State and Model the Objective
Tell the children that they will ask and answer questions in quiet voices as they listen for words that begin with the /kw/ sound, such as quilt, queen, quick, quiet, and quarter. 

Literacy Activities
Quickly ask questions with a quiet voice 

• Review the questions on the question page (see below), pointing out the /qw/ words (e.g., quilt, queen). 
• Show the children how to ask a question quietly and how to record results by circling yes or no on the question page. 
• Have the children ask each other the list of questions in a quiet voice.

• Take the children around the school looking for people to ask quiet questions to, such as the office secretary, lunch workers, librarian, or janitor (optional).

   

Identify words that start with the target letter 

• Discuss the results from the questions with the children (e.g., “How many people had a quilt?”).
• Have the children circle the letter q in the list of survey questions.