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LETTER KNOWLEDGE SKILL

NUR SYAMIMI BINTI TAJUDIN
PPISMP TESL D JUNE 2021

WHAT IS LETTER KNOWLEDGE?

Letter Knowledge is one of the early literacy skills that is important
for children to have in order to learn to read. Letter Knowledge is
knowing that the same letter can look different, that letters have
names and are related to sounds. It is divided into four aspects which
are letter recognition, letter naming, letter sound-knowledge and
letter writing.

OBJECTIVES

Students Students can Sitmukpdknoneonrotwtwasnitgnhcegeetotof
recognize and write and letters.
can read the
remember the
letters well. sequence of

letters.

MATERIALS USED TO ASSESS

Worksheet for Assessment
letter writing checklist

Storybook.

(Charlotte's Web by

E.B White)

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Storybook

Charlotte's Web
by E.B White

Assessment Checklist



Steps on how to use the assessment tools

1.Teacher will first introduce the letter and
alphabets.

2.Teacher gives every student a letter naming
worksheet where they have to trace the upper
and lowercase alphabet and sound it together.

3.Then, the teacher will introduce the Get To
Know Your Book activity.

4.Everyone will be given the same story book
titled Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White . In this
activity, each pupil will be assessed during the
lesson.

5.Students will analyse the books as a whole
before reading it.

6. Then, they will read the book together and 10. If the pupils fail or pass, the teacher
the teacher needs to ask questions. The needs to tick the boxes provided to indicate
teacher will ask a few questions related to the their result.
assessment to analyse the class. 11. The teacher also needs to state the
7. As an example, for the letter recognition problem and provide solutions. For fail cases,
aspect, the teacher will ask some questions teachers need to fill in the problems faced
such as, what is the first letter in the book, box and the proposed solution box. This is to
what is the letter that is in capital letter. prepare the teacher to identify and
8. Next is the evaluation. The teacher will use overcome problems faced by the pupils. For
a checklist to evaluate and determine example, if the pupils don't know how to
whether the pupils are able to achieve letter identify the letter, the teacher will come up
knowledge skills. with a solution on how to overcome the
9. There are four aspects of evaluation under problem.
this letter knowledge skills which are letter 12. The teacher will write their comments and
recognition, letter naming, letter sound- provide feedback regarding pupils’ progress
knowledge, and letter writing. It will all be throughout the lesson in the teacher’s
assessed in the checklist. comment section.

JUSTIFICATION

I had chosen three materials that can be used to assess the students in letter knowledge skill
which are the worksheet for letter writing, a storybook titled Charlotte’s Web by E.B White, and
assessment checklist. Firstly, the worksheet that I had prepared consists of dots of lowercase and
uppercase letters that let the students identify and recognize the shape of the letters. It is a
suitable activity to teach the beginner students how to write and know letters. I chose this
worksheet because I know it can help my students to learn to write the letters and remember the
sequence.

Secondly, for the storybook, I had listed various books but I chose this one because it helps
assess the students in letter knowledge and it is easy to read and suitable with their level of
proficiency. The illustrations help in gaining the attention of students to read and learn the letter
together.

The last material is an assessment checklist. This checklist is divided into four aspects which
are letter recognition, letter naming, letter sound-knowledge, and letter writing. It helps the
teacher to assess the students into different aspects under letter knowledge literacy skill. It also
has the column for the teachers to observe and state the problems of the students and think of a
way to overcome it. This can enhance a teacher's observation skill and students’ letter knowledge
skill.

REFERENCES

Camilla. (2019). Letter Knowledge - Idaho Commission for libraries.
Retrieved October 30, 2022, from

https://libraries.idaho.gov/files/LitCentersLettKnow2009Ssha.pdf



Durand, M. (2015). Human activity, social practices and lifelong
education: Francophone perspectives. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.

Gullo, D. F. (2005). Understanding assessment and evaluation in early
childhood education. New York: Teachers College Press.



Yourtherapysource. (2019, March 28). The four components of letter
recognition. Your Therapy Source. Retrieved October 30, 2022, from

https://www.yourtherapysource.com/blog1/2018/04/05/four-
components-letter-recognition/

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