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August 2, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Alphabet Posters with Phonics Pictures Give Students a Daily Reference Point When They are Stuck

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Free alphabet display posters are available all around the internet, especially during back to school season. Unfortunately, these posters aren’t always as helpful as they could be. Letters alone do not give my English Language Learners enough clues. Pictures that give students clues as to the sounds made by those letters are very important. That is why the alphabet posters I use in my classroom include pictures that are easily understandable by all students.

Phonics pictures on alphabet posters

Why do alphabet posters need pictures?

When I taught first grade in Morocco, I knew my students would need alphabet posters, so I downloaded a simple set. However, I quickly learned that my English Language Learners needed more than just the letter names. Phonics sounds were a vital part of their decoding process, but my students couldn’t remember what sounds each letter made. So I created a set of posters with pictures of words that started with those sounds.

Each morning after that we went through the words, the letters, and the sounds. Soon, my students were remembering not only the sounds, but also the new vocabulary words they had learned. From then on, whenever they got stuck on a sound while decoding they used those posters as a reference point.

Free alphabet posters with phonics sound pictures

How often do students refer to posters?

Decoding is a difficult process for all students, but it’s especially difficult for those doing it in a second language. So these posters were are used daily by my students. Here are just a few of the ways they used these posters:

  • they are stuck on a word while reading a story
  • when they were sorting vocabulary words
  • if they have difficulty with a word when writing a story
  • when they were remembering what diagraphs were
  • they were reading through a math word problem

As you are preparing for the new school year, go ahead and print and laminate a set of these Alphabet Phonics Pictures Posters from my Teachers Pay Teachers store.

Happy Back to School season!

Heidi Raki of Raki's Rad Resources

 

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About Heidi Raki

Heidi Raki has been in education since 2004, teaching in the US and abroad, as well as spending some time as a homeschooling parent. She is currently teaching 3rd grade in New Mexico and raising her three school aged sons. Heidi Raki is the author and creator of Raki's Rad Resources, a blog and Teachers Pay Teachers store focused on differentiated instruction, utilizing technology and meeting the needs of English Language Learners. Visit her blog at www.rakisradresources.com

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