Teach students the letter R with rainbow letters and other illustrations for their alphabet book. You can also make a variety of R snacks and crafts. Decorate the room with rainbows, and see how many words students can think of that start with the letter R.
Making an Alphabet Book
Have students practice writing the letter R with rainbow letters. Choosing three or four different color crayons, students write the letter R with teach crayon, one letter on top of the other so that it looks like a rainbow letter. You can also make a rainbow with the colors, remembering to teach the children the easy way to remember each color and the order with the name Roy G. Biv (Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet).
They can use their rainbow letters for the R page in their alphabet book. They can also decorate the page with a rainbow, and other things that begin with the letter R. Allow students to have creative license to draw whatever they want on their page since they are illustrating their own book.
Snacks that Teach the Letter R
Teach the letter R with delicious homemade Raisin bread. You need to first make a sour dough bread starter. Make your bread, and let the dough rise overnight as usual. In the morning, punch the dough down and divide into three loaves. Use a rolling pin and flatten the individual loaf dough, and sprinkle sugar, cinnamon and raisins over the flat dough. Now, carefully roll the dough up, and pinch both ends under so that it is in the shape of a loaf of bread. Place in the bread pan and bake for 30 minutes.
If you are not adventurous enough to make your own bread, you can purchase raisin bread. You can also serve raisins and roasted almonds for snack time. For a sweeter treat, you can purchase a bag of Reese’s pieces for the students to enjoy.
Activities that Teach the Letter R
Have the students make a rain stick for craft time. Purchase a bag of dried beans, the smaller the better. You will also need wrapping paper, an empty paper towel roll for each student, construction paper and tape. First, have students decorate their paper towel roll with strips of wrapping paper. They should then cut a piece of construction paper and tape it securely on one end of the paper towel roll. After placing a few beans in the roll, they can then tape another piece of construction paper on the other end to secure the beans inside.
Add the letter R to the bulletin board of each letter of the alphabet. See how many words students can write with the letters they have learned so far. Have students act out different objects that begin with the letter R and reward those who are able to guess the correct answer with foam letter R’s.
Learn how to teach the other letters of the alphabet.
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