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Differentiated Instruction
Katherine Hust
to participate. So what were going to do
is first, look at the poster to see what
letter comes first. Hmm, is it this letter?
S: No! First comes letter A.
T: Okay, so we need to start up here with
letter A. Now Im going to find that letter
in the pile of mats. Notice how Im not
making a mess with the mats, but Im
looking carefully through them. Here we
go, is this the letter A?
S: No, thats an S!
T: Okay, how about this one?
S: Yes!
T: Now that I found the right letter, Im
going to place it on the carpet, starting
up in the farm corner just like this. Then
Im going to look at the poster for the
next letter.
Etc.
You Do:
The teacher turns the task over to the
students, directing each child to take a
turn picking out a letter mat and placing
it on the floor until all the letters have
been placed. Then the teacher and
students recite aloud the alphabet,
following the cards they have placed
down.
T: (Name), you may go first. What letter
comes next? Now find the letter mat for
that letter and place it on the carpet to
continue our alphabet.
Katherine Hust
uppercase and lowercase letters.
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