Teaching the letter T can be fun with snack and activities that begin with the letter T. Through games and other activities that teach the letter T, you will have your students engaged and focused on the new letter. Add the letter T to the letters that you are displaying on the wall as a visual reminder of the new letter.
Making an Alphabet Book
Teach students how to write the letter T before having them illustrate their alphabet page. Since the letter T is an easy letter to write, you can consider having the letter already printed on the page for students to simply color in, and illustrate with various drawings of objects that start with the letter T.
Snacks that Teach the Letter T
For snack time on T day, you can make a pitcher of sweet Ice Tea for students to taste. You can also serve turkey if you want, or any normal snack that you choose, and use the term “tasty treat”. Toasted muffins and cinnamon toast are also excellent treats that begin with t and will be a nice treat for students. If you have a stove, you can make French toast if you want to serve a meal.
Activities that Teach the Letter T
Have the children organize themselves into a circle, and pick a student to start with the game telephone. One student decides what message to pass along, and whispers the message in the ear of the friend next to him. Each student then passes the message along in a whisper, but is not allowed to repeat the message more than once. The last student in the circle then has to say the message out loud, and the student who created the message has to say what the original message was. This shows the importance of careful listening skills.
For a fun craft idea, have the students make small turkeys. Use an apple for the turkey body and a cut a small piece of orange or brown construction paper out for students to fold into a fan. This can then be taped to the back of the apple for the tail. You can have the children use a marker to draw the eyes, nose and mouth. Then the students have a great edible turkey! You can also create a construction paper turkey by cutting each turkey part out of different colored paper.
Have students bring in a favorite toy from home for show and tell to talk about. They can demonstrate how the toy works, and explain why they enjoy planning with it. If it is appropriate to let all of the students play with and not get broken, you can allow the children to have a careful playtime. Otherwise, you can have the children put their toy right back in their backpack to go home.
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