- Between the Lions alphabet chart
- fishing pole
- several sets of magnetic letters “w,” “a,” “t,” “e,” and “r” (or paper letters with metal paper clips attached)
- water word card
- first
- fourth
- last
- match
- second
- third
MA Standards:
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.
Foundational Skills/RF.PK.MA.3: Demonstrate beginning understanding of phonics and word analysis skills.
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 words as a unit of print and understands that letters are grouped to form words.
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 (water)
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Skill Focus: Fine Motor Skills, Letter Recognition, Vocabulary, Word Recognition
Display the word card water. Read the word together. Point to the letter “Ww” and ask, What’s the first letter in the word water? Point to each of the remaining letters and ask children to name them. Have children fish for the letters in the word water and then arrange the letters to match the word card.