Group members: Ashley Russell, Emma Oliver, Maddie Blake

Title of the activity: Fishing for Letters and Sounds

Grade Level: Pre-K

Standards:
● Correctly identify 10-18 alphabet (uppercase) letters by name in random order
(Virginia Foundation Blocks, Letter Knowledge and Early World Recognition, a.)
● Select a letter to represent a sound (8-10 letters) (Virginia Foundation Blocks
Letter Knowledge and Early World Recognition, b.)

Objectives: Children will further their knowledge on letters and sounds through this
activity. Children will be able to identify written letters that are in front of them. This will
help children make the transition from solely identifying individual letters, to describing
these letters and their associated sounds in more detail.

Materials:
● Magnet
● Long item (such as a spoon, stick, or chopstick)
● String
● 26 note cards/slips of paper with uppercase alphabet letters written on each one
● Paper clips to attach to back of notecard

Procedures:
● Attach string to a long item, then attach the magnet to the string. Make notecards
with each uppercase letter of the alphabet, and attach a paperclip to the back so
the magnet will be attracted to it.
● Model the activity once for the child by verbally explaining what letter or letter
sound you are identifying and showing them how to “fish.”
● Verbally ask child to find a certain letter from the alphabet, or give them a sound
and ask them to find that letter.
● Children will “fish” for what they are looking for by trying to attach the magnet to a
notecard.
● Parent or teacher will provide positive, encouraging feedback and then give
another set of directions.

Differentiation
● If the teacher or parent wants to decrease the difficulty, they could make the pool
 of letters smaller. For example, only lay out 10 letters instead of all 26.
● If the teacher or parent wants to increase the difficulty, they can come up with
other things to ask the child to look for. For example, “fish” for all of the vowels.
● Parents can use a variety of household items to create their fishing pole. This
game could even be played by just having a child point to the letters.
● If the child wants to, have them practice giving the directions to you.