State the Objective
Tell the children that they will wiggle the letter W in a wiggle waggle dance as they recognize and name the uppercase letter and lowercase letters W and w.

Literacy Activities
Wiggle Waggle

• Write and name the uppercase and lowercase letters W  and w and tell the children they make the /w/ sound.
• Have the children write W and w in the air with their fingers while they say the letter sound and name: "/w, w, w/-W!"
• Read the book Wiggle! By Doreen Cronin to the children, emphasizing the letter W (optional).

• Have the children write W and w on small pieces of paper.

   

   

Do the Wiggle Dance

• Explain that wiggle and waggle mean to shake or move back and forth and that whirl means to spin around.

• Teach the children the words and actions to the Wiggle Dance chant (see below).

   

• Turn on instrumental music (optional).
• Allow the children to wiggle, waggle, and whirl their W letter cards as they do the Wiggle Dance.

Identify the target letter in a text

• Show the children the text for the Wiggle Dance chant.
• Have the children circle the letter W every time it occurs in the text.
• Read the text slowly, following along with your finger.
• When you come to a word that starts with W or w, have the children wave their W cards and say the letter sound, then the word: e.g., w-w-w-wiggle!