Children trace big D and little d, colour pictures that start with the d sound, and dot every d among look-alike letters.
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Children trace dotted D's and d's, listen for the d sound, then find the letter among look-alikes. An arrow beside each model shows the first stroke: straight down for big D, round first for little d. Six unlabeled drawings follow, and students colour or check the four that start with d. Bell is the one to watch, since b and d sound alike at the start. In Dot the d, children dab each d hiding among b, p, q, a and o with a dot marker or a check.
Before the picture section, say "bell" and "duck" and have children feel the difference, as the key suggests: for b the lips pop open; for d the tongue taps just behind the top teeth.
In Dot the d, a child who marks letter 2 or letter 8 is reading b as d. Ask which side the tall stick is on: little d makes the round part first, then the stick on the right.
Ways to adjust the Letter D page for different learners.
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Students find and name capital D and small d and pick out pictures that start with the d sound and dot every d mixed in with b, p and q; it covers this one letter only, not all the letters of the alphabet.
Students say each picture name and listen for whether it starts with the d sound, which practises picking out the first sound in a word; blending, segmenting and swapping sounds are not covered.
Students trace and then write capital D and small d following the stroke directions; it practises these two letter shapes only.
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