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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 X is the twenty-fourth letter of the English alphabet. This scene will introduce students to the phoneme and the grapheme of X and encourage identification of the items within the scene environment that begin with X.
# Objectives:
1: Recognise the upper and lower-case grapheme of the letter X.{.info}
2: Identify objects that begin with the letter X.{.info}
3: Practice speaking skills by using the phoneme of X.{.info}
# The Letter X{.objective .objective1}
Students can explore the scene and look for the large upper and lower-case letter X. 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 sort the upper and lower-case letters. There are three lower-case and three upper-case X letters to find.
Students can investigate the environment and find items that begin *contain* the letter X. Encourage them to say the name of the objects as they find them. Remind them that the letter X can make a short sound.
The following objects are included in the scene:
- Tyrannosaurus Rex
- Texas
- Mexico
- Explorer
- Taxi
- Axolotl
- Saxophone
- Wax
- Extra Terrestrial
- Ice Box
- Ox
- X-Ray Scanner
- Excavator
- X-Ray Vision
- X-Ray Glasses
- Hexagon
- Exercise
- Axe
- Excalibur (sword)
- Exit
- Fox
- Xylophone
- 'Xtra’ Cola Vending Machine
- Number Six
Students can practice their speaking skills by saying the name of the objects beginning with the letter X. Encourage them to think of any other words that contain a /x/ sound that are not included in the scene.