ABC+Work+Station

= ABC Work Station: = === Students can be engaged in letter or word activities. This center should have a variety of manipulatives, such as magnetic letters of the alphabet, magnetic boards or metal cookie sheets, foam letters, alphabet cereal, picture or word cards. Children manipulate the letters to spell words (sight words, theme words, classmates names etc…), sort the letters by attribute, work with blends, onsets and rimes, etc. Suggested Activities: ===

Use Albert B Cub and Zebra by Anne Rockwell for several weeks by varying the activities: Photocopy the pages from the book onto 11 x17 paper.
 * Make as many words as possible and record.
 * Make rhyming words with particular patterns.
 * Make 10 words from the story
 * Make 10 words and illustrate each word.
 * Create Class ABC books
 * Students select one page to work with.
 * Students list all objects they can find that start with their letter on the page.
 * Then students can do other activities such as alphabetizing words, grouping words
 * Students can make their own alphabet collages or drawings.
 * These can be made into their own wordless alphabet books.

Other good alphabet books include the following:
 * Eating The Alphabet by Lois Ehlert
 * Have You Ever Seen…? by Beau Gardner
 * A Apple Pie by Travey Campell Pearso

**Websites - for ideas and activites**
[|ABC Resource List]- This site offers TONS of resources on topics from A to Z. It includes Poems, Rhymes, Raps, Fingerplays, and Chants to use. [|Mrs. Alphabet] [|ABC: Magnetic Letters on Fridge Door] - an interactive site where students can manipulate letters to form names, match letters, and create sight words. [|An Interactive Alphabet]