Type to Learn, Jr. Teacher's Guide.pdf

Different SortsMaterials: Alphabet Cards (pp. 67-75)optional: cardboard, glue, The Keyboard (p. 63)Skills: classifying, identifying letters, identifyingalphabetical order, recognizing patterns★ Glue blackline master reproductions to cardboard to createsturdier cards. Cut out and fold Alphabet Cards.★ Shuffle the cards and have partners work together to placethe cards in alphabetical order.★ Then have children organize the cards into two sets: letterstyped by the right hand and letters typed by the left hand.Children may wish to use copies of The Keyboard (p. 63) tohelp them classify the letters.★ Have children sort the alphabet cards into other categories:• first half of the alphabet and second half of thealphabet• vowels and consonants• letters with curves and letters without curves• letters with holes (a, b, d, e, o, p, q) and letters without holesType to Learn Jr.77