Archive for February 4th, 2009
February 4th, 2009 | Author: Mrs. Monteiro
Today the children will be bringing home a copy of the KM Alphabet Chart. Please find a place to hang this chart where your child can refer to it often when they are doing any sort of writing (for school or for fun).
This chart is helpful to Kindergarten kids in many ways. It is a good tool to use when trying to remember how to properly form each letter, upper case and lower case. It also contains pictures of the key words that the children are learning to help them remember the sounds that the letters make. It can be helpful when trying to sound out a word (when reading or when writing) to find the keyword with a similar sound. The five vowels are highlighted to remind the children that every word needs at least one vowel. Since long vowel sounds coincide with the letter name, the key words that are included for the vowels will help the children to remember the short vowel sounds.
We use this alphabet chart every day at school so I thought it would be nice for the children to have a copy that they could use at home as well. I hope you find it helpful.