Publication Date
10-1-1996
Abstract
Alphabet books provide a literature source for teachers to use in the classroom that focuses on a common sequence of textual organization which upper elementary and middle school students have known since they were young children. These students most likely had in their repertoire of beginning to read activities, alphabet books using common symbols to match the letters such as "A is for apple, B is for bear, C is for cat." The objects were selected to match the true sound of the letter with a single or small number of illustrations to demonstrate the concept. The alphabet book addresses the 26 letters in picture book format with typically 24 to 48 pages, illustrations on double pages, and brief text (Kormanski and Stevens, 1993).
Recommended Citation
Coffman, G. A., & Jackson Spohn, J. (1996). From A to Z: Using Alphabet Books as an instructional Tool with Older Readers. Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts, 37 (1). Retrieved from https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/reading_horizons/vol37/iss1/1
