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English · Pre-K

Make Messages and Dictated Books

Children become book makers. They plan a little book with one topic and pages in order, dictate a sentence for each page and learn that every spoken word becomes a written word, and label their drawings using letters they know, starting with the letter for the first sound.

  • 3 lessons
  • About 45 minutes
  • Book maker check: 4 questions
  • Ways to answer: choose an answer, type a number, sort into groups and arrange tiles
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What learners will discover

  • Plan a small book: keep every page on one topic and put the pages in a sensible order.
  • Dictate a sentence for a page and know that each spoken word becomes one written word.
  • Label a drawing using known letters, starting with the letter for the first sound (m for moon), and copy a short label.

Lessons

  1. Plan a book 4 steps2 practiceabout 15 min
  2. Tell it, then write it 4 steps1 practiceabout 15 min
  3. Label my pictures 5 steps2 practiceabout 15 min
  4. Book maker check 4 questions at the end

Keep exploring

Games to practice with

  • Memory LanternsFlip glowing lanterns to find pairs that belong together.
  • Sound GardenListen closely and grow the garden: find the word that starts, rhymes or claps just right.
  • Story SequencerShuffle, sort and retell: put the picture cards in story order.

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