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Alphabet Picture Cards
Teach kids letters and sounds with these Alphabet Picture Cards. Each card features a letter of the alphabet with a colored illustration to prompt a word starting with that letter. The picture cards use mostly common words that are familiar to kids, and the most common sound is represented for each letter. The cards show the upper and lowercase forms of each letter with handwriting lines to help kids visualize how to write them on lined paper. These cards measure 7.5" x 9" and are a good size for classroom use, or for displaying on the wall. Includes 26 cardstock letter cards plus a cover card and an index of words. ~Rachel E.
Perfect for kindergarten and first grade classrooms! These cards contain illustrations of words corresponding to the sound of each letter and handwriting models for the upper and lower case letters. The PAF cards are better than other classroom alphabets because these cards contain illustrations of words corresponding to the sound of each letter and handwriting models for the upper and lower case letters.
Key words contain the correct sounds of the letters (o for octopus, not owl)
Pictures are easily recognizable by children (qu for queen, not quail)
Sounds are at the beginning of the key words (a for apple, not lamb)
For letters with more than one sound, the most common one is taught first. (g for girl, not giraffe)
The initial sounds are easy to hear because blends are not used (s for sun, not snail)
Programs in this section go beyond teaching children how to read, incorporating phonetic readers, spelling and writing as well. Arranged roughly by grade/age.
At the heart of this multisensory Orton-Gillingham method program is the Preventing Academic Failure (PAF) Teacher's Handbook. This handbook has been updated to incorporate the PAF readers. It contains the methodology and framework for the entire program, integrating reading, spelling/dictation, grammar and handwriting instruction. The Teacher's Handbook includes a complete explanation of the program and how to teach it, a Curriculum Sequence of the order of instruction, lesson plan templates, proficiency tests, and an appendix (which includes comprehensive instruction on how to teach handwriting). The Curriculum Sequence part of the handbook lists when to use the other components of the program including PAF Handwriting, Alphabet Picture Cards, Pocket Chart Alphabet Cards, Review Cards, Key Word Picture Cards, and the PAF Reading Series including the Skills Books and Teacher's Guides. Levels 161-215 still use the Merrill Readers Take Flight and Break Through along with the Stepping Up In Reading 3 Workbook. (For a more specific review of the reading and handwriting components, please see PAF Readers and PAF Handwriting Program.)
The program is based on the premise that language learning must be simple to complex (phonics-based). Children should learn individual letter sounds, building syllables, words and sentences as they progress. The program uses a multisensory approach to accomplish this. Students learn to recognize graphic symbols for letters and sounds (visual), differentiate and duplicate sounds (auditory and vocal), and write symbols to produce sounds and words (kinesthetic). Children are explicitly taught phonics which is then reinforced in reading, spelling, handwriting and grammar. Instruction is organized and systematic with plenty of practice and reinforcement. This is much more than phonetic instruction as it addresses all components of language structure: phonograms, sight words, spelling rules, syllabication and grammatical concepts. There are 215 levels (or lessons) in the program.
This is a very thorough, complete and sound phonics-based language program which requires very little advance knowledge or preparation on the part of the teacher. It integrates phonics, reading, handwriting, spelling and grammar. The cost is reasonable. It can be used for three years (K-3) of phonics/reading/spelling instruction, or used as a remedial program for older students.
Product Format: | Other |
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Brand: | Intelexia USA |
Grades: | PK-AD |
ISBN: | 9780963647160 |
Length in Inches: | 9 |
Width in Inches: | 7.5 |
Height in Inches: | 0.3125 |
Weight in Pounds: | 0.6 |