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Reading the Alphabet Letter O (Lesson 19)

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Today, I’m sharing Reading the Alphabet Letter O activities from our FREE preschool reading curriculum, Reading the Alphabet.

Reading the Alphabet Letter O - This Reading Mama

*Keep scrolling until the end of this post to grab the free version of Reading the Alphabet Letter O.

 

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Reading the Alphabet Letter O Activities

This past lesson is one that NJoy thoroughly enjoyed. O has got to be one of his favorite letters…has been since he was 2! This letter o lesson (lesson 19 of Reading the Alphabet) features

photo of FREE Letter O Emergent Reader | This Reading Mama

an emergent reader and other activities to review the letter O sound as well as the sight word up.

Here are some shots of NJoy in action:

photo of rainbow writing sight words

Tracing the word UP- we haven’t used it as an actual poke page for a few weeks now and that’s okay! 🙂

 

photo of picture sort by intial sound for O, Z, and A | This Reading Mama

Sorting pictures by initial sound in the pocket chart

 

self-checking literacy activities

To make this activity self-checking, I’ve starting writing the word on the back of each picture. Because he wants to do things more independently these days, it works great for him. He can check his own work without needing me. 🙂

 

Roll and Stamp and Number with Octopus Theme | This Reading Mama

He enjoyed the roll and do-a-dot paint activity

 

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and needed a little help focusing at times: the story of NJoy. 🙂

 

photo of Print Awareness Craft for Octopus | This Reading Mama

He had two favorite activities this week by far.  One was the Octopus Print Awareness activity.  We cut an octopus head out of construction paper, hole punched it and he picked out 8 different colors of yarn for the octopus’ arms.

 

photo of Using manipulatives to count and trace | This Reading Mama

The other was this counting activity,

 

using manipulatives to count and write number equations | This Reading Mama

which ended in a surprise…I modeled ONE TIME how to write a number equation for the octopuses and he took over completely.  He didn’t get every number sentence correct, but he sure had fun doing it.  I was utterly shocked to say the least!

 

photo of Word Wall with Sentence Strips | This Reading Mama

At the end of the week we hung up the new word, up, on his word wall. Wow- 17 words! You can check out my Book and Print Awareness List to see the letter o skill that we worked on.

 

All of the FREE activities original to This Reading Mama can be found by clicking below:

 

Book List for the Letter O - books to read with the letter O - This Reading MamaLetter O Book List

Enjoy teaching!
~Becky

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Hi! I’m Becky, a homeschooling mama with 4 blessings who keep me on my toes {and knees}. Before homeschooling, I was a classroom teacher (M.Ed.) and reading tutor. Read more about me here.

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