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ELEMENTARY LEVEL
MODULE # 1 Sky , Grass & Root letters
MODULE # 2 Vowels & Consonants
MODULE # 1
SKY , GRASS & ROOT LETTERS
WHAT IS SKY, GRASS & ROOT METHOD
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Sky letters
Letters that are written within the third line
only and not using first or fourth line
a–c–e–i–m–n–o–r–s- u–
v w–x–z
They start from third line and their tail/root
curls at fourth line
g–j–p–q–y
Root letters
DEVELOPING TWO IMP CONCEPTS
• Teaching through this method establishes
two important concepts in children;
• Difference of capital & small letters
• The formation of small letters independently
by knowing :-
• the right starting point + the right
direction + the right position of letter.
ONE OF THE STAGES OF WRITING
ACTIVITIES & PROCEDURE TO TEACH
SKY,GRASS & ROOT LETTERS
to Introduce these letters to help children learn
the shape of alphabet
•Use Sandpaper Letters
• moveable alphabets
•Reinforcement & drilling
•Match and Colour , Pick & write
•Collect the sky letter/grass /root letters separately
•Any other
MODULE # 2
e.g; an hour,
a union
Why do you think
hour is “an hour” & house is “a house” and
not an house
a union & an Umbrela
• You should say, therefore, “an hour”
(because hour begins with a vowel sound)
and “a history” (because history begins with
a consonant sound).