MA Standards:
English Language Arts/Speaking and Listening/SL.PK.MA.2: Recall information for short periods of time and retell, act out, or represent information from a text read aloud, a recording, or a video (e.g., watch a video about birds and their habitats and make drawings or constructions of birds and their nests).
English Language Arts/Foundational Skills/RF.PK.MA.1.d: Recognize and name some uppercase letters of the alphabet and the lowercase letters in one’s own name.
Head Start Outcomes:
Literacy Knowledge/Alphabet Knowledge: Recognizes that the letters of the alphabet are a special category of visual graphics that can be individually named.
PreK Learning Guidelines:
English Language Arts/Reading and Literature 7: Develop familiarity with the forms of alphabet letters, awareness of print, and letter forms.
Watch Together: “Hung Up on ‘h’” (BTL clip)
ELA Focus Skills: Active Viewing, Letter Recognition, Phonological Awareness
Tell children that they are going to watch the video Between the Lions “Hung Up on ‘h’,” about the letter sound /h/.
- Show the video clip.
- Clarify the meaning of words such as hassled, harassed, and hackles.
Play the video again and have children say the /h/ sound whenever they hear the letter sound. Invite children to clap or dance along as Leona and her friend sing the country-western song about /h/.
Educator Tip: Guided and independent letter, sound, and word practice continues to take place in center activities. It is helpful to set up the literacy center immediately after the direct instruction and repeat instruction before children work in the literacy center identifying letters.
