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        Angie Paris uses a vinyl tablecloth as a work mat for children to sort different letter fonts.

      Click here for letters that can be printed and used in this center.  You can also change the letters to your own fonts and print.

    After modeling this activity many times, Darci Giffin gave children opportunities for independent practice in segmenting words. Children use dry erase markers to write down the sounds they hear in words and lift the flap to check their answers.
     Children in Angie Paris' room practice letters and words from the word wall using water colors.
         Children match letters to pictures in this center from Angie Paris' classroom.
          Another alphabet center from Angie's room has children matching letter tiles with letters written on a long strip of paper.

        Clipboard Cruising is a popular center in Angie Paris' room. Children write sight words, letters and names that they find around the room using clipboards.

     Tegan Leffler drew attention to vowels by having her students circle the ones found in each other's names.

        In this overhead center from Angie Paris' class, children practice writing letters on the dry erase board.

    In this activity from Tegan Leffler's classroom, children role wooden blocks with letters on them to make short a words. Click on the picture for a better view.     


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