Overview
The children will make and inspect the incredible letter I as they recognize and name the uppercase letter I and the lowercase letter i.

Literacy Activities
Incredible I

• Write the uppercase letter I and the lowercase letter i on a whiteboard, name the letters, and have the children write the I and i in the air with their fingers.
• Give the children an I coloring page and markers or crayons and invite them to decorate the I to make it incredible. Explain that incredible means amazing or wonderful.
• Make comments such as the following throughout the activity to emphasize words that start with the letter I:
  • Imagine making an incredible I.
  • It is not impossible to make an incredible I.
• Have the children lay their incredible I pages on their desks, then invite them to walk around inspecting each other's incredible artwork. Explain that inspecting means looking at.

Inspect the I

• Place letter cards around the room.
• Tell the children to use a magnifying glass to inspect each letter card to decide if it is the letter I, or i, or neither.
  • When a child finds an uppercase letter I or a lowercase letter i, have the child say “I found an I!”
  • If a child finds a distractor letter card, have him or her put it in a discard pile.
  • If a child mistakenly identifies a letter card that is not a letter I, then have him or her look at the letter I or i on the whiteboard and compare it to the letter they found to see if it is the same.

More Practice
Find the target letter mixed in with other letters

• Display the page of mixed up letters and have the children inspect the page to find and circle each I and i.
• When the children find an uppercase letter I or a lowercase letter i, have them say, “I found an I!”
  • If a child misidentifies a distractor letter as the letter I, then refer the child to the letter I and i on the whiteboard and ask, “Does this letter look like the letter on the board?”
• Once the children have found all of the Is, have them make the Is incredible by coloring them.

Write I

• Give the children the handwriting practice page and let them trace the I and i letters. Then have the children write the letters on their own using the lines as a guide.
• Let the children color their I and i letters to make them incredible when they finish writing (optional).