T1

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 * THEME 1: LOOK AT US!**

LAUNCHING THE THEME-Ongoing Project: Have students bring in personal items and take a digital picture of them. Create scrapbook as an ibook with iPhoto using a picture of them, their family or a person in their family they look a lot like, and their personal items.

1.RHYMING WORDS [|HipHop Rhyme Movie] Wonderful Introduction to Rhymes-Starts with a little movie and then a game that lets kids hear the words as many times as needed before they make a rhyme.
 * LEARNING TO READ-Phonemic Awareness:**

[|Matching Rhymes] Click on the picture that rhymes with the first picture in each row (10 different activities) at

2. BEGINNING SOUNDS [|Getting Started] This QuickTime Video helps student practice finding the beginning picture, words and sound. Works best if you right click (or control click) and download linked file. Click to advance each slide.

[|Clifford Sound Match] Drag words that begin the same into the box.

[|Beginning Sounds] Find the picture that has the same beginning sound as the picture in the box.

[|Compare Poster] [|Contrast Poster] [|Noting Details Poster]
 * LEARNING TO READ-Comprehension Skills**

[|Letter Practice] This site has some fun games that help practice letter names (Click on Uppercase & Lowercase), recognizing matching upper and lowercase (Click on Upper/Lowercase-3) and how to write the letters (Writing & Uppercase-2)
 * WORD WORK-Previewing the ABCs**

Oral Language Writing Listening/Speaking/Viewing
 * WRITING & LANGUAGE**

[|COMPUTER CENTERS] These are sites that have games that students can play independently to practice a concept after it has been introduced.