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A is for Apple: Building Letter-Recognition Fluency

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Title:

 A is for Apple: Building Letter-Recognition Fluency

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Type: Lesson/Unit Plan

Overview:

Learning to recognize letters is an integral part of most kindergarten programs. The challenge is to keep students' interest while practicing until they are fluent. This lesson meets that challenge using a variety of activities. Your students will apply their knowledge of letters and letter sounds as they play games and interact with letters online, using what they see and learn to create their own ABC book.

Content Standard(s):
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: K
11. Recognize and name all upper and lower case letters in non-sequential order with accuracy and automaticity.
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Teacher Vocabulary:
11.
  • Recognize
  • Uppercase letters
  • Lowercase letters
  • Non-sequential order
  • Accuracy
  • Automaticity
Knowledge:
11. Students know:
  • The name and shape of all upper- and lowercase letters, regardless of the order in which they are presented.
Skills:
11. Students are able to:
  • Recognize and name all upper- and lowercase letters in non-sequential order with accuracy and automaticity. For example, when shown a printed letter of the alphabet, the student can say the correct letter name within several seconds.
Understanding:
11. Students understand that:
  • Recognizing all upper- and lowercase letters correctly and quickly will help them improve their decoding automaticity.
  • A letter's name is the only attribute of a letter that never changes. For example, the letter A can make different sounds depending on its position in a word, however, it will always be the letter A.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: K
36. When speaking and writing, follow the rules of standard English grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and grade-appropriate spelling.

a. With prompting and support, transcribe spoken words to demonstrate that print represents oral language.

b. With prompting and support, compose a simple sentence, including necessary components to create a complete sentence rather than a fragment.

c. With prompting and support, identify the role or purpose of a noun and a verb within a sentence and the type of information it conveys.

d. With prompting and support, write the correct number of words, with proper spacing, for a spoken phrase or sentence.

e. With prompting and support, begin each sentence with a capital letter.

f. With prompting and support, capitalize the pronoun I and names of individuals.

g. With prompting and support, recognize, name, and correctly use end punctuation.

Examples: period, question mark, exclamation mark
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Teacher Vocabulary:
36.
  • Speaking
  • Writing
  • Standard English grammar
  • Punctuation
  • Capitalization
  • Grade-appropriate spelling
36a.
  • Transcribe
  • Spoken words
  • Demonstrate
  • Print
  • Represents
  • Oral language
  • Prompting
  • Support
36b.
  • Compose
  • Simple sentence
  • Necessary components
  • Create
  • Complete sentence
  • Fragment
  • Prompting
  • Support
36c.
  • Identify
  • Role
  • Purpose
  • Noun
  • Verb
  • Sentence
  • Conveys
  • Prompting
  • Support
36d.
  • Write
  • Correct number of words
  • Proper spacing
  • Spoken phrase
  • Sentence
  • Prompting
  • Support
36e.
  • Sentence
  • Capital letter
  • Prompting
  • Support
36f.
  • Capitalize
  • Pronoun I
  • Names of individuals
36g.
  • Recognize
  • Name
  • Correctly use
  • End punctuation
Knowledge:
36. Students know:
  • Standard English grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling rules for speaking and writing.
36a.
  • Spoken words can be transcribed into written words.
36b.
  • The components of a simple, complete sentence.
36c.
  • The purpose and function of a noun and verb within a sentence.
36d.
  • Spoken phrase or sentences are composed of individual words that must be spaced properly when writing.
36e.
  • Sentences begin with capital letters.
36f.
  • The pronoun I and names of individuals are capitalized.
36g.
  • The three types of end punctuation: period, question mark, and exclamation mark.
  • End punctuation occurs at the end of a sentence.
Skills:
36. Students are able to:
  • Write and speak abiding by the rules of standard English grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling.
36a. With prompting and support,
  • Write spoken words.
36b. With prompting and support,
  • Compose a simple, complete sentence.
36c. With prompting and support,
  • Identify nouns and verbs in sentences.
  • Describe the information a noun or verb conveys within a sentence.
36d. With prompting and support,
  • Accurately write a phrase or sentence from dictation.
  • Properly space words when writing a phrase or sentence from dictation.
36e. With prompting and support,
  • Begin each sentence with a capital letter.
36f. With prompting and support,
  • Capitalize the pronoun I and names of individuals.
36g. With prompting and support,
  • Recognize, name, and correctly use end punctuation.
Understanding:
36. Students understand that:
  • The English language has grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling rules.
36a.
  • Writing words from dictation requires knowledge of capitalization and spelling rules.
36b.
  • Simple, complete sentences are composed of a subject and predicate, while a sentence fragment lacks one or both parts.
36c.
  • Nouns and verbs have rules for placement in a sentence and convey certain information within the sentence.
36d.
  • When writing a spoken phrase or sentence, proper spacing must be placed between words.
36e.
  • All sentences begin with a capital letter.
36f.
  • People's names and the pronoun I are capitalized.
36g.
  • There are three types of ending punctuation.
  • Question marks are used for questions.
  • Periods are used for statements.
  • Exclamation marks are used for exclamatory statements.
  • Sentences have different end punctuation based on the meaning of the sentence.
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