Ask an Ant About the Letter A

Introduction

• Ask your students to say how many vowels are in the alphabet.
• Tell students to name the vowels.
• Tell students that today, they're going to learn about one of those five vowels.
• Tell students that you will make the sound of the vowel we're learning about today.
• Make the short 'a' sound.
• Ask students to say which vowel makes that sound.
• Explain to students that that is the short sound of the vowel 'a'.
• Say the short 'a' sound three times and have your students repeat.
• Have your students recite the following chant: "The 'a' says /a/; the 'a' says /a/; every letter makes a sound; the 'a' says /a/".