Go Dawgs!
Cindy Conley ofHarris Elementary in Duluth, GA, shared this idea when I was at the GAKindergarten Conference a few weeks ago. She adapted a favorite cheer of the GA Bulldogs to reinforce letters andsounds.
Goooo dawgs! (Circle fist in the air.)
Woof! Woof! Woof! Woof! (Shake fist.)
Go A! (Circle fist in the air.)
Apple /a/ /a/ /a/ /a/ (Shake fist.)
Go B! Bounce /b/ /b/ /b/ /b/
Go C….
Ribbon Ruler Gina Skinner, Gwinnett County, GA
Ribbon with dots,frogs, or other objects. Glue theribbon to paint sticks or large craft sticks and use like a ruler to measure.
Paper PlateNames (Jennifer ?)
Write children’snames on paper plates and then scatter them around the room on the floor. Sing this song to the tune of “IfYou’re Happy and You Know It.”
Ifyour name is on a plate, pick it up.
Ifyour name is on a plate, pick it up.
Ifyour name is on a plate, pick it up and give a smile.
Ifyour name is on a plate, pick it up.
*This would begreat the beginning of the school year for name recognition.
You could alsoadapt this by writing letters, words, numerals, etc. on the plates. “If you can read a word, pick it up….ifyou know a letter pick it up…”
ClassPictionary
Each day choose adifferent letter of the alphabet and write it on a large sheet of paper. Let the children cut out objects ordraw pictures of things that start with that sound. Be sure and label their pictures. After introducing all 26 letters, put the pagestogether to make a BIG BOOK PICTIONARY for your classroom. Don’t forget to add a page forillustrators and the publisher (school, city, and state). You could also let the childrendedicate the book and make a page that says “The End.”
