Alphabetically Yours:  Volume:  1   Issue:  Rr


Free Newsletter by Mrs. Alphabet 26 times yearly.


Welcome to the eighteenth edition of Alphabetically Yours.  I am looking
forward to introducing you to a multitude of activities, suggestions, and
tips for Having Fun with the Alphabet.  Please feel free to write with any
questions and comments.  I will answer back A.S.A.P. [email protected]

Rr Activities:


Alphabet Animal Sound game
By Mrs. Alphabet:  Letter Rr

Rock like a rooster in the coop
Rocking for the  barnyard group.
Hear the r sound in my name
Play the r sound animal game!
Go to http://www.mindspring.com/~zoonet/barnyard/pictures/rooster.jpg

Rockport
By Mrs. Alphabet

Use this poem to identify and spot R names, elicit new R names, and then
brainstorm other places to live that begin with a R from your class.

Ray, Randy, and Rick live in Rockport with me
Rona, Rachel, and Roy want to visit and see.
What other R kids do you think live there
In marvelous Rockport far, far away from here?


Interview 6 people and ask them this question:  Do you like ravioli?  Record
the results

Describe a raccoon and then illustrate the raccoon.  Fill in the blanks:
Raccoons like to ____________, _____________, and _____________.  Go to
http://www.wqe.com/zoonet/jackson/pictures/raccoon.jpg to see a really
rambunctious raccoon.

Take an imaginary trip on a roller coaster; describe what you see and then
illustrate your story. Then visit here to go on a virtual ride:
http://discovery.com/exp/rollercoasters/video.html

Visit Rhode Island; locate on your map or globe:  http://www.state.ri.us/

Take a taste test using Rolo candies and create a rating scale or rubric
with your class.

For science use this recipe at
http://www.eecs.umich.edu/mathscience/funexperiments/agesubject/lessons/beak
man/rock-candy.html to make rock candy,observe, and describe what happens.

Remember to Reach in those hard to get places and go here:
http://www.kidsdomain.com/down/pc/reachforget.html to download a cute
matching game for healthy teeth.

Use raisins as counters or for simple math problems:  estimating, counting,
adding, sorting, patterns, subtracting, or bingo markers.

Play reggae or rock and roll music for naptime or as background music during
center time.

Reese's Pieces Math can incorporate counting, graphing, sorting, measuring,
predicting, and comparing.

Use different size Russell Stover boxes for a math lesson demonstrating:
color, shape, size, sorting, and counting.

Graph your favorite restaurant.

Graph how many children were born in Rhode Island.

If I were a ranger I would _________________, but I wouldn't
__________________.

If I were a ringmaster I would _____________________, but I wouldn't
__________________.

Create class R charts and place child's name at the end of his/her sentence:

Make a list of Rugrat characters and visit them at:
http://www.nick.com/rugrats_movie/

Find objects that are red in color.

View or print out Renoir's work here and talk about what the children notice
and observe:  http://www.artchive.com/artchive/ftptoc/renoir_ext.html

Ready to make a collage using ribbons and rice for an art project.

Create Rainbow names by letting your students trace letters in their name
using the colors in the rainbow.  First print their name or let them print
the name in black marker then use one color at a time.  Before or after your
project visit Rainbow Brite and her friends at:
http://www.cyberfocus.net/80schica/Rainbowland/

Remember to recycle and go here for some really neat art projects using
recycled articles:  http://www.kinderart.com/recycle/

Draw a picture of a rhombus.  Discuss what you notice from the pictures.

Smell raspberry and see if the children can guess the smell.  Then make this
treat at:  http://www.ichef.com/ichef-recipes/Cookies/15260.html

Ready for a real special treat make Root Beer Floats and have the children
write their own recipe for how they made it.  Here's a recipe you can follow
or try your own:
http://www.whatscooking.com/recipes/old_recipes/krrootbeerfloats.htm

List names that begin with R and talk about what you see or hear.

Check names in the class for r sounds.  Make a graph of children that have
the R sound in their name.

Read a poem and have children color code all the r words.

Try introducing this r word:  roof    Ask the children what they notice
about the word.

Whose family has the most R names?

Use these words to rhyme:  rat ray rot rear rest row rib read run

Tongue Twister:  Raining, Rita Rabbit raced rapidly running.

Make a predictable chart:  At the rodeo I saw ____________.

Give 3 reasons you think some children get rashes.

Order your students in a line from R to P.

Record the date and time while racing from one point to another.  Repeat
once a week or monthly and try to improve your time.

Ranking high on my list is this first rate reading resource:
http://www.geocities.com/Wellesley/Atrium/1783/NotAnotherInservice.html

R Books:  Rosie's Walk  Round Trip   Rumpelstiltskin The Rainbow Fish

R Authors:  Michael Ross: http://home.inreach.com/meross/index.html  Shoo
Rayner: http://www.shoo-rayner.co.uk/

Please help:  To help me defer some of my expenses I have put an Amazon.com
link in my store:  http://www.mrsalphabet.com/store.html and several links
on my links page:  http://www.mrsalphabet.com/links.html If you could go
exploring and visit these pages I would appreciate the inquiries and
support.  Thank you very much.

Please help: Ken and view his new game Hang2000 which is a simple
word-guessing game that is completely customizable and suitable for all
ages. You can enter your own words one at a time, or create your own lists
of words, vocabulary lists, etc. The "large guessing letters" can be
shown as big block capital letters, or large lower case letters. The
graphics are colorful and non-violent, the sounds are digitized and fun for
children (even includes the voice of children!). It's
a game you can grow with. The number of guesses can be adjusted for many
levels of difficulty. The game requires a Macintosh that
can display 256 colors (or more.)
For more info: http://www.winograd.com

Alphabetically Yours,
Anne AKA Mrs. Alphabet
P.S.  A special thank you to Maria for editing Alphabetically Yours.
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