Overview
The children will work to find the letter W as they recognize and name the uppercase letter W and the lowercase letter w.

Literacy Activities
Work to find the letter W

• Write the uppercase letter W and the lowercase letter w on a whiteboard, name the letters, and have the children say the letter name as they write the W and w in the air with their fingers.
• Place the wagon graphic in the middle of the room, writing a W on it.
• Teach the children the "Whistle While You Work" song
• Scatter the letter cards around the room.
• Instruct the children to work to clean up all of the letter cards and play "Whistle While You Work" while they work.
• Help the children decide whether or not each letter is an uppercase letter W or a lowercase letter w.
  • If the letter is a W, have the children put it near W wagon.
  • If the letter is not a W, place it in the discard pile.
  • If a child misidentifies a distractor letter as a W or a w, have him or her look at the W and w on the whiteboard and compare them to the letter he or she picked.

Work to color a W

• Give each child a W color page and have them work to color the letter.
• Instruct the children to work to write the letter W in the empty space around the large W.

More Practice
Identify the target letter

• Give the children the Work to Find W page.
• Instruct the children to work to find and circle the letter W on the page.
• Have the children say, “I found a W!” every time they circle a W.

Write the target letter

• Give the children the handwriting practice page and tell them they will work to write the letter W.
• Let the children trace the letters and then write the letter W on their own using the lines as a guide.