresponding letter on the chart.
There are so many ways to present magnetic letters! You can hide them in anything or leave them on the table for students to see.
Letter Name BINGO
- If you use a colored version of the alphabet chart: the teacher or another student can call a letter name, and the student can cover it up.
- If you use a black-and-white version of the alphabet chart, students can color the letter name.
Letter Sound BINGO
- If you use a colored version of the alphabet chart: the teacher or another student can call a letter sound, and the student can cover it up.
- If you use a black-and-white version of the alphabet chart, students can color the letter sound.
Cut up the chart!
Students can cut up the chart squares, mix them, and put the letters alphabetically.
Now that those squares are cut up - sort the letters into consonants and vowels. You can also have students sort by letters in their name and notes not in their name.
Use oops tape or an object to cover a few letters and see if the student can guess which letter is missing!
Students or the teacher can pick a letter and give hints so others can guess the letter. Some tips may include: it is a vowel/consonant, it comes before the letter ___, it comes after the letter ___, it is between ___ and ___, and it makes the /___/ sound.
Do you need an alphabet chart so you can try these ideas out?
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