Q is for quiet: Building Phonemic Awareness and Letter Identification

How to Use This Book

• Show the cover and point to the title.
  • Ask students: What do you notice about the title?
  • Have students locate all the Q letters in the title and trace over them with a finger while saying the letter name and sound (/kw/).
  • Reinforce the idea that each letter has two forms—uppercase (Q) and lowercase (q).

Exploring the Story

• Tell students that in the book, they will see different children being quiet.

  • Ask: When do we need to be quiet? (e.g., library, during a story, when someone is sleeping).
  • Point out how the first letter of "Quiet" is in red on each page to help the readers focus on the special letter.

• • Model how to use their pointer finger to interact with the activities in the book.
  • Let students practice tracing the letter Q in the air and then on paper.