WEEK 3, DAY 1: Alpha Pig�s Alphabet Day

On Day 1, Alpha Pig�s Alphabet Day, the activities focus on the alphabet and letter identification.

Click on the links below to access an overview of the Day 1 activities, the Day 1 materials list, instructions for each activity (including related materials PDFs), take-home worksheets, and links to the related episode, computer game, and video clips.

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Day 1 Syllabus
The schedule and overview of activities for Week 3, Day 1 (Alpha Pig�s Alphabet Day!)

• Syllabus (PDF)

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Day 1 Materials
A list of the materials needed for Week 1, Day 1 of camp.

• Materials (PDF)

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Introduction to Alpha Pig�s Alphabet Day
The campers meet their teacher and each other. They talk about SUPER WHY, then discuss what they will be doing during the week. Camp rules are established.

• Name Tags, Images Of The Super Readers (PDF)

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Interactive Viewing: �Around the World Adventure� / Transform into Alpha Pig
The group watches and discusses the episode �Super Why and Around the World Adventure�. They then transform into Alpha Pig, whose �Alphabet Power� is the focus of the Day 1 activities. Download or stream the episode using the link below.

• Alpha Pig Mask (PDF)
• �Around the World Adventure� Episode (Download - Right Click and Save As | View)

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Computer Time (Optional): Alpha Pig�s Amazing Alphabet Match-Up
Campers play Alpha Pig�s Amazing Alphabet Match-Up computer game as a group activity. They take turns matching the letter cards to the cards with the word that starts with the letter. A link to the game can be found here.

• Instructions (PDF)
• Alpha Pig's Amazing Alphabet Match-Up online game (Play!)

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Craft Activity: Name Necklaces
Campers practice letter identification skills by finding beads with the letters of their names. They then use the beads to make name necklaces.

• Instructions (PDF)

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Game: Quickity-Lickety Letters
Campers �rescue� letters from a quicksand/oobleck mixture.

• Instructions (PDF)

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Movement Activity: The Alpha-Pokey and Finding Super Letters
In this variation on the Hokey Pokey, campers do the movements using letters on sticks. Then, just like the Super Readers in the SUPER WHY episode, they search for the Super Letters and use them to find the Super Story Answer.

• Large lower case letter cards, Super Letters (PDF)

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Extended Learning
Sing along with Alpha Pig�s ABC song, then play the Alpha Pig game from the episode. Download or stream the video clip the link below.

• Letter cards (PDF)
• Alpha Pig Video Clip (Download - Right Click and Save As | View)
  
  
• Alpha Pig�s Alphabet song
  Download - Right Click and Save As | Listen:

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Wrap Up
Do a quick review of the letters introduced and practiced in Day 1. If you wish, do a one-on-one assessment of each camper�s ability to identify the letters. Then sing the Hip Hip Hurray song to celebrate the accomplishments of the day.

• Instructions (PDF)
• Letter cards (PDF)
• Continent coloring sheet: Australia (PDF)
• Day 1 Assessment Materials (Optional) (PDF)

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Take-home Materials
Alpha Pig�s Lickety Lasso Letters Worksheet: Campers will reinforce the letter identification skills campers learned today by helping Alpha Pig lasso matching lower case and upper case letters. Alpha Pig�s Rescue Letters Worksheet: Campers will help Alpha Pig rescue the letters in the word rope by circling all of the upper and lower case letters in the word rope!

• Alpha Pig Worksheets (PDF)

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All of Day 1
Print all the Day 1 materials described in the links above.

• All Week 3, Day 1 Materials (PDF)
• Hip Hip Hurray
  Sing this celebratory song at the end of each camp day�and other times as well!
  Download - Right Click and Save As | Lyrics | Listen: