T Time!
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Target text

Objective

Recognize and name the uppercase letter and the lowercase letter t.

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Lesson Plan

Target Words:

  • time
  • twirl
  • toss

Materials:

  • Clock face
  • T-shaped spinner for clock
  • Letter cards
  • T Actions
  • Small pieces of paper or sticky notes

Overview
The children will use a special clock to help them tell time as they recognize and name the uppercase letter and the lowercase letter t.

Literacy Activities
T Time

  • Write the uppercase letter T and the lowercase letter t on a whiteboard, name the letters, and have the children write the T and t in the air with their fingers.
  • Sit in a circle around the spinner and give each child a T letter card.
  • Have a child twirl the T-shaped spinner.
  • When the T-shaped spinner stops, have the children say, “It’s T time.”
  • Instruct the children to perform the T action corresponding to the number where the T-shaped spinner stopped.
  • Play the game until each child has a turn to twirl the spinner.

More Practice 
Identify the target letter

  • Show the children the T actions list and have them circle the uppercase letter T and lowercase letter t each time it occurs in the text.

Write the target letter

  • Have the children write the uppercase letter T and lowercase letter t on small pieces of paper or sticky notes.
  • Let the children use the letter cards that they made to repeat the T time activity.
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Standards

SEEL lessons align with Common Core Standards. Please see the standards page for the code(s) associated with this lesson.

http://education.byu.edu/seel/library/