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ESL Preschool Letter of the Week - A

6/15/2016

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A is for Apple of course! But A is for a lot of other things too. And A makes a whole lot of different sounds in the English language. For the sake of simplicity  I only introduce the short vowel sounds. After learning all of the letters, we'll go back and focus on vowels and different sounds.

BOOKS
There are so many activities you can do just based on apples! Since its the beginning of the year and kids are still warming up to me, I try to win their affection with food by bringing in some apple slices to eat while we read from these two great A books.
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RHYMES
When teaching rhymes, you should use as many visuals and actions as possible. This makes the language learning process a total body experience.

Airplane, Airplane
Airplane, Airplane, up in the sky
Airplane, Airplane, flying high
Airplane, Airplane, take me with you
Up, Up, Up in the sky so blue

Jolly Songs - A 
​/a/ /a/ Ants on my arm!
/a/ /a/ Ants on my arm!
/a/ /a/ Ants on my arm!
They're causing me alarm!
(sung to the tune of Skip to my Lou)

Two Little Apples
Two little apples, hanging on a tree
Two little apples, smiling at me.
I shook the tree as hard as I could
Down came the apples,
Yummm, they were good!

WORKSHEETS
The following worksheet from KidZone go great with the Two Little Apples rhyme and helps them practice tracing. The coloring sheet I created reinforces the vocabulary. I try to repeat all of the words a lot as they are coloring the objects.
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DOWNLOADS
You are free to download my letter A flashcards and coloring page to use for personal and educational purposes. Please do not sell them or offer them as your own. Proper credit is appreciated.

The flashcards are formatted for A4 and can be printed back to back, cut and laminated. There is a color and a black and white version in case you want to save on printing costs and do the coloring yourself.

Happy Teaching!
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