The Play-K teacher will focus on one state name each day.
Play-K children will learn all of the English speech sounds needed to pronounce each of the 50 state names, keeping tally day by day of sounds already learned. All speech sounds will be taught with this curriculum.
Think in SOUNDS (not sound-spellings) as you teach State Names.
Materials Needed for this lesson:
HEAR VOWEL SOUNDS
V01 (15 states)
Alaska, Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Montana, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Nevada, South Carolina
V02 (18 states)
Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Michigan, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Wyoming
V03 (4 states)
Colorado, Montana, Vermont, Wisconsin
V04 (34 states)
Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia
V05 (14 states)
Connecticut, Delaware, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia
V06 (3 states)
Delaware, Maine, Pennsylvania
V07 (8 states)
Iowa, Idaho, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Ohio, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Wyoming
V08 (19 states)
Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Wyoming
V09(7 states)
Louisiana, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Utah
V10 (8 states)
Hawaii, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, New Jersey, Tennessee
V11 (4 states)
Arkansas, Hawaii, Utah, Washington
V12 (no states)
book ("The WA Treasure Book")
V13 (2 states)
South Carolina, South Dakota
V01 (1 state)
Illinois
V15 (5 states)
Missouri, New Jersey, Virginia, Vermont, West Virginia
HEAR CONSONANT SOUNDS
C16 (2 states)
Mississippi, Pennsylvania
C17 (2 states)
Alabama, Nebraska
C18 (13 states)
Connecticut, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia
C19 (11 states)
Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Maryland, North Dakota, New Hampshire, Nevada, Rhode Island, South Dakota
C20 (1 state)
Massachusetts
C21 (4 states)
Georgia, New Jersey, Virginia, West Virginia
C22 (16 states)
Alaska, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Kansas, Kentucky, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Wisconsin
C23 (2 states)
Michigan, Oregon
C24 (2 states)
California, Florida
C25 (5 states)
Nevada, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Vermont, West Virginia
C26 (4 states)
North Carolina, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota
C27 (no states)
the ("The WA Treasure Book")
C28 (14 states)
Alaska, Kansas, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin, West Virginia
C29 (5 states)
Arizona, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, New Jersey
C30 (3 states)
Michigan, New Hampshire, Washington
C31 (no states)
treasure ("The WA Treasure Book")
C32 (5 states)
Hawaii, Idaho, New Hampshire, Ohio, Oklahoma
C33 (14 states)
Alabama, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Vermont, Wyoming
C34 (32 states)
Arkansas, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, North Carolina, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, West Virginia
C35 (2 states)
Washington, Wyoming
C36 (7 states)
Delaware, Hawaii, Iowa, Washington, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Wyoming
C37 (14 states)
Alabama, Alaska, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina
C38 (16 states)
Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina
C39 (6 states)
California, New York, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia
Children might be ready to learn how to write one or more of the letters used in the day's State Name, keeping track of letters already learned. Practice makes permanent!! Emphasize correct directionality.
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Imagine a tall rectangle, and begin in...
Upper-left corner: N, R, E, H, L, M, W, D, K, U, Y, V, P, B, F, X, Z
Upper middle: A, I, O, T, J, Q
Upper-right corner: S, C, G
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SEE ALPHABET LETTERS
Letter /A/
Used in 36 state names; 61 times
Play-K children will learn all of the English speech sounds needed to pronounce each of the 50 state names, keeping tally day by day of sounds already learned. All speech sounds will be taught with this curriculum.
Think in SOUNDS (not sound-spellings) as you teach State Names.
Materials Needed for this lesson:
- WordsAhead SOUND MAP
- "WA Treasure Book: The State Names"
HEAR VOWEL SOUNDS
V01 (15 states)
Alaska, Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Montana, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Nevada, South Carolina
V02 (18 states)
Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Michigan, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Wyoming
V03 (4 states)
Colorado, Montana, Vermont, Wisconsin
V04 (34 states)
Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia
V05 (14 states)
Connecticut, Delaware, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia
V06 (3 states)
Delaware, Maine, Pennsylvania
V07 (8 states)
Iowa, Idaho, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Ohio, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Wyoming
V08 (19 states)
Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Wyoming
V09(7 states)
Louisiana, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Utah
V10 (8 states)
Hawaii, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, New Jersey, Tennessee
V11 (4 states)
Arkansas, Hawaii, Utah, Washington
V12 (no states)
book ("The WA Treasure Book")
V13 (2 states)
South Carolina, South Dakota
V01 (1 state)
Illinois
V15 (5 states)
Missouri, New Jersey, Virginia, Vermont, West Virginia
HEAR CONSONANT SOUNDS
C16 (2 states)
Mississippi, Pennsylvania
C17 (2 states)
Alabama, Nebraska
C18 (13 states)
Connecticut, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia
C19 (11 states)
Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Maryland, North Dakota, New Hampshire, Nevada, Rhode Island, South Dakota
C20 (1 state)
Massachusetts
C21 (4 states)
Georgia, New Jersey, Virginia, West Virginia
C22 (16 states)
Alaska, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Kansas, Kentucky, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Wisconsin
C23 (2 states)
Michigan, Oregon
C24 (2 states)
California, Florida
C25 (5 states)
Nevada, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Vermont, West Virginia
C26 (4 states)
North Carolina, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota
C27 (no states)
the ("The WA Treasure Book")
C28 (14 states)
Alaska, Kansas, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin, West Virginia
C29 (5 states)
Arizona, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, New Jersey
C30 (3 states)
Michigan, New Hampshire, Washington
C31 (no states)
treasure ("The WA Treasure Book")
C32 (5 states)
Hawaii, Idaho, New Hampshire, Ohio, Oklahoma
C33 (14 states)
Alabama, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Vermont, Wyoming
C34 (32 states)
Arkansas, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, North Carolina, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, West Virginia
C35 (2 states)
Washington, Wyoming
C36 (7 states)
Delaware, Hawaii, Iowa, Washington, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Wyoming
C37 (14 states)
Alabama, Alaska, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina
C38 (16 states)
Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina
C39 (6 states)
California, New York, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia
Children might be ready to learn how to write one or more of the letters used in the day's State Name, keeping track of letters already learned. Practice makes permanent!! Emphasize correct directionality.
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Imagine a tall rectangle, and begin in...
Upper-left corner: N, R, E, H, L, M, W, D, K, U, Y, V, P, B, F, X, Z
Upper middle: A, I, O, T, J, Q
Upper-right corner: S, C, G
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SEE ALPHABET LETTERS
Letter /A/
Used in 36 state names; 61 times
Letter /B/
Used in 2 state names; 2 times
Letter /C/
Used in 11 state names; 12 times
Letter /D/
Used in 10 state names; 11 times
Letter /E/
Used in 20 state names; 28 times
Letter /F/
Used in 2 state names; 2 times
Letter /G/
Used in 7 state names; 8 times
Letter /H/
Used in 14 state names; 15 times
Letter /I/
Used in 28 state names; 44 times
Letter /J/
Used in 1 state names; 1 time
Letter /K/
Used in 9 state names; 10 times
Letter /L/
Used in 14 state names; 15 times
Letter /M/
Used in 14 state names; 14 times
Letter /N/
Used in 34 state names; 43 times
Letter /O/
Used in 27 state names; 36 times
Letter /P/
Used in 3 state names; 4 times
Letter /Q/
Used in no state names; 0 times
Letter /R/
Used in 21 state names; 22 times
Letter /S/
Used in 21 state names; 32 times
Letter /T/
Used in 15 state names; 19 times
Letter /U/
Used in 8 state names; 8 times
Letter /V/
Used in 5 state names; 5 times
Letter /W/
Used in 11 state names; 11 times
Letter /X/
Used in 2 state names; 2 times
Letter /Y/
Used in 6 state names; 6 times
Letter /Z/
Used in 1 state names; 1 time
36 states use Letter /A/
34 states use Letter /N/
28 states use Letter /I/
27 states use Letter /O/
21 states use Letters /R/-/S/
20 states use Letter /E/
15 states use Letter /T/
14 states use Letters /H/-/L/-/M/
11 states use Letters /C/-/W/
10 states use Letter /D/
9 states use Letter /K/
8 states use Letter /U/
7 states use Letter /G/
6 states use Letter /Y/
5 states use Letter /V/
3 states use Letter /P/
2 states use Letters /B/-/F/-/X/
1 state uses Letters /J/-/Z/
0 states use Letter /Q/
36 states use Letter /A/
34 states use Letter /N/
28 states use Letter /I/
27 states use Letter /O/
21 states use Letters /R/-/S/
20 states use Letter /E/
15 states use Letter /T/
14 states use Letters /H/-/L/-/M/
11 states use Letters /C/-/W/
10 states use Letter /D/
9 states use Letter /K/
8 states use Letter /U/
7 states use Letter /G/
6 states use Letter /Y/
5 states use Letter /V/
3 states use Letter /P/
2 states use Letters /B/-/F/-/X/
1 state uses Letters /J/-/Z/
0 states use Letter /Q/
