Learning Letters in Class One

Class One have been on a journey of learning the alphabet letters and sounds from listening to stories; drawing and writing the alphabet letters and exploring words which begin with the letter sound. Recalling the story from the previous day brings up the imaginations which have lived in the students overnight. Oral recall is often accompanied by ‘acting out’ the story to further deepen the story sequence experience. The class has taken up the challenge of singing the alphabet letter sounds rather than the alphabet letter names. Matching pictures to the initial letter sounds has also been a fun activity. Movement and speech are a crucial element of language learning which has involved the students listening to, and discovering rhyming word patterns, speaking tongue twisters, and moving to verses. This Main Lesson moves into the class writing and reading their own sentences. In craft, Class One are completing their rainbow Lilly pad cushion.