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The English alphabet consists of 26 letters, each with an upper and lower-case form. The alphabet has 5 vowels, 19 consonants and 2 letters that can serve as consonants or vowels (W and Y).
The letter A is the first letter of the English alphabet. This scene will introduce students to the phoneme and the grapheme of A and encourage identification of the items within the scene environment that begin with A.
# Objectives:
1. Recognise the upper and lower-case grapheme of the letter A.{.info}
2. Identify objects that begin with the letter A.{.info}
3. Practice speaking skills by using the phoneme of A.{.info}
L.O. 1: Students can explore the scene and look for the large upper and lower-case letter A. Discuss how they look different. There are upper and lower-case letters hidden around the scene for students to find. Encourage them to pick them up and take them to the ‘Aa’ in the tank to sort. There are five lower-case and five upper-case A letters to find.
L.O. 2: Students can be encouraged to investigate the environment and find items that begin with A. They can consider whether they have long or short ‘A’ sound.
The following objects are included in the scene:
- Accordion
- Ape
- Angry Acorn
- Airplane
- Alligator
- Alpaca
- Ammonite
- Anchor
- Anchovies
- Anemone
- Anglerfish
- Apple
- Artwork
- Asparagus
- Asteroid
- Astronaut
- Anteater
- Atom
- Award
- Anaconda
- Ant
- Alarm clock
- Athlete
- Amazon River
- Arrow
- Amethyst
- Almond
- Avocado
L.O. 3: Students can practice their speaking skills by saying the name of the items beginning with the letter A.
# Teacher Resources
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