- bag filled with multiple magnetic or plastic letters “B,” “b”
- paper
- marker
- straight line
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.
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 Sort (“Bb”)
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Skill Focus: Compare and Contrast, Letter Recognition, Matching and Sorting, Vocabulary
Make two columns on a large sheet of paper. Write the uppercase “B” at the top of one column and the lowercase “b” at the top of the other. Point to each letter and review the characteristics of the uppercase and lowercase “Bb.” Then select a letter from the bag. Talk about how it looks and in which column to place it. This letter has a straight line and one bump. What column will you put it in? Yes, it belongs here, in the lowercase “b” section. Have children work alone or in pairs to sort and match the letters.