LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Goal 1

The learner will develop and apply enabling strategies to read and write.

Objective 1.03

Demonstrate decoding and word recognition strategies and skills:

  • recognize and name upper and lower case letters of the alphabet.
  • recognize some words by sight including a few common words, own name, and environmental print such as signs, labels, and trademarks.
  • recognize most beginning consonant letter-sound associations in one-syllable words.

Resources aligned to this objective

Resources on the web

Gingerbread Phonics
In this ReadWriteThinklesson, early readers use familiar words from a traditional story to learn letter-sound correspondence. The teacher conducts a shared reading of The Gingerbread Man with the whole class. Students then use words from the... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts)
Provided by: ReadWriteThink
From stop signs to the golden arches: Environmental print
The purpose of this lesson from ReadWriteThink is to bring the print-rich environment of the community into the classroom through the use of environmental print, enabling emergent readers to delight in the realization that they are indeed readers. Students... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts)
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Bingo! Using environmental print to practice reading
Students review familiar logos and images as a class, and then use the logos and images to create their own Bingo cards, which they read with a partner. After playing a Bingo game where they match images to images, they play by matching the logos on their... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts)
Provided by: ReadWriteThink
The big green monster teaches phonics in reading and writing
In this lesson from ReadWriteThink students begin with a shared reading of the story, Go Away, Big Green Monster! by Ed Emberley. After the shared reading, students engage in a paired reading of the online version to build fluency and word... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts)
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Alphabetizing with original stories
Students brainstorm word lists for each letter of the alphabet and construct sentences to include in an illustrated alphabet book. This lesson provides leveled instruction in alphabetization for basic, intermediate, and advanced students and alternative... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts)
Provided by: ReadWriteThink
Active Reading Using The Enormous Watermelon
The teacher engages students in an activity to show them how to identify the main character in a text. While reading rebus versions of nursery rhymes online several times, students search for the main character. Following this activity, students identify... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts)
Provided by: ReadWriteThink