Learning Objectives

Students will be able to write and recognize words that begin with the letter A.

Introduction
 (5 minutes)

 Write the uppercase and lowercase letter A on the board.

 Ask students to name the letters and the sound the letter makes.
 Say, “Right! This is the letter A! It makes two sounds. The short A makes the
sound, ah like in the word apple, and the long A says its name ay like in the word ape.
 Tell the class that today they will get to learn even more words that begin with the
letter A!

Explicit Instruction/Teacher modelling

 (5 minutes)
 Point to the letters on the board and demonstrate how to write both the uppercase and
lowercase letters.
 Demonstrate thinking aloud a word that begins with the letter A such as ant. Then,
show the students how you can draw a picture of an ant and label the drawing “ant."
Write the uppercase and lowercase A above your drawing.

Guided Practice
 (5 minutes)
 Tell students that they will get practice writing the uppercase letter A on the floor in
front of them (model how to do this), then have them repeat this activity with the
lowercase letter a.
 Ask the students to think of words that begin with the short A sound, like apple. Have
them turn and talk to a partner to share words.
 Have pairs share their words with the class and record the words (with a small image)
on the whiteboard.
 Repeat with long A words.
Independent working time
 (15 minutes)
 Explain that now students will get to choose one of the letter A words on the board to
create an illustration of for a class A book. Demonstrate how students should write the
uppercase and lowercase letter A above their illustrations (refer to your example on
the board for reference).
 Pass out supplies to each student.

Differentiation
Support
 Help students choose one of the letter A words to focus on for their page.
 Allow students additional practice forming the letter A using Writing the Letter
a worksheet.
Enrichment
 Ask students to think of additional words that begin with the letter A to create
a second page for the class book. Have students practice writing the words.

Assessment
 (5 minutes)
 Assess whether students are able to identify a word that begins with the letter
A and that students can form the lowercase and uppercase letter A.

Review and closing

 (5 minutes)
 Gather the class back together and read through the class book.