Resources
RF K.3 a
Suggested Text
 Jan Richardson The Next Step in Guided Reading
Pg. 62 Working With Names & Letters:
(Part 1 of Pre A Lesson) This provides a narrative of instructional ideas for
beginning letter name and sounds.
Pg. 65 Working with Letters: This provides eight simple activities to help students
identify and associate correct letter sound.
Pg. 273 Appendix A: Includes a detailed description of skill and strategies for Pre A
and Emergent readers.
 Words Their Word- Letter and Sound Sorts
This book includes a large collection of letter and sound sorts that teachers can use
for whole group direct instruction, small group direct instruction, and literacy
centers.
 Reading Street Big Books - Plaidypus Lost
 Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr.
 Click Clack Moo Cow that Type by Doreen Cronin
 Brown Bear Brown Bear by Bill Martine Jr.
 Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown
 Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss
 Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
 Mama Built a Little Nest by Jennifer Ward
 Guess What is Growing Inside This Egg by Mia Posada
Suggested Activities
 Letter sound Correspondence Activity
This PDF from the Florida Center for Reading Research gives teachers a variety of
fun, hands-on activities for students to use to reinforce letter recognition, letter
sorts, and phonics with poetry.
 Letter Card Matching
Students match letter cards to an alphabet border. Place the uncut alphabet bulletin
board on a flat surface. Place the border cards face up in a stack. Taking turns,
student one selects a card, holds it up, and says the name of the letter (e.g., "h").
Student two matches the card to the letter on the alphabet border.
 Directions on how to do a sort
Suggested Websites and Apps
 http://www.readtennessee.org/teachers/common_core_standards/kinderga
rten/reading_foundational_skills/rfk3.aspx
This site gives teachers a variety of information on the standard. There are optional
phonics’ inventories and student activities and lessons.
 www.starfall.com
Student or teacher directed site that has very helpful ideas for learning letters, letter
sounds, and beginning reading strategies.

http://www.readingrockets.org/article/using-poetry-teach-reading
Resources
RF K.3 a
Using Poetry to Teach Reading by Mary Haga: Part of teaching reading is motivating
the children to practice, practice, and practice. Find out how to use children's poetry
to encourage early literacy development. Includes phonemic awareness and
phonics’ skills.
 http://www.abcya.com/kindergarten_computers.htm
This site has interactive games for students to play to practice letter matching, letter
recognition and letter sounds.
 http://www.turtlediary.com/kindergarten-games.html
When the site opens, scroll down to Language Arts and click on either the Phonics
Sound game or I Spy Alphabet game. Both games are interactive.