- fishing pole
- magnet tied to a string
- plastic tub or box
- several sets of “j,” “a,” and “z” magnetic letters
- word card jazz
- catch
- first
- fourth
- last
- letter
- magnet
- match
- second
- third
- word
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.
Fish for Letters (jazz)
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Skill Focus: Fine Motor Skills, Letter Recognition, Vocabulary, Word Recognition
Display the jazz word card. Point to the word as you say it aloud. Then point to the letter “j” and ask, What’s the first letter in the word jazz? Help children identify the remaining letters. Have children fish for the letters j, a, z, and z. Then arrange the letters to match the word jazz on the word card.