The Gingerbread Man Can . . . These can be used in different formats. Write the words on sentence strips and use in a pocket chart to introduce the pattern of the book. Use the picture cards to place in the pocket chart to vary the responses each time the strips are read with the group. The students can then make their own books by either cutting and pasting a picture from clip art, which is included or to find appropriate pictures in magazines or other sources, onto each page of the book to match the initial sound as the letter clue.
Students can practice left to right tracking, beginning sounds, and oral reading and vocabulary.
Z - zip. Ask the students to come up with a list of action words for each letter. Relate foods in the same format. This will help the children separate out words in speech and to begin to construct their understanding of the structure of a sentence. Man - one clap, etc.