1. Challenging Challenge Kinder 5 Galileo Galilei School

5. How did we Start with the ABC Project? First of all, we started to recognize some letters in an ABC chart. Students were able to repeat each word and name objects which matched with the correct letter.

8. The activities related to the ABC recognition were planned twice a week. They were introduced with different resources to make them feel comfortable and motivated. Sometimes it was with a ball game , a spelling game, a chant or we just identified the letters on the ABC Chart while singing different funny songs. Some of the activities were both oral and written . At the begining of each day, the routine was connected with the spelling of the day and the name of the topic of the week or month. Those days which we didn’t work with the ABC in deep, we worked with this activity. Some students were picked up and they spelt each letter to a student which was at the front. All together, we were identifying the letters on the ABC Chart and recognized an object which started which the spelt letter. Meanwhile the student was writing the letters at the blackboard. After some days, students were able to write the letters on their own without the help of the chart.

11. One of the activities they enjoyed and liked most was related to spelling. It was simple, to the point but the results were amazing. How did we play? The ABC letters were placed on the floor and a group of students had some words. Another group, was responsible for writing the letters while listening to the ones who were in charge of spelling a colour. It was easy and the idea of working with spelling, writing and correcting mistakes together was a great opportunity to test the group as a group or individually. (Note: it was one of the games we played?

20. How about reading simple sentences? When did we start? After some months of working with the Abc recognition, with a variety of games and with different activities, the group gained more self-confidence and independance specially at the second term of the year. They were well-prepared after working with words and making short and simple sentences so we went on a new level: Reading words- Reading sentences.

22. Some activities were done on the blackboard or on a sheet of paper on the benches. The most important thing was at the beginning, the development and the ending of the class were done together and students had the opportunity to participate, name and correct mistakes at the same time they were learning.

34. 5- “Spelling Bee” Show the students picture cards and have them spell the words after you. After you have done this several times, have a spelling bee. Divide the class into two teams. Show a picture card and have a member of a team spell the word. Akternate giving words to teams and team members. A team gets one point for each correctly spelled word. The team with the most pints at the end of the game wins. 6- “Cloze Sentences” Choose five to ten picture cards. On the board, write a sentence for each card but leave out the name of the object pictured. Display the cards. Hve the students complete the sentences with the words pictured. Be sure to write sentences for which there is only one possible answer among the picture cards. Example, “ The_________ is pink” when there is only one pink object in the set of picture cards. 6- “Alphabetical Order” Display five or ten cards. With the students, put the words in alphabetical order according to the first letter in the spelling of the word. You might want to have the students first say the names of teh objects and as they do so, you can write the initial letter above the pictures.

35. 7- “Picture Dictionary” If you wan to have a final product of the Abc project, you can design a picture dictionary with your kids and add new words or work different days with a particular letter and stick objects they can draw. At the end of the year, you will have a wonderful dictionary which will be showed in the last parents’ meeting or you can send it home and share it with the families every Friday. 8- “ Mailbox” At the end of the class you can choose a word with yor kids, write it on a card and put it in a box. You can tell your kids that it is going to be a mailbox so you can open it on Friday. You might want to have your students to open the box and read the words together. You can do a variety of activities with the words in the box. 9- “Key Word” At th end of the class, say a word or a sentences to kids in order to remember it the next day before they enter to class. They have to remmebr it because it will be “the key” to enter!