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Pasta Names

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Helps learners recognize alphabet letters by having them glue dry pasta over their names. Scholars use a card with their names printed neatly, then decorate it with noodles while saying each letter they make. 
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Phonics, Letter-Sound Correspondence: Letter Bag

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
An activity focuses on final sounds sorting. Scholars pull objects out of a bag, identify what letter sound the object ends with, then draw the picture under the appropriate column.
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Alphabet Borders

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Help young scholars name the letters of the alphabet. They use the provided alphabet border and letter cards to take turns saying and finding various alphabet letters. This simple game can be extended by having learners focus on the...
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Phonics: Letter-Sound Correspondence, Letter-Sound Bingo

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Young scholars build a strong understanding of medial sounds, vowels, and letter sound correspondence while playing Bingo. Taking turns, peers choose a card and say its name and medial sound; all players look for the vowel on their card....
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Phonics: Letter Recognition, Alphabet Tiles Name Sort

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Beginning readers practice identifying alphabet letters using upper and lower case letter tiles. Each class member is given a T-chart, letter tiles, and a name card. They then separate the letter tiles in their name from those not in...
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Letter Recognition: Tap Stack

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Practice letter recognition using this fun alphabet game! Focusing on a suggested six target letters, this partner activity has learners saying and recognizing letter names as quickly as possible. Using a randomly chosen letter as the...
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Phonics: Letter Recognition, Lettercritter

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This is a fun idea to get your scholars practicing their ABCs! They assemble an alphabet caterpillar, printing lowercase versions below each uppercase letter. They practice writing the lowercase letters using dry-erase markers and say...
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Shall We Practice More Phonemes?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A simple presentation designed for emerging readers. Learners practice saying the sounds that a variety of phonemes produce. As the slides go on, the phonemes are combined to make actual words. Good practice for the young ones!
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Recognizing Letters

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Boost letter recognition with an activity that challenges young scholars to match a plastic letter to one printed on a card. 
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Phonics: Letter Recognition, Clip-A-Letter

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Young scholars show what they know about the alphabet. With two circles—one surrounded by capital letters and one with lowercase—pupils use clothespins to match letters, case to case or the opposite. 
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Kindergarten/First Grade Phonics

For Teachers K - 1st
Get involved with phonics by recognizing one particular letter. Learners name a letter, know it by sound, decode basic CVC words and use the letter in writing. A variety of options are given to the your learners: making a letter collage,...
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Hula Hoop ABC Relays

For Teachers K
Adding hula hoops to any activity can present a fun challenge. This worksheet explains how to conduct an activity that combines the recognition of capital/lowercase letters and a hula hoop relay. Outside on the playground, each student...
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Traceable Alphabet: Letter P Worksheet

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This is a traditional letter tracing worksheet for the letter 'P'. It includes numbered arrows that indicate the order and direction of each stroke for both upper and lower case. Additionally, beginning readers color three pictures that...
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Alphabet Worksheet: Letter X Recognition

For Students 1st - 3rd
Alphabet learners identify words that begin with the letter 'X' and then color pictures that begin with this letter. This worksheet includes 13 problems.
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Alphabet Worksheet: Letter W Recognition

For Students 1st - 3rd
This activity includes 19 problems that require identifying words or pictures that begin with the letter 'W'. The pictures that begin with the letter 'W' are to be colored.w
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Alphabet Worksheet: Letter Z Recognition

For Students 1st - 3rd
Alphabet learners identify words that begin with the letter 'Z' and then color in the pictures that start with the letter 'Z'. There are 19 problems in total.
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Alphabet Worksheet: Letter M Recognition

For Students 1st - 3rd
Letter learners identify words that begin with the letter 'M' and then color the images that begin with the letter 'M'. There are 20 problems in total.
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The Letter Y

For Teachers Pre-K - K
In this letter recognition worksheet, students explore the letter y. Students look at, recognize, color, and say the letter y, both in the capital form and in the lower case form.
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Letter Recognition Assessment

For Students Pre-K - 6th
Assessment and documentation is a huge part of special education. Intended for use with an Autistic class, but appropriate for any audience, this assessment focuses on letter recognition. Each letter is shown at the head of a train, this...
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Connecting Letters and Memory

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Elementary students with mild to moderate mental disabilities use a variety of tools to connect letter sounds to images. They use flash cards, posters, and writing while saying to connect letter image to phonemic equivalent. Then, they...
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Beginning Sounds: A is for Ant

For Teachers K
The ABC's and beginning letter sounds are the foundation of strong reading skills. Use this presentation to build your young learner's abilities to recognize beginning sounds and alphabet letters. Each slide contains an image and a word...
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What Letter Am I? F

For Students K - 1st
The letter F is hanging out in the middle of a cool design, can your kids find it? After the start coloring the letter F will pop right before their eyes. Tip: Use this and other similar pages to create a classroom alphabet book.
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What Letter Am I? "J"

For Students K - 1st
Letter J can be found in the image provided, but it will take a keen eye to locate it. Little ones can find and color the letter J found in the elephant's trunk. Tip: Have them draw a different image where the letter J is the foundation...
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Letter Hh

For Students Pre-K - K
Letter H starts words like Hooray! Little learners will practice printing the upper and lower case H. They fill in upper case H's on the top four bears, and lower case h's on the bottom four bears.