State the Objective
Tell the children that they will pretend to rescue roosters as they recognize and name the uppercase and lowercase letters R and r.

Literacy Activities

Introduce the letter R

• Write and name the uppercase and lowercase letters R and r.
• Have the children write the letters in the air with their fingers while making the /r/ sound.
• Read the book Rusty Raccoon Meets Ricky Rabbit and point our the initial letter R throughout the book (optional).

Rescue the roosters

• Place the rooster cards (see below) on the other side of the room.
• Have each child strut and flap like a rooster to the R roosters, then bring one R rooster card back.
• Let the other children chant, "Rescue the R rooster!"
• Repeat until all of the R roosters have been rescued.

Write the target letter

• Help the children trace the letter R on each rooster using a red crayon, marker, or colored pencil.
• Help the children write more uppercase and lowercase Rs around the roosters.