{"product_id":"symbol-exploration-foundation-unit","title":"Symbol Exploration Foundation Unit","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSymbol Exploration\u003c\/strong\u003e gives Foundation and Kindergarten teachers a structured week of early literacy teaching focused on letters as meaningful symbols. Children learn to distinguish letters from numbers and signs, name and match uppercase and lowercase forms, notice straight and curved letter features, and connect familiar letters with common beginning sounds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe editable presentation provides a clear whole-class teaching sequence with movement, oral language and quick-sort prompts. Colour posters, clip cards and search mats extend learning into rotations and partner work. Black-and-white student pages provide uncluttered print practice, and the two-page assessment with five-level rubric supports evidence gathering at the end of the unit. The editable quiz includes ten questions with immediate answer slides for review.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhat’s Included\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEditable PowerPoint presentation: Symbol Exploration — 19 slides\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEditable PowerPoint quiz: Symbol Exploration Quiz — 22 slides\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnit Plan PDF — 38 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLetters Are Symbols Poster Set — 3 colour pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlphabet Pair Clip Cards — 7 colour pages covering A–Z\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLetter Detective Search Mats — 5 colour pages covering A–Z\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLetter or Number? worksheet — student and answer pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUppercase or Lowercase? worksheet — student and answer pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMatch the Letter Pairs worksheet — student and answer pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLetter Shape Detectives worksheet — student and answer pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBeginning Sound Symbols worksheet — student and answer pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSymbol Safari worksheet — student and answer pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLetter Magazine Hunt — 5 alphabet-range pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSymbol Explorer Assessment — 2 student pages and 2 answer pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSymbol Exploration Foundation Unit Rubric — 1 page\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCombined Preview PDF — 79 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch2\u003eLearning Focus\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecognise letters as a type of symbol.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDistinguish letters from numbers, signs and pictures.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eName familiar uppercase and lowercase letters.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMatch uppercase letters with their lowercase forms.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotice whether letter forms use curves, straight lines or both.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConnect familiar letters with common beginning sounds.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eApply letter knowledge through sorting, searching, matching and independent response tasks.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch2\u003eClassroom Use\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse the presentation across approximately five literacy sessions. Follow with clip cards, search mats and worksheets in small groups or literacy rotations. The Letter Magazine Hunt supports open-ended classroom or home-language print exploration. Use the editable quiz for guided review and the assessment plus rubric for end-of-unit evidence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFormats, Pages and Answers\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncludes PDF, editable PPTX and JPEG files. The Unit Plan PDF is 38 pages, the presentation is 19 slides, the quiz is 22 slides and the Combined Preview PDF is 79 pages. Eight red answer pages are included within the Unit Plan PDF.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eDigital Product and Licence\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a digital product; no physical item is shipped. Purchase grants use by the purchasing educator with their own students, subject to the Sukindi licence. Do not resell, redistribute, share the files or post them publicly.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sukindi Learning","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67473132224557,"sku":null,"price":4.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0771\/1155\/8189\/files\/SymbolExplorationFoundationUnit-TPTThumbnail.jpg?v=1788376908","url":"https:\/\/sukindi.com.au\/products\/symbol-exploration-foundation-unit","provider":"Sukindi Learning","version":"1.0","type":"link"}