A, B, C Learn Sounds With Me

Hi students! Today we are going to learn about the sounds that letters make using the computers. On this Web Quest you boys and girls will be my private investigators and help me match the letters of the alphabet with their sounds. There are different videos, songs, and games that you can choose from to learn about the different letter sounds. By the end of the Web quest everyone should have learned some new sounds that letters make.

After exploring the Web Quest, the entire class will go n a picture walk. Every student will be assigned a letter of the alphabet that they will have to investigate and find objects that start with that specific letter and sound.  Each of them will have their own disposable camera to take pictures of the objects that they find. Once back in the classroom, everyone will make a poster displaying their pictures and foam letter that they were assigned with so they can present it to the class.

1st video: Letter and sound flashcards- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsIfmTeoJu0

This video offers clear and concise flash cards that include the upper and lower case letter, a picture of something that letter starts with, and what the picture is.

2nd video: The letter sounds song-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyKdUpJQBTY

This video is a song. The song shows the letter, sings you the sound it makes, and shows you a picture of something that starts with that sound.

3rd video: Usher ABC Song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWvBAQf7v8g

This video is a song that encourages students to get up and dance. The video shows the letter and the singer in the video instructs the students to do something that goes along with the letter, like D for drive and the children can pretend to drive around in the car.

Game- Alpha Pig Letter Concentration

http://pbskids.org/superwhy/#/game/alphapigconcentration

This is a matching game that has three levels: easy, medium, and hard. The students are supposed to match the letter cards to the sound cards. The sound cards include the picture and the word.

PROCESS:

1. Students will use the various tabs and link in the Web Quest to learn about the different sounds the letters of the alphabet make and what words start with those letters or sounds
2. After learning through the Web Quest the students will discuss in a group the different letters and letter sounds they learned about or found interesting.
3. The teacher will then assign each student a specific letter that they will need to know the sound of.
4. The entire class will go on a “picture walk” outside with their own disposable cameras where they will have to take pictures of various objects that start with their letter and sound.

After the “picture walk” the students will each make a collage with the pictures they took and will have their foam letter to put on their poster and present it to their classmates.

By the end of this Web quest students will know the sounds of the letters of the alphabet, will be able to identify a letter and its sound based on the letter the teacher assigned them, and will be able to identify objects and words that start with certain letters and their sounds.

There will be two different section tabs on this web quest  which are a “Learn” section and “Apply” section. In the learn section the students will find the flash cards, the song, and the dance activities. Those activities are geared towards the children performing certain tasks to learn the sounds of different letters. In the “Apply” section the children will find the game and the worksheets. In this section the children will activate their new found knowledge of letter sounds and apply it to those activities to complete them.

For an easier way for the students to navigate through the site there are pictures paired with the word with the link for it embedded underneath for the children to click on. (i.e.; a music symbol for the song or a  little video camera.