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FUN IDEAS FOR USE WITH THE ALPHABET

  • Suitable for use with: 

    • EFL/ESL students of all ages

    • Native Speakers with Special Learning Difficulties

    • For English-speaking primary school children

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ALPHABET JIGSAW 

(suitable for presentation, consolidation, and/or testing)

  • Level:     Early Learners

  • Activity:  Matching

  • Practice:  Alphabet (Capital Letters and/or lower case)

INSTRUCTIONS:

  • Divide students into pairs (A + B)

  • Give all A students an A card

  • Give all B students a B card

Preparation

  • Decide which form of the alphabet you would like the students to practice, i.e. capital letters, or lower case

  • Two versions of the cards are available, so choose the one which is appropriate

  • Print enough A and B cards for one per student

Presentation/Visual Practice

  • Allow students to see each other's cards, in order to fill the missing gaps

  • Instruct students to write capitals, or lower case equivalent, as appropriate

Testing & Consolidation

  • Instruct students in each pair to sit opposite each other

  • Students should then take it in turns to call out a letter (at random), so their partner can write down the letter, after deciding where it should go.

  • Instruct students in advance, whether they should write capitals, lower case, or both

  • Discourage students from peeping at each other's cards.

  • When finished, allow students to compare their cards in order to:

    • check the formation of the letters

    • check the alphabetical order of their letters

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ALPHABET JIGSAW CARD A (capital letters)

(a matching exercise for testing & consolidating)
B D F H
J L N P
R T V X
Z
 

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ALPHABET JIGSAW CARD B (capital letters)

(a matching exercise for testing & consolidating)

A

 C E G
I K M O
Q S U W
Y
 

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ALPHABET JIGSAW CARD A (lower case)

(a matching exercise for testing & consolidating)
b d f h
j l n p
r t v x
z
 

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ALPHABET JIGSAW CARD B (lower case)

(a matching exercise for testing & consolidating)

a

 c e g
i k m o
q s u w
y
 

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ALPHABET JUMBLE

(fun exercises for 1-52 students)

INSTRUCTIONS FOR 1 PUPIL/STUDENT OR PAIRWORK (Matching Exercise)

  • Give each pupil or pair, one set of capital letters and one set of lower case letters

  • If possible, allow them to cut out the sets themselves.

  • Instruct them to lay out one set of letters in alphabetical order.

  • If they do not know the correct order, read it out to them and allow them to rearrange the letters accordingly.

  • Then encourage them to match up the capitals with their lower case equivalent

  • Encourage them individually, or in pairs, to read out the order in which they have arranged the letters and the rest of the class can check their versions.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR GROUPS OF 26 PUPILS (Milling Exercise)

  • Give each pupil one capital letter and one lower case letter

  • Instruct them to search for their matching lower case letter, by going up to each student and asking: Has anyone got 'B' ?

  • When they have found their matching letter, then they must stand in alphabet order with their classmates (A first, etc.)

  • Encourage students to call out their letter in correct order 
A B C D E F G H
I J K L M N O P
Q R S T U V W X
Y Z
a b c d e f g h
i j k l m n o p
q r s t u v w x
y z
More ideas will be added to this page from time to time

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PARTS OF THE FOLLOWING SECTION ARE STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Instructions for Alphabet Bingo

(for testing or presenting)
VISUAL PRACTICE (most suitable for students whose language uses different writing symbols)
  • Ask students to complete

Instructions for Alphabet Practice

(for testing & consolidating)

THIS SECTION IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Instructions for Alphabet Raffle

(for fun and random rewards)

Follow the instructions for Alphabet Bingo, but only draw as many letters as prizes

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CARD A showing capital letters only

Practice: Lower Case
A B C D E F G H I J K L M
N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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CARD B showing lower case only

Practice:  Capital Letters
a b c d e f g h i j k l m
n o p q r s t u v w x y z

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CARD C  showing both capital letters & lower case for early learners

Practice:  Capital Letters, Lower Case, or both
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

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CARD D showing capital letters only 

Practice:  Lower Case
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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CARD E showing lower case only

Practice:  Capital Letters
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

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