- fishing pole
- magnet tied to a string
- several sets of magnetic letters “w,” “o,” “r,” and “m”
- word card worm
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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.
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.
Fish for Letters (worms)
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Skill Focus: Fine Motor Skills, Letter Recognition, Vocabulary
Display the worm word card. Read the word together. Point to the letter “Ww” and have children identify the first letter of the word. Then have them identify the second and third letters. Point to the letter “Ww” and ask, What’s the first letter in the word worm? Say the word aloud, emphasizing the beginning /w/ sound: w-w-w-orm. Ask, Do you hear the /w/ sound at the beginning of the word? Repeat with the other letters. Then have children fish for the letters in the word worm and arrange the letters to match the word on the word card.
Adaptation: You may want to do only the letter shaping activity. Adapt the materials used for shaping if younger children will be working individually. Use dough in place of modeling clay and large pieces of straws and popsicle sticks in place of pipe cleaners and short straws.