Talibiddeen Jr.

Alphabet and vowel charts with learning notes.

Alphabet Tracking Sheet

 for Teacher Use

Use this sheet to track progress of alphabet recognition and sounds. Make a mark under the appropriate column for letters student needs to review/learn. Or use
to show letters mastered.

For one student.

CVC Word Builder Cards

Pictured cards for each letter of the alphabet (q and x do not contain pictures). The picture is on top and letter on bottom. Put the cards together to form CVC words to sound out. The picture on top acts as a clue to how each letter sounds. Cards can be folded in half so that picture does not show, if desired.

Pouch for cards

More on the way, insha Allah

Banner Letters (and Numbers)

One large letter per page.

Great for posting on wall.

Learn the Letters of the Alphabet

2 page worksheets (per letter) containing pictures beginning with each letter, recognition activity and handwriting practice!

• Learn H

• Learn I

• Learn J

Putting letters in abc order

Exercises to begin teaching abc order of letters. Includes exercises for a, b, and c; 3 pages of varied activities.

Offsite Activities/Worksheets:

Creating An Alphabet Book(CanTeach.ca)

Create an Alphabet Book(Enchanted Learning)

ABC Worksheets(Sunniebunniezz)

Alphabet Action(Learning Planet)

AlphaBites(Alphabet-Soup.com)

Alphabet Theme Lesson and Activities(AtoZ Teacher Stuff)

Printable ABC Coloring Page(Learning Planet)

Alphabet Printable(Activity Village)

ABC Activity Sheet(ABC Teach)

The ABC Game(Primary Games)

Alphabet Pictures(alphabet-soup.com)

Jan Brett's Alphabet Coloring Book

BeginningReading.com: worksheets

Alphabet Activities

• Play alphabet concentration using letter cards.

• Reproduce connect-the-dot pictures that use letters for each dot.

• Have children perform an action that represents a letter. (Example: hop for h)

• Provide experiences for tactile activities related to letter formation. Use pipe cleaners, wax sticks, or salt or sand in trays.

• Give children a clipping from a newspaper or magazine and have them circle or highlight all the examples they can find of a specified letter.

• Label objects in the classroom that begin with a letter you have just taught. Or you can give children cards with the letter on them and have them attach the letter card to anything in the classroom that begins with that letter.

Adapted from: Reading A-Z.com

A Muslim Alphabet, by Talibiddeen Jr.

The English alphabet with an Islamic twist!

A Ramadan Alphabet, by Talibiddeen Jr.

ABC Mommy and Me

An Alphabet Book On-Line

A Dinosaur Alphabet Book

Aesop's ABC

Pooh's Book of ABC's

ABC Animals

Rainforest ABC Book

Alphabet Jobs

Ben's (Franklin) ABC's

New & Original Alphabet Books

A French Alphabet Book

Alphabet Curricula

Letter of the Week:

A full curriculum for teaching the English alphabet

Teaching the Alphabet Tips, by TJ

If you are new to teaching, you may have some questions as to the order to teach letters and how to teach them.

For some personal thoughts on order, whether or not to teach upper and lowercase, and sounds and letter recognition at the same time, please see TJ's Blog entry: "Teaching the Alphabet"

Below is a sample routine for alphabet lessons as well as activity ideas for teaching the alphabet.

Teaching the Alphabet

Here is a sample routine for alphabet lessons:

1. Alphabet Review (start each learning session with this or similar review time)

(use an aid such as TJ's Alphabet and Vowel Learning Posters )

2. New Learning

Recognition:

Show student the letter (on a flashcard, written on the board, etc)

Say: This is the letter ______. Have student repeat the name of the letter.

 

Sound:

If teaching sounds of the letter as well or student already knows the name, say: The letter ______ make the sound _________.

Have student repeat the sound and say (letter) says ___________.

Show student pictures of words that start with that letter. Say the word, emphasizing the sound (e.g. mitten ---> mmmmmmmitten) Have student pick out the letter in the words.

3. Practice:

 

• Give student rows of the target letter mixed with other letters. Have student pick out the target letter in each row. If student has already learned some other letters, fill the rows with the new letter and previous letter and have student name all the letters.

 

• You may also give students lists of words and have student pick out the letter in the words.

 

• Call out words that start with various letters, if a word starts with the target letter, student writes the letter.

 

• Play games/activities for student to practice recognizing the letter. See activities below.

 

 

4. Writing

Show student how to correctly form the letter. Have student practice writing the letter while you watch.

 

For steps 2 - 4, TJ will soon have learning packets for each letter, insha Allah with many of the listed activities.

 

 

Review Activities, compiled by TJ

Letter recognition, sound recognition, alphabetical order.

• Lay out written cards with  two letters that student has worked with. Give student picture cards of things that start with each letter. Have student sort the picture cards under the correct letter card. As a variation, have student pretend as if the pictures are mail and that he or she is delivering them to the right house (letter).

 

 

• Using cards or letter on lids, put them in order and put an object that begins with each letter on top of the correct lid card. Time child to see how quickly he/she can do this.

 

• Spinner game: Make spinners with four categories (i.e. food, animals, names, etc) on them. Student spins and lands on a category and sees how many words he can come up with that start with a particular letter (or go through the alphabet) that fit the category. Or skip the spinner and have student name as many "g" animal words, etc.

 

• Say a word, have student write the beginning letter. Repeat with other words.

 

• Write letters on the rung of a drawn ladder or set of stairs. Student starts at bottom naming the letters (or saying their sounds) and moves up the rungs/steps.  Draw a treat at the top (or place a real one) for incentive to finish. If student misses a letter/sound, he/she starts over again.

 

• Find things around the house in sequence of the alphabet (first find something that starts with an "a" then a "b" etc.

 

• Play Pictionary, drawing a word that starts with a certain letter.

 

• Put 2-3 boxes with the letters student has recently learned/is learning on the outsides.  Say words, student must pitch a ball or beanbag into the correctly labeled box (the box that has the letter the word starts with)

UPDATED VERSION of ALPHABET TEACHING TIPS