Lesson Planning with Me!: Finding Letters in My/Your Name

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Saturday, June 16, 2012

Finding Letters in My/Your Name

Materials:

Rice
Small Tub
Magnetic letters
Name cards
Sentence strip, if desired

Activity:

Before activity begins, hide letters from all participating students' names in a small tub filled with rice.
Ask students to find their name cards before beginning.
In turn, allow students to sift through and find a letter. Instruct child to first name the letter and then decide if it is in his/her name.
If desired, student can repeat "The letter ___ is/is not in my name."
If the letter is in his/her name, allow child to keep letter. If not ask child to give it to someone who does have that letter in his/her name. Instruct receiving child to say sentence, if desired.
Continue until all letters have been retrieved.
Instruct students to now put all the letters in order to spell his/her name.

Variation: Include all letters to give students more practice naming letters or when working alone.

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