Hameray is excited to announce "Letter Learning with the Letter Buddies," our brand-new Letter Buddies Teacher's Guide! This free guide provides ideas to boost your students' alphabetic knowledge with the Letter Buddies.
The Teacher's Guide covers every product from the extensive Letter Buddies series:
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"Talk about the features of the lowercase and uppercase versions of each letter.
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Finger-trace the letters to demonstrate formation using verbal directions from the Child Talk Table (see pages 3–4).
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Name the letters and give students practice naming the letters.
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Talk about how certain letters are grouped together to form a word. Explain that there is a word under each picture naming what the object is.
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Show that the letter at the top of the page is the same as the rest letter in the word below.
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Demonstrate and practice alphabetical order using the picture glossary.
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Engage in storytelling and conversation while playing the I-Spy game included" (5)
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