- letter card "Mm"
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.
Speaking and Listening: SL.PK.MA.2 Recall information for short periods of time and retell, act out, or represent information from a text read aloud, a recording, or a video (e.g., watch a video about birds and their habitats and make drawings or constructions of birds and their nests).
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.
Watch Together: “Words Beginning with ‘m’” (BTL clip)
ELA Focus Skills: Letter Recognition, Phonological Awareness (Beginning Sounds)
Tell children that they will watch a short video clip about the letter “Mm.” Show the Between the Lions clip “Words Beginning with ‘m.’”
- Tell children you want them to hold up their letter “Mm” card whenever they see the letter “Mm” on the screen.
- Replay the video. Tell children this time you will pause after each word so children can hold up their “Mm” cards and repeat the words that begin with “Mm.”
