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Lesson Plan
Letter identification - Uppercase: Letters by Sound
Kindergarten (K) - ELA
LEARNING TARGET
- Students will be able to identify uppercase letters that are read to them.
- Students will be able to match uppercase letters with words that begin with those letters.
- Students will be able to identify uppercase letters in text.
LEARNING PROGRESSION
PREREQUISITE SKILL
- Students will be able to recognize and name all upper case letters of the alphabet.
EXTENSION SKILL
DURATION
- 45 minutes
MATERIALS
- Flashcards with uppercase letters and corresponding words (e.g. "A" and "Apple")
- Printed sentences with uppercase letters (one per student)
- Whiteboard and markers
VOCABULARY
- Uppercase letters
- Word
- Sentence
TEACHING RESOURCES
CENTERS & TASK CARDS
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IEP GOAL WORKBOOKS
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WORKSHEET PACKS
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5 AND 1 INTERVENTIONS
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GAMES
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ACTIVITIES
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LESSON INSTRUCTION
INTRODUCTION
- Greet students and explain the objective of the lesson.
- Ask students if they know what uppercase letters are and how they are different from lowercase letters.
- Hold up a flashcard with an uppercase letter and a word that starts with that letter.
- Ask students to identify the letter and the word.
- Repeat with a few more flashcards, encouraging students to participate and asking them questions as needed.
- Explain to students that they will be learning how to identify uppercase letters in text.
INSTRUCTION
- Write a simple sentence with an uppercase letter on the whiteboard (e.g. "The Cat is Big").
- Read the sentence aloud to the class and point to the uppercase letter.
- Ask students to repeat the sentence and identify the uppercase letter.
- Repeat with a few more sentences, encouraging students to participate and asking them questions as needed.
- Hold up a flashcard with an uppercase letter on one side and a word on the other side.
- Read the word aloud and ask students to identify the uppercase letter.
- Repeat with a few more flashcards, encouraging students to participate and asking them questions as needed.
GUIDED PRACTICE
- Distribute printed sentences with uppercase letters (one per student).
- Read the sentence aloud to the class and ask students to identify the uppercase letter.
- Repeat with a few more sentences, encouraging students to participate and asking them questions as needed.
- In pairs, have students take turns reading a sentence to their partner and identifying the uppercase letter.
- Monitor students as they work and provide feedback and assistance as needed.
INDEPENDENT PRACTICE
- Distribute flashcards with uppercase letters and words to each student.
- Have students work independently to match the uppercase letter with the corresponding word.
- Monitor students as they work and provide feedback and assistance as needed.
HOMEWORK
- Ask students to find three things at home that begin with an uppercase letter and write them down.
- Encourage students to share their findings with the class the following day.
EXIT TICKET
- Hold up a flashcard with an uppercase letter and a word that starts with that letter.
- Ask students to identify the letter and the word.
- Collect the flashcards as students leave the classroom.
ASSESSMENT
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Throughout the lesson, monitor students' ability to identify uppercase letters in text during the guided and independent practice activities.
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At the end of the lesson, distribute an assessment sheet with a list of simple sentences, each containing an uppercase letter. Ask students to read each sentence and identify the uppercase letter.
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Evaluate students' ability to identify the uppercase letters on the assessment sheet correctly.
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Use the assessment sheet to determine whether students have met the lesson objectives.
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Analyze the assessment sheet results to identify areas where students may need additional support or practice.
CLOSURE
- Review the lesson's objectives with the class.
- Ask students to share something they learned or found interesting during the lesson.
- Encourage students to continue practicing identifying uppercase letters in text.
EXTENSION
INTERVENTION
VIDEOS
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TEACHING TIPS
- Use visual aids such as flashcards and sentences to help students identify uppercase letters in context.
- Encourage active participation and discussion to keep students engaged.
- Provide additional support and practice activities for struggling students.
STUDENT MISCONCEPTIONS
- Confusing uppercase letters with lowercase letters.
- Difficulty identifying uppercase letters in the middle or end of a word.
- Lack of understanding of the purpose and significance of uppercase letters in written communication.
STANDARD
Common Core Standard:
RF.K.1.D - Recognize and name all upper- and lowercase letters of the alphabet.
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