- Between the Lions alphabet chart
- letter card “Gg”
- word card garden
- garden
MA Standards:
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.
English Language Arts/Foundational Skills/RF.PK.MA.3.c: Recognize one’s own name and familiar common signs and labels (e.g., STOP).
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.
Literacy Knowledge/Print Concepts and Conventions: Recognizes print in everyday life, such as numbers, letters, one’s name, words, and familiar logos and signs.
PreK Learning Guidelines:
English Language Arts/Reading and Literature 7: Develop familiarity with the forms of alphabet letters, awareness of print, and letter forms.
Learn About Letters Together: Letter (“Gg”) and Word (garden) Hunt
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ELA Focus Skills: Letter Recognition, Vocabulary, Word Recognition
Educator Prep: Print out the Between the Lions alphabet chart or create an alphabet chart on chart paper. You may want to “hide” extra “Gg” words around the room so all children can find a few.
Reinforce recognition of the letter “Gg” and the word garden by having children hunt for them in the room. Suggest they look on charts, name cards, word cards, and in book titles and story pages. Ask each child to find at least two examples and “read” them to you.
Adaptation: You may want to pair children at different learning stages for the hunt.
Educator Tip: Guided and independent letter, sound, and word practice continues to take place in center activities. If desired, you can set up the literacy center immediately after the direct instruction and repeat instruction before children work in the literacy center identifying letters.