Exploring for E

Lesson Plan
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Target Words:
- excellent
- explorer
- envelope
- everybody
- elegant
Materials:
- Letter cards
- Paper binoculars
- Envelope
- Explore for E letter page
- E letter-writing practice page
Overview
The children will explore the room to find Es as they recognize and name the letter E.
Literacy Activities
Explore for Es
- Make binoculars by rolling half sheets of paper into cylinders and then tape them together and attach a string.
- Write the letter E on a whiteboard, name the letter, and have the children write the E in the air with their fingers.
- Place E letter cards around the room along with distractor letters.
- Using pretend binoculars, have the children explore the room looking for the E letter cards.
- When a child finds an E letter card, have him or her say, “I found an E! I’ll put the E in an envelope!”
- If a child misidentifies a distractor letter as the letter E, have the child compare the letter to the E on the whiteboard.
- Have the children put all of the E letter cards in an envelope.
Exploding Envelope
- Place the E letter cards in an envelope.
- Make the Es explode out of the envelope by turning it inside out, then show the children the empty envelope.
- Have the children gather up the letter cards and put them in the envelope saying, “I put an E in the envelope.”
More Practice
Find the target letter mixed in with other letters
- Tell the children they will explore and look for more Es on a paper.
- Display the page of mixed-up letters and have the children find and circle the letter E.
- Have the children say, “I found an E!” every time they circle a letter.
- If a child misidentifies a distractor letter as the letter E, have the child compare the letter to the E on the whiteboard.
Write Es
- Give the children the letter-writing practice page.
- Let the children trace the Es and then write the Es on their own, using the lines as a guide.
- Let the children color their Es to make them elegant when they finish writing them (optional).
Standards
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1. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.1.D: Recognize and name all upper- and lowercase letters in the alphabet.

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Exploring for E