Overview
The children will make a kit for kindergarten as they recognize and name the uppercase letter K and the lowercase letter k.

Literacy Activities
Create a kindergarten kit

• Write the uppercase letter K and the lowercase letter k on a whiteboard, name the letters, and have the children write the K and k in the air with their fingers.
• Read The Night Before Kindergarten by Natasha Wing to the students, emphasizing the letter K (optional).
• Show the children your kindergarten kit (a bag labeled with the big letter cards), and explain that the kit should only have pictures in it that begin with the letter K.
• Mix up the picture cards and have the children choose a picture card and name the picture, supporting as needed.
• Decide together whether or not the picture has an uppercase letter K or lowercase letter k on it.
  • If the picture has a letter K, put it in the kindergarten kit.
  • If the picture does not have a letter K, set it to the side.
  • If a child misidentifies a distractor letter as a K or a k, have him or her look at the K and k on the whiteboard and compare them to the letter he or she picked.
• Repeat until all of the picture cards have been chosen.
• Have the children circle the uppercase letter K and lowercase k on the picture cards in the kit.
• Explain how each item in the kit will help them in kindergarten.
  • Kleenex®: You will need Kleenex® in kindergarten in case you have a runny nose.
  • Kiss from mom: Your mom will want to kiss you goodbye on your first day of kindergarten.
  • Key: Your teacher will need a key to open the door of your kindergarten classroom.
  • Kindness: It is always important to be kind to the other children!
  • KIT-KAT® candy bar (optional): You might need a snack in kindergarten. Your snack could be a KIT-KAT® candy bar!
• Allow the children to make their own kindergarten kit using a set of picture cards and a baggie (optional).
• Have the children say, “K in the Kindergarten Kit” as they put each K picture in their kit, but have the children discard the pictures that do not have a K.

More Practice
Identify the target letter

• Cut out the small letter cards and mix them up.
• Have the children choose a letter card and together identify the letter.
  • If the letter is an uppercase letter K or lowercase letter k, then add the letter to the kindergarten kit.
  • If the letter is not a K, then place it in a discard pile.
• Write the target letters K and k on the back of the small letter cards.
• Help the children write the uppercase letter K and lowercase k on the back of the picture cards for their kindergarten kit (support as needed).