Teaching the Alphabetic Principle:
Sequencing Alphabetic Principle skills
Examples of Tasks Illustrating Alphabetic Understanding
- Letter-sound associations: What is the sound of
this letter?
- Soundblending: Blend the sounds of these letters
to make a word /mmmmmaaaaaannnn/.
- Segmenting: What sounds do you hear in this word?
- Manipulating letter-sound correspondences in words:
What word would you have if you change the /n/ in /nap/ to /l/?
- Reading pseudowords: What is this word, mip?
- Word identification: What is this word, map?
Curriculum Maps:
Curriculum maps list specific skills that relate to each big idea. Each skill
can be taught during at an optimal time during the school year.
Click here for an explanation
of how to read curriculum maps.
Link to Alphabetic Principle curriculum maps for each grade:
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