Alliterate the Alphabet
This teacher resource and worksheet is the perfect way to explore alliteration with your class. Authentic and fun, this task will challenge your class to create an alliterating sentence for each letter of the alphabet. Combine students’ work to create and publish a class book that can be referred to.
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Learning goals
- We are learning to listen for rhyme, letter patterns, syllables and sounds (phonemes) in spoken words (phonological awareness).
- We are learning to listen for rhyme, letter patterns, syllables and sounds in words.
- We are learning to listen to, discuss and explore sound patterns, e.g. alliteration and rhyme, in poems, chants, rhymes and songs.
- We are learning to recite and perform poems, chants, rhymes and songs and explore sound patterns, e.g. alliteration, rhyme.
Curriculum alignment
AC9EFLY09
9
Recognise and generate rhyming words, alliteration patterns, syllables and sounds (phonemes) in spoken words (phonological awareness)
AC9E1LE04
9
Listen to and discuss poems, chants, rhymes and songs, and imitate and invent sound patterns including alliteration and rhyme
ACELA1439
8.4
Recognise and generate rhyming words, alliteration patterns, syllables and sounds (phonemes) in spoken words
ACELT1585
8.4
Listen to, recite and perform poems, chants, rhymes and songs, imitating and inventing sound patterns including alliteration and rhyme
ENe-4A
old
Demonstrates developing skills and strategies to read, view and comprehend short, predictable texts on familiar topics in different media and technologies
EN1-6B
old
Recognises a range of purposes and audiences for spoken language and recognises organisational patterns and features of predictable spoken texts
ENE-PHOAW-01
new
Identifies, blends, segments and manipulates phonological units in spoken words as a strategy for reading and creating texts
EN1-OLC-01
new
Communicates effectively by using interpersonal conventions and language to extend and elaborate ideas for social and learning interactions
EN1-VOCAB-01
new
Understands and effectively uses Tier 1, taught Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary to extend and elaborate ideas
EN1-UARL-01
new
Understands and responds to literature by creating texts using similar structures, intentional language choices and features appropriate to audience and purpose
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.
Differentiation
Modifications
Create a bank of alliterating words for each letter rather than a sentence.
Extensions
Create a theme for your alphabet book such as animals or places.
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