Letter+and+Sound+Identification

 
 * **What is letter/sound identification?**
 * The ability to match letters with sounds. Helps the child develop an understanding of words and spelling patterns.
 * **Why do we access it?**
 * To make sure that a student can comprehend information based on listening to others and self and speaking to others. To become an independent reader and thinker you need the skill of letter and sound identification.
 * **Ways to help a child develop letter-sound skills. These different ways can be used by a teacher or parent.**
 * Watch and discuss educational programs that talk about the alphabet.
 * Sing the alphabet song together
 * Read alphabet books to the child
 * Write the alphabet with chalk on a sidewalk and "walk," "skip" or "jump" the alphabet, saying the names of the letters as you move your bodies from letter to letter.
 * "Finger paint" the alphabet using sand, rice or pudding spread on a baking sheet
 * **Reference:**
 * (2001). //The Michigan Literacy Progress Profile//:State of Michigan Department of Education.

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