Letter of the Day Made Easy

I start off every letter with creating a circle chart. This is something I display in my classroom and creates an excellent focal point for our learning. These circle charts correspond with the pocket chart cards. We discuss what each item is and then I also let students come up with their own ideas that I also add to the chart.

These circle charts include directions for printing onto multiple pieces of paper to make them larger or you can print them on 8.5×11 if you are short on space.

Students will also love the cut and paste version of the circle chart. These are perfect for an interactive notebook or as a way to wrap up your lesson.

Also available in color or black & white!

Who doesn’t love a catchy tune? My kids love singing songs for everything and letter sounds are no different. All these alphabet songs follow the same familiar tune, ‘Are You Sleeping’, so all you need to do is switch out the words and letter sounds. This way you can focus more on the new letter sound and less on teaching lyrics! Win!

The songs come with printable posters that can easily be displayed in your classroom. Or you have the option of pocket chart cards! I love using the pocket chart cards and letting one of my students use the pointer.

Another fun idea? Try printing the song cards 4 to a page to send home a fun activity parents can do at home to review learning with their students!

I love a good sorting activity for my students. I usually do these sorting pages during small groups to check in on student learning and re-teach if needed.

After a quick mini-lesson on what sound our letter of the day makes, I allow my students to cut the pictures and sort them as a group discussing each item one at a time. Depending on your students’ level of understanding, this might also make a great independent activity or even an informal assessment!

Want a way to spice this up? I use these letter tubs from Lakeshore Learning to have my students sort real objects first as a part of my small group lesson. If you need a budget-friendly option, check out this set from Amazon!

Perfect for the beginning of the year with the school bus theme, these worksheets are great for a quick letter review! I like to print mine back to back with my handwriting practice pages and have my students complete after their handwriting practice!

My kids love using dotters to find all the letters. Answer keys allow for my early finishers to independently check their work!

These letter mazes are one of my kids favorite center activities!

I let them use a dotter to find their way through the maze. I pair this worksheet up with a letter find activity where they are searching for magnetic letters hidden in sand, beads, etc.

This would also be a great standalone activity for students to do as part of your phonics lesson or morning work.

You truly can never have enough handwriting practice. This set of tracing practice is perfect for introducing both uppercase and lowercase letters to students.

These pages include…

• letter recognition
• handwriting formation
• beginning sounds

Students in the beginning of kindergarten are usually not ready for correctly forming the letter without a guide. That’s why these tracing pages are perfect for a letter of the day unit when the letter formation is still a brand new concept!

Another one of my kids favorite center activities are these color by the case pages!

Since you are most likely doing these at the beginning of the year, I keep it simple with just two colors. (This is also a great time to teach your students how to do a color by number, letter, etc.)

Students are working on letter recognition and differentiating between uppercase and lowercase letters. When done correctly it will reveal the uppercase letter. This makes it easy for students to self-check their work, but I also include answer keys.

These alphabet bracelets are quick, EASY way for students to show off their learning. I love using my Alphabet Crowns, but sometimes I need something a bit quicker.

I like to use these in small groups too! The kids get SO excited to wear their bracelet and show off our letter of the day. It also makes a fun way to show parents what letter we learned that day.

Best of all? They are FREE!

Included in this bundle are…

• Beginning sound posters
• Alphabet song posters
• Letter song pocket chart pieces
• Word cards
• Picture cards
• Alphabet bracelets
• 150+ worksheets for letter recognition, beginning sounds, and handwriting