MA Standards:
English Language Arts/Speaking and Listening/SL.PK.MA.2 Recall information for short periods of time and retell, act out, or represent information from a text read aloud, a recording, or a video (e.g., watch a video about birds and their habitats and make drawings or constructions of birds and their nests).
English Language Arts/Foundational Skills/RF.PK.MA.1.d Recognize and name some uppercase letters of the alphabet and the lowercase letters in one’s own name.
Head Start Outcomes:
Literacy Knowledge/Alphabet Knowledge Recognizes that the letters of the alphabet are a special category of visual graphics that can be individually named.
PreK Learning Guidelines:
English Language Arts/Reading and Literature 7 Develop familiarity with the forms of alphabet letters, awareness of print, and letter forms.
Watch Together: “Words Beginning with ‘x’” (BTL clip)
ELA Focus Skills: Active Viewing, Active Listening, Phonological Awareness (Beginning, Ending Sounds)
Show the Between the Lions video clip “Words Beginning with ‘x’.” Say, We will watch a short video that has lots of words with the letter “Xx.”
- After watching the video, write the word box on chart paper. Say, In the word box, the letter “Xx” has the /ks/ sound. Say it with me: box. Emphasize the /ks/ sound as you point to the letter “x” in the word.
- Show this video again and have children read the words with you as they appear on the screen: sax, fox, six, Texas, tuxedo, box.
