- dot-to-dot copies of the uppercase and lowercase letter “Bb” (one per child)
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.
Learn About Letters Together: Tracing (“Bb”)
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ELA Focus Skills: Letter Recognition, Small Motor Skills
Educator Prep: Make dot-to-dot copies of the uppercase and lowercase letter “Bb” (one per child). Place a star sticker at the upper left corner of the letter so children know where to begin tracing the letter.
Help children practice writing the letter “Bb.”
- Give each child a copy of the dot-to-dot uppercase and lowercase letter.
- Model how to begin at the star and trace each letter with your fingers, the way you would write each letter.
- Have children trace the letters on their papers.
- Distribute crayons or markers.
- Let children connect the dots to write the letters “Bb.”
Adaptation: If young children have trouble tracing the letters, hold their hands loosely so that they still have control, and trace the lines with them.