- letter card “Cc”
- 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:
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.
Learn About Letters Together: Letter Shape (“Cc”)
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ELA Focus Skills: Letter Recognition, Vocabulary
Hold up the letter “Cc” card. Have children identify the uppercase and the lowercase letter.
Trace over the uppercase “C” and lowercase “c” to show how to form the letters.
Then have children trace the letters along with you. Point out that the lowercase “c” is shaped just like the uppercase “C,” only it is smaller.
Educator Tip: Guided and independent letter, sound, and word practice continues to take place in center activities. It is helpful to set up the literacy center immediately after the direct instruction and repeat instruction before children work in the literacy center identifying letters.