State the Objective
Tell the children that they will decorate a big blue banner with bows and buttons as they listen for words that start with the /b/ sound, such as big, blue, bows, and buttons.
 

Literacy Activities
Create a beautiful big banner

• Help the children attach objects or pictures of things that begin with the /b/ sound (see below) to the big blue banner.
• As the children place items on the banner, encourage them to say the name of the item, emphasizing the /b/ sound (e.g., "/b/ /b/ button").
• Tell the children “___ (e.g., button) starts with B!”
• Use words that start with the /b/ sound as the children attach the objects or pictures to the banner: 
  • "The big blue banner needs bows." 
  • "Buttons and balloons belong on the big blue banner."
• Review the /b/ items that were put on the banner, emphasizing the /b/ sound.
• Have the children repeat the words back to you; remark that all the words begin with B.

Copy the target letter

• Write a large, capital B on the banner.
• Let the children use black, blue, and brown markers to trace the B as they say, "/b/ /b/ /b/ brown" (or whatever color marker they are using).

March and say the sounds in words 

• Have the children march in place as they say each sound of the word bag:
  • Segment sounds: /b/ (march right), /a/ (march left), /g/ (march right)
  • Blend sounds: jump with both feet and blend the sounds into the whole word: bag.
• Repeat with the words big, bus, bed, bad, and bug.