Teacher guides the students to spell each sound in the word. Teacher asks for the first sound heard when you say toad . Students give the sound. The teacher then asks the students what letter makes that sound. As the students say the letter for the sound, the teacher writes the letter on the chalkboard and the students write the letter in their word book until the word is spelled.
Students then draw a picture to correspond to the word.
This practice develops letter and sound recognition. Students use a drawing program such as KidPix or Paint to draw and label pictures that illustrates a fact learned about amphibians. Teacher put students' pictures into a slide show using KidPix or Power Point. Students learn to read the words as the slideshow is played over and over. As the students learn more facts about amphibians, have them tell another interesting fact about their amphibian as the slideshow is presented.