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Teacher's support sheet

Letters

It is time to test your knowledge: do you know the alphabet?

Come have fun with this game! Click on the letter you prefer and form syllables and words. To test something new, click on the arrow to see all the alphabet letters.

You can test, restart, delete, and form as many words as you want!

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Teacher's tips

Level of education: Elementary School

age: 6 to 9 years old

Subject: English

Using games in education is good for helping the development of literacy for kids. These technologies are tools for the pedagogical process. This game aims to help students learn how to put letters together to form words. [FIM-DICA]

Learner outcomes

To see how to form words using the alphabet;

To compare letters;

To understand how to form words;

To see the difference between vowels and consonants;

To identify the letters of the alphabet;

To develop the ability to put letters together to form syllables and words;

To improve reading and writing skills;

To memorize how to write some words;

To develop attention, concentration, and motor skills;

To recognize the difference between written and spoken words;

To reinforce the content discussed during classes.

Teachers' goals

To provide a playful way to practice the reading and writing skills of the students;

To promote the process of the words structures comprehension;

To widen their vocabulary;

To show them how to organize the letters and form different words;

To ensure students understand the process of creating words.

Suggestions of approaches for the teacher

(Approach 1) Divide the class into pairs and ask them to click on the letters to form words (one at a time). Then ask them to write the words in their notebook.

(Approach 2) Play a word search;

(Approach 3) Play scramble. Write on the whiteboard some scrambled words and ask students o put them in the correct order. You can also formulate it on the following link: https://www.flippity.net/WordScramble.htm

(Approach 4) Play hangman;

(Approach 5) Give students some letters and ask them to form as many words as they can;

(Approach 6) Write some letters on the board. Then, ask students to write words that start with those letters;

(Approach 7) Do a word dictation;

(Approach 8) Write some vowels on the board. Then, ask students to write words that start with them;

(Approach 9) Find a word 'inside' another word. Write words on the board and ask students to find other words (CLASSROOM = ROOM)

(Approach 10) Work with poems and rhymes.

(Approach 11) Promote activities of assembling words with a wooden alphabet and let students make decisions to write the words.

More about the content

Learning the process of grouping letters to form words is one of the most vital contents of Elementary School. It is necessary to relate this topic to the students' interests so it becomes significant to them. Using games and different activities can contribute to the students' formation because it connects curiosity and fun to efficient educational methodologies. Nowadays, the teacher can propose playful activities to encourage students to think about writing as an object of their curiosity. Games and activities enable children to learn essential things, such as participation and interaction in the classroom, questioning and arguments, and respect for teachers and their colleagues.

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