Overview
The children will help clean up a mess of M mail as they recognize and name the uppercase letter M and the lowercase letter m.

Literacy Activities
M mail mess

• Put a letter card in enough envelopes for each child to have one.
• Write the uppercase letter M and the lowercase letter m on a whiteboard, name the letters, and have the children write the M and m in the air with their fingers.
• Explain to the children that the mail has different letters in it, then spread the envelopes out on a table or the floor.
• Have each child pick up a piece of mail.
  • If the mail has a letter M or m in it, have the child put the mail on top of the mailbox graphic and say, “M mail in the M mailbox.”
  • If the mail does not have a letter M or m in it, have the child put it on top of the trash can graphic and say, “Not an M.”
  • If a child misidentifies a distractor letter as an M or an m, have him or her look at the M and m on the whiteboard and compare them to the letter he or she picked.
• After all of the mail has been picked up and sorted, say together, “No more M mail mess!”

More Practice
Write the target letter

• Show the children how to write an uppercase letter M and lowercase m.
• Give each child a small piece of paper and a pencil.
• Have the children make more M mail by writing the letter M and m on the paper (support as needed).
• Tell the children to put the new mail in an envelope under the mailbox graphic.