Curated OER
Animalopedia Poetry
Students reseach animals while working in groups. They write poems to be included in a class Animalopedia book.
Auburn University
Auburn University: Teaching Letter Recognition
How can you teach your students letter recognition? This site offers insight into this necessary pre-reading skill set. Come and explore this informative resource.
Starfall
Starfall: Letters of the Alphabet
This site features activities for the letters of the alphabet. Students have an opportunity to click on a letter and hear a story about that letter.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: A Z: Learning About the Alphabet Book Genre
Contains plans for at least seven 20- to 30-minute sessions about alphabet books. In addition to student objectives and standards, these instructional plans contains links to PDF handouts and links to sites used in the lessons as well as...
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Up to Ten: Color the Letters a to Z
Color the letters - A to Z. Learn the alphabet while having fun coloring online.
abcteach
Abcteach: A Z Flash Cards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Help your students learn upper and lower case ABC's with printable color or blackline flash cards. Bright color pictures go with each letter and you can choose either Zaner Bloser or D'Nealian style.
Starfall
Starfall: How the Alphabet Got Its Order
A cleverly animated story about how the alphabet got its A-to-Z order. Helps beginning readers and English language learners learn to recognize and pronounce all the letters of the alphabet.
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania: "A" Apple Pie
Younger students discover letters A-Z in this colorful story-like tutorial.
abcteach
Abc Teach: Abc Activities
[Free Registration/Login Required] Offers numerous hands-on activities for young children learning their ABCs.