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Lesson Plan

We’re Going on a Letter Hunt…

Subject Language Arts
Grades K-2

Introduction

What are letters? Where can we find letters and what are they used for? In this introduction to phonics, students will learn what a letter is and then go on a letter hunt around the classroom, practicing writing the many letters they find.

Learning Objectives

(CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.K.1.a) Print many upper- and lowercase letters.

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