Alphabetically Yours: Volume: 1 Issue: Tt Free Newsletter by Mrs. Alphabet 26 times yearly. Please go here to rate my newsletter: http://www.ezineseek.com/cgi-bin/search/rateit.cgi?ID=924407927 Welcome to the twentieth 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. Anne@mrsalphabet.com Tt Activities: Alphabet Animal Sound game By Mrs. Alphabet: Letter Tt Tiptoe like a tiger moving to attack Tiptoeing slowly toward his back. Hear the t sound in my name Play the t sound animal game. To visit a tiger go here: http://www.mindspring.com/~zoonet/galleries/tiger.htm Compare the tracks of animals and play this game: http://www.vpservices.com/vps/nwf/games/match/matchgam.cgi Tallahassee By Mrs. Alphabet Use this poem to identify and spot T names, elicit new T names, and then brainstorm other places to live that begin with T from your class. Tina, Terry, and Tim live in Tallahassee with me Tommy, Tammy, and Tamara want to visit and see. What other T kids do you think live there In marvelous Tallahassee far, far away from here? Interview 6 people and ask them this question: Are you ticklish ? Record the results. Discuss the toucan and display this picture as a visual cue: http://www.wqe.com/zoonet/jackson/pictures/toucan.jpg Describe a turkey and then illustrate the turkey. Fill in the blanks: Turkeys like to ____________, _____________, and _____________. Feast your eyes on this terrific turkey: http://www.webdzyne.com/zoonet/birmingham/turkey.jpg Take an imaginary trip on a tugboat; describe what you see and then illustrate your story. Visit Texas; locate on your map or globe, then go to: http://www.state.tx.us/ Take a taste test using Three Musketeer bars and create a rating scale or rubric with your class. Make a list of your top ten television programs. Then visit here http://www.ichef.com/ichef-recipes/Cookies/34107.html to try this recipe for TV Cookies. Talk about tornadoes and have a tornado drill. Ask the children to share with the class if they have seen a tornado in a movie or a book then go here to check out this terrific science experiment: http://www.crh.noaa.gov/abr/teacher/tornado_bottle.html First read The Man and the Tomato Plant here: http://www.candlelightstories.com/tomato1.htm Then take time to plant and go here: http://www.njtomato.com/seeds.html for free tomato seeds. Use tic tacs as counters or for simple math problems: estimating, counting, graphing, adding, sorting, patterns, subtracting, or bingo markers. Then go here http://www.mrsalphabet.com/games/tictactoe.html to play Tic Tac Toe. Play music and use the tambourine to accompany the rhythm. Tootsie Roll Math can incorporate counting, graphing, sorting, measuring, predicting, and comparing. Visit here for some terrific ideas http://www.tootsie.com Use different size toothbrushes for a math lesson demonstrating: color, shape, size, sorting, and counting. Graph your favorite toothpaste day. Go here to find out more about toothpaste companies: http://www.sonic.net/kryptox/org/action/tpaste.htm Graph how many children were born in Texas. Use a telephone book to find T names. Create a twins graph. Ask the children to bring in tissue boxes and compare, contrast, and collect. Use the boxes to create structures and use the tissues to test strength, durability, size, shape, and color. If I were a teacher I would _________________, but I wouldn't __________________. If I were a technician I would _____________________, but I wouldn't __________________. My tuna sandwich has ______________, _______________, and ______________. Create class T charts and place child's name at the end of his/her sentence: Make a list of ten teachers at your school Find objects that are tan in color. Create a collage using toothpicks for a super project. Design team tee shirts and display them on a bulletin board. Draw a picture of a turtle. Discuss what you notice from the pictures. Then go here for a treat: http://www.ichef.com/ichef-recipes/Cookies/1805.html Smell tangerine juice and see if the children can guess the smell. List names that begin with T and talk about what you see or hear. Check names in the class for t sounds. Make a graph of children that have the T sound in their name. Read a poem and have children color code all the t words. Try introducing this t word: topic Ask the children what they notice about the word. Whose family has the most T names? Use these words to rhyme: tab tame top test told tip tee tub Tongue Twister: Today Tom tiptoes to Tessy's. Make a predictable chart: At the town I saw ____________. Give 3 reasons you think some children like to tease. Order your students in a line from T to S. Record the date and count how many toe touches you can do. Repeat once a week or monthly and try to do more . T Artist: James Tissot: http://www.artchive.com/ftp_site.htm T Books: Ten, Nine, Eight There's A Nightmare in My Closet The Three Billy Goats Gruff Tikki Tikki Tembo T Authors: Mark Twain: http://marktwain.miningco.com/ 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. Alphabetically Yours, Anne AKA Mrs. Alphabet P.S. A special thank you to Maria for editing Alphabetically Yours. For your Free Newsletter Visit: http://www.mrsalphabet.com