Activity: Letter E
Objective:
to trace within boundaries
Materials:
1 | letter E | per whole group | |
1 | package of discussion board markers | per whole group | |
1 | discussion board | per whole group | |
1 | pencil or dry-erase marker | per learner | |
1 | bottle of glue | per learner | |
4 | finger length pieces of yarn | per learner | |
(Optional) | 1 | hole-puncher | for prep |
(Optional) | 1 | timer | per whole group |
(Optional) | 1 | transparency sheet | per learner |
(Optional) | 1 | Wikki Stix Letter E | per learner |
(Optional) | 1 | binder | per learner |
Supporting Media:
- Totetude Letter E Outline [External link]
- Totetude Letter E Printable [External link]
- Alphabet Song [Totetude resource link]
- Totetude Letter Song [Totetude resource link]
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Wikki Stix Letter E [JPEG Image, 653 KB]
Prep:
- Gather materials.
- Print the Totetude Letter E and Totetude Letter E Outline for each learner.
- Hole-punch a transparency sheet and place it over the Totetude Letter E Printable in a binder for each learner (optional).
Instructions:
- Recite the alphabet together while pointing to each letter.
- Hold up or point to the letter E.
- Say, "This is the letter E. E as in ear and egg."
- Have learners think of words that start with the letter E.
- Sing the Totetude Letter Song using the letter E. The educator sings the song once and then the learners repeat.
- The educator states, "Today we are going to practice how to write the letter E."
- Then the educator demonstrates how to write the letter E on the discussion board.
- Learners then move to an open area and use their body to make a letter E while showing lots of emotion (cheering, laughing, pretend crying, etc.)
- When the timer goes off, the learners return to their work area and independently complete the Totetude Letter E Printable.
Extension:
- Hand out the Totetude Letter E Outline printable and have the learners glue yarn to it in the shape of an E.
Reflections:
- I am able to trace within boundaries.
- I am able to use a thin pen/marker/pencil/crayon.
- I am able to print within boundaries.
Did you try this activity ? How did it go ?