Overview
The children will rip and repair a letter R as they recognize and name the letter R.

Literacy Activities
Rip and repair the letter R

• Write the letter R on a whiteboard, name the letter, and have the children write the R in the air with their fingers.
• Give the children the R coloring page and let them color it red.
• Help the children write the letter R in the space around the letter on the coloring page.
• Let the children rip the R by tearing the coloring page.
• Ask the children to repair (fix) the R by taping the paper back together.
• This activity can be repeated several times.

More Practice
Identify the target letter

• Mix up the letter cards, then let the children choose a card one at a time.
• Help the children decide whether or not the letter on the card is a letter R.
  • If the letter is an R, put it up on the board.
  • If the letter is not an R, place it in the discard pile.
  • If a child misidentifies a distractor letter as an R, have him or her look at the R on the whiteboard and compare it to the letter he or she picked.
• Allow the children to rip and repair the letter cards.

Write the target letter

• Give the children the handwriting practice page.
• Let the children trace the letters, then have them write the letter R on their own using the lines as a guide.