- letter card “Ww”
- marker
- poster paper
- rectangular or square blocks
- lowercase
- straight
- uppercase
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.
Build a Letter (“Ww”)
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Skill Focus: Hand-Eye Coordination, Letter Formation
Invite children to make the uppercase and lowercase letter “Ww” with blocks. You may want to draw a large outline of the letter on poster paper for children to refer to as they work. Ask, What blocks will you use to make the uppercase “W” bigger than the lowercase letter?