G is for goat: Building Phonemic Awareness and Letter Identification

How to Use This Book

• Show the cover and point to the title.
  
  • Have students locate all the G letters in the title and trace over them with a finger while saying the letter name and sound.
  • Reinforce the idea that each letter has two forms—uppercase and lowercase.

Exploring the Story

• Tell students that in the story, they will see different goats.
  • Ask: What do you know about goats?
    
  • Share some interesting facts about goats:
    • "Did you know that goats can climb trees?"
    • "Goats are really good at jumping!"
    • "Baby goats are called kids!"

Interactive Reading & Sounding Out Words

• Point out how the first letter of each word on each page is red. Explain that this helps readers focus on the letter G and its sound.

• Show students the different games in the book.
  • Model how to use their pointer finger to interact with the games, like tracing the letter G.
  • Have students practice identifying and saying other words that start with the /g/ sound.

• Talk about the final goat on page 20.
  • Ask: "How is this goat different from the rest?"
  • "Why do you think the author ended the story with a kid and a goat?"