Letter Writing Accuracy

Activity Type: Build Accuracy

Activity Form: Standard

Grade: K

Group Size: Small Group, Whole Class

Length: 5 minutes

Materials: Lined paper and pencils for each student

Goal: Given a letter name, the student writes it ( "a" -> |a| )

Items: All written letters learned so far

What to do

I'm going to name some letters and I want you to write them. First, go ahead and get into your writing position. Make sure students are sitting with their seats pulled in, both feet on the floor, and their hands on their desks.
Ready? The first letter is: name a letter the students know how to write. Start with a relatively easy letter.
When everyone has finished writing, say: Hold up your paper so I can see what's your letter. If students have trouble writing the letter, model how to write it on the board; then, repeat that letter for the whole group.
Continue with other letters. Mix recently introduced letters with earlier letters, repeating recent letters more frequently. For example, if students know how to write a, m, s and you just taught them t, you might ask them to write: m, t, a, t, s, m, t.
If multiple students are struggling, go back to simpler letters and build back to the ones they are struggling with. You may need to model a difficult letter or go back to the Introduce writing a letter activity for that letter.
If students are able to write each letter you name confidently, try dictating multiple letters before asking them to show their work.
As a variation on this activity, write all the letters that students know on the board, and invite a student to choose what letter everyone should write.