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Millicent Nargis BawanyMaster of Education, Monash University

Experience: • Teacher, Principal, Trainer, Manager and

Lecturer. • Held the position of Principal for 20 years, • Involved in curriculum development,

administration and management of program, staff -training, mentoring, parental counselling leading workshops, action research and writing of learner’s and facilitator’s guidebooks.

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At the end of this session, Participants will be able to:

• Help students to recognize, match letter to sound and form letters

• Understand how reading and writing develop• Gain knowledge of teaching alphabet in a fun,

creative and holistic manner

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In small groupsDiscuss and Present

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• Can you recall how you learned to read and write?

• When was the first time you learned to read and write?

• Was it a pleasant and fun experience?• Who taught you to read and write?• How do you think reading and writing

develop?

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1. Understand how reading and writing develop

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• Learning to read and write (literacy) does not usually happen in isolation,

• It is contextual, for example environmental print, labels, names, street names etc.

• Preferably a balance of explicit teaching and incidental learning

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Occurs gradually over time

Skill learned while readingAnd writing

Builds on literacy concept Learnt naturally at home

Day long immersion inpurposeful literacyactivities

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2. To recognize letter, match letter to sound and form letters

Ants on the apple a, a, a Ants on the apple a, a, a Ants on the apple a, a, a "a" is the sound of "A"

Phonics Videohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFFyS3PrjZk

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• Base our teaching on their prior knowledge, in other words, on what they already know.

• Use child’s name as a starting point to teach them to recognize the letter.

• Start with the initial letter and letter sound of their name, for example: Annie.

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• Use child’s name and sing a song • Write child’s name on a paper to model writing and to

show the child what they say (spoken language) can be written in words.

• As you write, say out the letter one by one, • Then point to each letter and then sweep your finger

under the word as you slowly read the word : A..nee (two syllables and according to sound).

• Next use hand claps for them to hear the two syllables A (one clap and stretch) and Nee (one clap).

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• Trace the letter on their palm. • Use tape to show formation of letter. • Any more suggestion to teach letter

recognition, matching letter to sound and forming letters?

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• V will discuss and present how they would teach a letter.

• Get V to demonstrate. • Get V to choose a letter that they would like to

teach. • They can come up with other ideas of teaching

the letter apart from using the compiled book.

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• Distribute one type of material to each group.• V will explore and suggest ways of using these

materials to help children learn about the reading and writing (literacy)

• Present and share ideas.

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• We need to teach children in a fun, creative and holistic manner so that they in turn can learn in a fun, creative and holistic manner.

• Learning should be pleasant and interactive.• Children must be involved in their learning:

hands-on and interactive.

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PUPPET THEATRE

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Sock puppetCardboard finger puppet

Paper BagPuppet Stick and Foam PuppetCloth Puppet 23Millicent 21.3.12

• In small groups, V can choose to create a story with their puppets; dramatize and tell their story.

• Use drawing block, glitter, pipe cleaner, sticker, marker, crayons, buttons, scrap materials to make alphabet puppets and create a story about the alphabet.

• Puppets created by V and a puppet theatre made from a box/crate will be used to present the story.

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• Share one strategy that you have learned today and describe how you would use this strategy to teach children to recognize letter, match letter to sound, read and write. Paired Activity.

• How can you apply all that you have learned today when teaching your students?

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