Irresistible A, B, Cs (Grades PreK-K) [Paperback]

Joan Novelli (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2000

Freshen up your teaching of the alphabet with these easy, fun, and highly effective strategies and activities from outstanding teachers across the country! This friendly resource is packed with innovative ways to introduce letters and build phonemic awareness as well as great games, art projects, instant learning center ideas, perfect poems, hands-on manipulatives, and so much more. A great way to ensure that all children really learn their ABCs. For use with Grade PreK-K.

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About the Author

Joan Novelli is a former classroom teacher and reading specialist. She writes frequently for parents, teachers, and children. Her work appears regularly in Sesame Street Parents, Parent and Child, Instructor, and other magazines. Joan also edits many titles for Scholastic Professional Books and is the author of Using Caldecotts Across the Curriculum, Fresh & Fun: Valentine's Day, Phonics Make-and-Take Manipulatives, and co-author of the three-book series Interactive Bullentin Boards: Math, Language Arts, and September to June all published by Scholastic Teaching Resources. Joan lives in South Burlington, Vermont.

Product Details

• Paperback: 48 pages
• Publisher: Teaching Resources (September 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0590049305
• ISBN-13: 978-0590049306
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,484,346 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars

Terrific Alphabet Resource For K-1-2

, July 15, 2001

By 

Victoria C Smith (
Bakersfield, CA ~ USA
) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Irresistible A, B, Cs (Grades PreK-K) (Paperback)

Although I don't teach Letter of the Week, I still use a LOT of fun activities for individual letters throughout the year. The main difference between the old Letter of the Week approach and what I'm doing in my room is twofold:

1. I do every letter every day, as opposed to waiting weeks into the school year to "teach" individual letters.

2. My teaching is planned around thematic units, instead of around the letters of the alphabet.

I'm always looking for new activities that will help my students learn the letters and sounds, and build on prior knowledge. "Irresistable ABC's" has more than 50 fun, multi-sensory activities that incorporate all the learning styles found in most classrooms, and present alphabet knowledge and phonemic awareness/phonics activities using many of the "other" important tools we are teaching our students, including Graphing and Visual Organizers, making Big Books and Little Books, Shared Writing and Language Experience activities, working with names activities, and dozens more.

Many of the activities are extensions for familiar literature you're already using, like "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom" and "26 Letters and 99 Cents."

Novelli collected the activities from teachers around the country and has a nice balance of activities suitable to pre-K through 2nd grade classrooms. This is a book I think most teachers will enjoy, filled with activities to build on prior knowledge and to complement whatever reading and writing programs you're already using in your classrooms.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Irresistible A,B,Cs a must have resource!, June 13, 2001

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kindergartenteacher "ejump1" (Riverview, Florida United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Irresistible A, B, Cs (Grades PreK-K) (Paperback)

If you are an early childhoold educator this is a must have book! Irresistable A,B,Cs provides the teacher with meaningful hands on activities for each letter of the alphabet. Your students will love the fun activities and they will know their letters and sounds in no time!!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Irresistible A,B,Cs a must have for teachers!, June 13, 2001

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kindergartenteacher "ejump1" (Riverview, Florida United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Irresistible A, B, Cs (Grades PreK-K) (Paperback)

This book is a must have resource for any early childhood teacher! This book provides the teacher with many hands on activities to make learning the letters and sounds a fun and meaningful learning experience. Order it today, you will be so glad that you did!