Alphabet Tree Worksheet

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T H E A L P H A B E T T R E E
DIRECTIONS
SKILLS ADDRESSED
Place the Alphabet Tree overlay on the overhead and point to each
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• Recognition of Uppercase
of the squares. Then say, “What do you suppose we should put in
and Lowercase Letters
these boxes?”
• Letter-Sound Recognition
Beginning with the first box, ask students to name the first letter
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• Alphabetizing
of the alphabet. Once the letter has been named, write it in the box.
Note: You should begin this lesson with uppercase letters and move
to using lowercase letters at a later date once students have mastery
for recognizing uppercase letters.
MATERIALS
• Overlay Sheet #1
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Continue pointing to the squares and asking students to name the
• Dry Erase Pen
next letter. Once you have three or four letters on the overlay, go back
to the beginning and ask students to name the letters. Continue to
add letters and review until the tree is complete.
PURPOSE
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Once the tree is complete, you can point to letters randomly and
The purpose of this activity is
ask students to name the letter. For further extension, have students
to introduce and later rein-
name the sound the letter makes and a word that starts with that
force the visual recognition
letter.
of uppercase and lowercase
letters.
COOKS IN THE CLASSROOM!
Share Bill Martin’s classic book Chicka Chicka, Boom Boom, encouraging
LITERATURE LINKS
students to join in the fun by calling out the letters and lively refrain.
• The Alphabet Tree
Students can make alphabet trees by spreading peanut butter on celery
by Leo Lionni
stalks that have nice bushy leaves on top. Students then add alphabets
Knopf, 1990
cereal and malted milk balls. Learning the alphabet has never been so
fun or so tasty!
• Chicka Chicka, Boom Boom
by Bill Martin, Jr.
Simon & Schuster, 1989
TO EXTEND THE LESSON
Erase some of the letters on the overlay, particularly those letters
you’ve recently focused on. Ask students to tell you the names of the
missing letters.
Invite students to come up and fill in the missing letters on the
overlay.
Use the overlay and overhead in a free-time center and instruct
students to fill in the squares using uppercase or lowercase letters.
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