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From http://www.amylenord.net

Teacher Amy Lenord writes:

“Some of the most heated curricular discussions can come out of choosing to or not to teach the TL alphabet. Teachers are very polarized on this question. I've seen some doozies of arguments about whether or not to write these two concepts into a district curriculum. …

“[Of traditional methods of teaching numbers and letters], very few of them are communicative or mimic how letters and numbers come up in real world situations. Maybe we should consider when and how to introduce that information, but because they are bits of knowledge used every day we should find ways to integrate them in every unit we teach. How can we fold them into every lesson?”

Read on for her ideas for integrating numbers and letters into different units: http://www.amylenord.net/1/post/2014/02/breaking-the-mold-alphabet-numbers-in-context1.html