We go through the alphabet at least 3 times during the K year. Djinn - I find that we use our letters, sounds, phonics etc. ELIC teaches phonemic awareness first then phonics. Djinn - Most of my students at this point can identify a majority of upper and lowe case letters plus those funny g's and a's. With letter people I do 4 letters a week, caps and lc, We finish by thanksgiving.
Some kids know sounds and letters by then, some letters, some just a little.
But then we go through the alphabet with a different emphasis 2 more times through the year. Hi everyone, I have first grade and found that not all of my kids came in knowing the alphabet. They came from a letter of the week program. I keep considering it. The sooner they know it the more they have to use in writing.