The Letter
Tt
Emergent Reader Book -
Alphabet Instructional Routine
10 minutes every day
Step 1 & 2
Letter Identification
(show and/or write the uppercase and then lowercase letter)
T t
“This is the letter t.”
T
“This is the uppercase letter T.”
t
“This is the lowercase letter t.”
Tt
“Let’s practice naming this letter. What is this letter?”
(point to upper- and lowercase letters in different orders at least 3 times, asking students to say the letter names.
If students do not use speech to communicate, then say “Let’s practice naming this letter. Say it to yourself while I say it out loud.”)
Step 3 & 4
Letter Sound Identification
Tt
“This letter t represents the sound /t/.”
(Provide stories, mnemonics, and key words to help students remember the sounds - the next few slides include examples you can use or change)
turtle
tomato
tacos
tail
ten
tractor
telescope
tuba
tutu
table
tiger
trash
trail
tennis
Tt
“Let’s practice saying the sound this letter represents. �The letter t says /t/. Say /t/ with me.”
(point to upper & lowercase letters in different orders 3 times, asking students to say letter sound.
If student does not use speech to communicate, change to “say the sound /t/ to yourself while I say it aloud.”)
Step 5
Recognizing the letter in text
Tt
“Now, let’s look for the letter t in text.”
(help students look for the letter Bb in naturally occurring print, such as books, charts, signs, and other places in the environment that include print. Each time they locate the letter, they should state the letter name and the sound it represents. A few examples you can use are on the next slides)
My text message
Step 6 & 7
Producing the letter form
Tt
“Let me show you how to write the letter t.”
(describe how to write the upper and lowercase forms as you write them.
If students write with alternative pencils, ask students to write the letter using their alternative pencils)
T
(boxes to practice writing each letter)
t
(boxes to practice writing each letter)
The End
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About this book series...
This book was compiled by Dr. Laura Clarke in 2021 using the evidence-based “Explicit Alphabet Knowledge Instructional Routine” shared by Erickson & Koppenhaver (2020) in their groundbreaking text Comprehensive Literacy for All: Teaching Students with Significant Disabilities to Read & Write.
These books provide a step-by-step instructional routine through a teacher script on each book page.
The images in these books are from free photo sites including Unsplash, Pixabay, and Pexels, as well as free images on Emojipedia, free text graphics on TextGiraffe, and free text messages on IFakeTextMessages
How to use these books: The book is designed so teachers and parents can share digitally, or print a copy front to back. Teachers can read the script provided on each page to ensure fidelity in teaching this routing. This book can be used to provide the recommended 10-minutes a day of explicit literacy instruction. To learn more, check out the notes at the end of the book.
You are welcome to make your own copies of this book and make changes to meet your students’ needs. You may not sell any copy of this book or incorporate into other programs without written permission of Dr. Laura Clarke.
Concepts in this book were developed based on Erickson & Koppenhaver’s Comprehensive Literacy for All (2020). To learn more, use this link (which includes step-by-step instructions for teaching)
Questions: email Laura at EmergingReaderResources@gmail.com
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