- access to class charts and Library Center books
- alphabet chart
- letter cards: “Dd” and “Rr”
- name cards
- sticky notes and marker (optional)
- word cards: dam and river
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.
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/Early Writing: Copies, traces, or independently writes letters or 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.
Letter About Letters Together: Word Hunt (dam, river)
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ELA Focus Skills: Recognize and Match Uppercase and Lowercase Letters, Vocabulary, Word Matching
Reinforce recognition of the letters “Dd” and “Rr” and the words dam and river by having children hunt for them in the room.
Suggest that children look on charts, name cards, word cards, and in book titles and stories. You may wish to hide in plain sight a few sticky notes with one of the words written on them to aid the hunters.
Ask each child to find at least two examples of each letter and each word, and then “read” them aloud to you. Set a time limit. Circulate in areas where there are many opportunities to find the letter and word so children can “read” to you without having to carry too many things to a fixed location.
Adaptation: Groups with children of varied ages may wish to pair older and younger children to hunt together so that older ones can help younger ones find the words.
English Language Learners: If English language learners have difficulty understanding what to do, partner them with strong English speakers who can help them so they both find the letter and word.