a for the acrobat
A for the Acrobat
Objective
Recognize and name the letter A and associate it with the short-a sound (as in cat).
Lesson Plan
Target Words:
- admire
- acrobat
- apple
- alphabet
Materials:
- Letter cards*
- Acrobat pictures*
- Video of acrobats performing (optional)
- Doll
- Letter-writing practice page*
(*See below)
State and Model the Objective
Tell the children that they will turn a letter A into an acrobat as they recognize and name the letter A and listen for the short-a sound.
Literacy Activities
Give an A ticket to see acrobats.
- Write and name the letter A and have the children write A in the air while saying the /a/ sound (as in "cat").
- Explain that an acrobat is someone who does tricks like somersaults or tightrope walking, etc.
- Scatter the letter cards (see below) around the room.
- Tell the children that they can find letter A cards to use as tickets to an acrobat show.
- Have the children search the room for letter A tickets.
- Let the children place their A tickets on a picture of an acrobat (see below) to get into the show.
- Show the children a video of acrobats performing or make a doll perform tricks; have the children admire (cheer for) the acrobats .
- Write the words admire and acrobat and read them aloud; have the children find the letter A and say /a/.
Turn an A into an acrobat.
- Give the children letter-A cards.
- Have the children take turns pretending that their A letter card is an acrobat by making it do flips and tricks.
- Let the children admire (cheer for) the acrobat that is performing.
Write the letter A
- Let the children trace the As on the letter-writing practice page (see below), then have them write As on their own while say /a/ for each A.
- Let the children admire each other's As.
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Standards
SEEL lessons align with Common Core Standards. Please see the standards page for the code(s) associated with this lesson.
http://education.byu.edu/seel/library/
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A for the Acrobat