Interactive Alphabet
Are you one of the lucky teachers with an interactive whiteboard in your classroom? I just LOVE this interactive alphabet – I can think of SO many ways to use it with Foundation Phase learners:
When you click on the star on each letter, it gets hidden. Click again and the letter re-appears. You can drag letters onto the centre of the screen to make words.
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You could use this for basic word building. Children could guess the missing letters. What I like about this activity is that it is ”bomb-proof” – a group of learners can work on their own at the whiteboard, building words and asking their friends to guess the missing letters.
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You can use this alphabet resource to teach spelling, and to do some “look, cover, write, check” reinforcement work before Friday’s spelling test. (Have you picked up that I’m a fan of spelling tests? One day I’ll write a blog on spelling…)
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You can use the alphabet to teach plurals; or past tense; or aphabetical order (hide all the letters and ask a child to tell you the ninth letter of the alphabet – then click to check).
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Children can practice writing their full names.
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Use it to play hangman.
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Use it to teach the difference between vowels and conosonants, and the role played by vowels in word-building…. (Can anyone think of a word without vowels in it???)
What other ways can you use this resource with your children? Share your ideas by adding a comment to this blog.
My daughter recently started grade 1, so now Mom and Dad have to keep abreast of all the homework which “the teacher said must be pracised.” I found this site to be very exciting and useful for developing spelling skills. Thanks for the idea. Keep sending more.
I have come acrossthis website through websearch.
Actually I can’t say a word about it so far. It seems promising and appealing I hope
Nice post —