- lowercase
- uppercase
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:
Language Development/Receptive Language Attends to language during conversations, songs, stories, or other learning experiences.
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 12 Listen to, recite, sing, and dramatize a variety of age-appropriate literature.
English Language Arts/Reading and Literature 7 Develop familiarity with the forms of alphabet letters, awareness of print, and letter forms.
Watch Together: “What’s Your Name? (i)” #1 (BTL clip)
ELA Focus Skills: Active Viewing, Letter Recognition
Tell children that they will watch a short video clip about the letter “Ii.” Show Between the Lions “What’s Your Name? (i).”
- Review the differences between uppercase and lowercase “Ii.” (uppercase is big; lowercase is little, with a dot) Then give children a viewing focus. Say, Tell me when you see the letter “Ii” on the screen. Tell me whether it is a lowercase or uppercase “Ii.”
- Show the video a second time. This time have children repeat the names.
