Materials
 Book -  The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
 Computer software - Reader Rabbit 1
 Alphabet letters
 Hat

Focus and Review
Talk about the alphabet and how the alphabet creates words. Today the students are going to identify letters that are in words given to them. By the end of the class, the students will begin recognizing words.

Statement of Objectives
Competency Goal 1:  The learner will develop and apply enabling strategies and skills to read and write. Competency Goal 2:   The learner will develop and apply strategies and skills to comprehend text that is read, heard, and viewed. Competency Goal 4:   The learner will apply strategies and skills to create oral, written, and visual texts. Competency Goal 5:   The learner will apply grammar and language conventions to communicate effectively.

Teacher Input
The teacher will start off by reading "The Giving Tree." The class will then discuss the book. Next, the teacher will bring out a hat with letters of the alphabet in it. Each student will pick a letter. The teacher will go around the room and ask questions. For example: 1) What is your letter? 2) Name a word that begins with your letter. 3) What is the letter beside of you that your classmate is holding? 4) Name a word with that letter. The students will continue to draw letters out of the hat and repeat the process.

Guided Practice
The teacher will take the students to the computer lab where they will be introduced to the software program Reader Rabbit 1. The teacher will