sharing a beginning power point file that invites students to race to say the letters before the letter is named (my voice on the sound file).  We begin our day with a power point chant that focuses on the current skill level of my students.  As the year progresses, we will switch to new sight words and more complex sentences.  Here is the Beginning Alphabet ppt
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Another thing I do is chant our alphabet chart pics using both sounds and letter names with a little poem:

A is for apple
Apple begins with Aa
a-a-a-a-a, a-a  (speak) A (shave and a haircut rhythm)

Here is the ppt: