Reading Song
Mount Zion Elementary School
First Grade
Caroline LaMagna
Upper case A, lower case a block a block a
aaa
short a short a aaa (baby lamb aaa)
Upper case B, lower case b, beating heart, beating
heart, bbb
Upper case C, lower case c, cracking nut,
cracking nut, kkk
Upper case D, lower case d, knock on door, knock on door,
ddd
Upper case E, lower case e, block e, block e, eee
short e short e eee (rocking chair e)
Upper case F, lower case f, frightened cat, frightened
cat, fff
Upper case G, lower case g, croaking frog, croaking
frog, ggg
Upper case H, lower case h, running boy,
running boy, hhh
Upper case I, lower case i, block I, block I, iii
short I, short I iii (dirty pig i)
Upper case J, lower case j, scrub brush, scrub
brush, jjj
Upper case K, lower case k, cracking nut, cracking
nut kkk
Upper case L, lower case l, mixer, mixer, lll
Upper case M, lower case m, ice cream cone, ice cream
cone, mmm
Upper case N, lower case n, motorboat,
motorboat, nnn
Upper case O, lower case o, block o, block o,
ooo
short o, short o ooo (doctor O)
Upper case P, lower case p dripping water, dripping water
ppp
Upper case Q, lower case q, coffee pot, coffee pot, qu
qu qu
Upper case R, lower case r, roaring lion,
roaring lion rrr
Upper case S, lower case s, flat tire, flat tire, sss
Upper case T, lower case t, ticking clock, ticking
clock ttt
Upper case U, lower case u, block u, block u
uuu
short u, short u uuu (bear cub u)
Upper case V, lower case v, airplane,
airplane vvv
Upper case W, lower case w, lasso, lasso www
Upper case X, lower case x, bottle cap, bottle
cap, ks ks ks
Upper case Y, lower case y, baby bird, baby bird
yyy
Upper case Z, lower case z busy bees, busy
bees zzz
Signals, Signals e i y (repeat)
Ch = choo choo train
Wh = blow out match
Aw, au, all = broken bat aw
Ow, ou = hurt finger ou
Oi, oy = barking seal oi