Students examine how to put words into alphabetical order and determine what letter comes before and after given letters. They sing the alphabet song, discuss the importance of putting things in alphabetical order, and place letter...

Students explore language arts by participating an on-line grammar activity. In this letter U lesson, students discuss the uses for the letter U in the English language and the different sounds that can be made from the vowel. Students...

Students examine Australian folktales. In this folktales activity, students read the Australian folktale, Why Koala Has a Stumpy Tale. Students list characteristics of the characters from the book. Students act out these characteristics...

Students have a rubber kickball that is passed around in a circle. A letter name is called and anyone with that letter sound that begins their name raises their hand. The ball is passed to them and they say, " K is for Kara." and then...

The letter m is the first letter in many of my favorite words. It has the best /m/ sound ever. Get your little ones excited about letter m with this super simple, super short lesson. They work with the teacher to practice saying,...

In this lower case letter e worksheet, students pronounce and trace the letter e words elephant, eleven, empty, and egg. Students trace four words.

In this letter recognition and printing practice activity, students trace dotted lines to write 4 words that begin with the letter a. They write alligator, apple, ant, and astronaut on a page that contains a black line picture of an...

In this capital letters cursive handwriting worksheet, students trace over the capital letters from A to Z using cursive handwriting.

For this identifying objects that begin with the letter c worksheet, students color he object or objects that start with c.  Students color 2 pictures.

In this word and letter practice worksheet, students say letters and sounds of letters, practice reading simple sentences and sight words, then say names of pictures and say the beginning sound of each.

In this word and letter practice worksheet, students name given letters, say sounds, read simple sentences, and practice sight words and blending.

For this handwriting worksheet, students practice tracing and writing each capital letter of the alphabet. A reference web site is given for additional activities.

Students practice basic reading skills. In this reading lesson plan, students review the letter M, read the story If You Give a Mouse a Muffin. Students will then write a book using their name, for example: If You Give a Taco to Tracy.

In this number and letter worksheet, students examine and study the uppercase and lowercase letters A-Z in cursive. Students also examine the numbers 0-9.

Students explore the letter B, then read Blueberries for Sal and make a blueberry smoothie. Alternative: For letter S, students read The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear, then make a strawberry smoothie.

Students explore the letter P and things that start with the letter P. They read The Popcorn Book by Tomie DePola. Students discuss things that start with the letter P. They plant their own popcorn plant and watch as the popcorn seeds...

Students practice writing words and brief sentences. In this phonics instructional activity, students write letters phonetically spelling the words legibly.

In this writing and art lesson, students use their favorite story to draw a picture and write a caption for their picture. They create their picture and caption on a piece of tagboard that is to be used as a bookmark. A nice, simple...

Students practice their handwriting and word recognition. In this letter A lesson plan, students identify eight words with pictures as they use lowercase letters to complete an elementary word search.

Students create a book with each page representing a letter in the alphabet.

Students participate in a teacher lead teacher activity. They sit in a circle while the teacher places four ABC cards down and has a student identify the missing letter. After the demonstration, they are broken into small groups to...

Students trace over their names with glue and then glue alphabet macaroni on top.

Students study the letters of the alphabet, explore different shapes, rhyme, and listen to the different sounds of the alphabet to help them sound out words and begin elementary level reading.

First graders place some specific types of objects (e.g., shoes, favorite food) on concrete graphs and pictographs. They listen and respond to others in a variety of contexts (e.g., pay attention to the speaker; take turns speaking in a...