Each and every instructional program that successfully creates a literate environment in the classroom is unique. In my classroom the students have an opportunity to work at a H.E.B. grocery store, which provides many hands-on authentic learning strategies and activities, which is aligned with the TEEM curriculum. For example, for alliteration, the pharmacist practices his letters and letter sounds to distribute filled prescriptions. Each child has a prescription with his name on a H.E.B. prescription bag. In the seafood department, the student will count and pack shrimp and fish to sale. In the bakery, the student will decorate alphabet ...