Pp
Pete the Panda
is proud of his birthday.
Please come to his party,
eat pizza, and play.
Here’s how you make Pp:
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Find the Pp words
Pp words we found in the picture
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Teaching Guide
Quick &and Easy Activity
Try this activity after you explore the letter page. As you do the activity, emphasize the target letter: Pp . If there is a child in your class
whose first or last name begins with the letter P , you might ask him or her to lead the activity!
Pp Pink and Purple Pennies
Set out pink and purple crayons with the paper wrapping peeled off. Glue pennies
(some heads up, some heads down) to pieces of cardboard. Children can cover the
cardboard with thin white paper and use the sides of the crayons to do rubbings.
Using the L etter P age
FRIDAY: Revisit the laminated letter page with the whole group
Presenting and exploring one letter of the alphabet each week is
a great way to get kids to focus on the shape and sound of each
letter. You can do this in just five to ten minutes a day. Because
children will benefit from repetition and multiple experiences with
each letter, laminate the letter page, then try this weekly plan:
MONDAY: Share the laminated letter page with the whole
Letter of the Week Flip Chart © Kama Einhorn, Scholastic Teaching Resources
group at circle time. Introduce the animal mascot by reading
the four-line, alliterative rhyme aloud, emphasizing the words
that start with the target letter. Next, look at how the letter
is formed. Using a dry-erase marker, slowly demonstrate the
the formation of the letter, asking children to air-trace the
letter with their index fingers as you do so. Then ask several
at circle time. Invite kids to think of more target words (or names)
that they know or that are visible in the room (for instance, Bobby,
Ms. Barrett, book, ball). Write children’s ideas in the box at bottom
right (or ask them to come up and do so, especially if it is their own
name that begins with the target letter).
You can go through the alphabet in letter order, or you can move
around the alphabet, focusing on any letter you choose. You might
choose letters based on a book you are sharing (for instance,
if you are reading Where the Wild Things Are, you can take the
opportunity to highlight the letter W ). Or, you can spotlight
individual children on their birthdays (for instance, on Ben’s
birthday, explore the letter B).
children to take turns coming to the chart and practice form-
Any way you present the letters, you’ll be building letter-
ing the letter on the row themselves.
recognition skills, developing sound-symbol awareness, and
TUESDAY: Look at the laminated letter page again. Can
helping kids practice letter formation.
children remember the name of the animal mascot? Read the
rhyme aloud. Then, examine the large picture together, inviting
children to find pictures representing the target letter (there
will be at least six, though Q only has four). Have a volunteer
come up and circle those pictures with a dry-erase marker.
Write them in the box under the picture.
Aa
Featured letter
Attention, all!
It’s Arnold the Ape.
This amazing athlete
Alliterative rhyme
is in tip-top shape.
Here’s how you make Aa:
Aa.
How to make Aa
Find the Aa words
WEDNESDAY: Look at the laminated letter page again at
circle time. Have children take turns forming the letter on
the practice row. Then do the suggested activity for the letter
Find the Aa words
of the week. (See inside back cover for quick and easy letterspecific activities.)
THURSDAY: Display the chart in the writing center for
children to use on their own (include the wipe-off pen if the
Aa words we found in the picture
Aa words we found
pages have been laminated). Children can write on the flip
ape
airplane
alligator armadillo
apple
ant
chart itself, then practice the letters on separate sheets of paper.
Designed by Jason Robinson
Illustrated by Steve Cox
ISBN-13: 978-0-545-22417-8 / ISBN-10: 0-545-22417-9
Copyright © 2010 by Kama Einhorn
Printed in China.
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