A B C’s!

1. Ms. Lupita’s Kindergarten Class A B C’s! Students! Teachers

2. Click on a letter to learn about it. Learn the ABC’s!

3. Did you know…? Aa You can use the alphabet with your hands? Close your hand into a fist with your thumb to the side. Now you have the letter ‘A’! Airplane Apple Alligator

4. To make the letter ‘B’ with your hands, bring your palm up and fold your thumb inside. Bb ball brain beach

5. To make the letter ‘C’, shape your hand like the letter ‘C’. Cc coin car cat

6. To make the letter ‘D’, make a circle with your hands and bring your index finger up. Dd deer dog dots

7. Try to put all of your fingers to the palm of your hand. This is how you make the letter ‘E’. Ee ear egg eel

8. To make the letter ‘F’ with your hand, make a circle and bring your pinky, ring, and middle fingers up. You now have an ‘F’! Ff fruit fish frog

9. Quickly! Point to your left! You have just made the letter ‘G’ with your hand! Gg green grape grasshopper

10. Remember how you pointed to the left to make the letter ‘G’? Well, now point to the left with 2 fingers and you will make the letter ‘H’! Hh hay hat hot

11. Make a fist with your hands and bring your pinky finger up. You have now made the letter ‘I’! Ii igloo ice ice cream

12. Make a fist and bring your pinky finger up. Now make the letter ‘J’ with your pinky finger. This is how you do ‘J’ with your hands. Jj juggle jelly jump

13. Make a fist and point your index and middle fingers up. Then put your thumb in the middle of them. This is how you make a ‘K’. Kk key kite karate

14. Bring your hand into a fist. Then point your index finger up and your thumb to the side. You have now made an ‘L’! Ll lamb loop lamp

15. To make an ‘M’, make a fist and put your thumb in the middle of your pinky and ring finger. Mm map mattress mop

16. ‘N’ is similar to ‘M’. You make a fist and this time, you put your thumb between your ring and middle fingers. Nn nest nap nine

17. To make an ‘O’ with your hand, make a circle with your fingers. Oo octagon octopus ocean

18. To make a ‘P’, make a fist and face it down. Then open your index and middle fingers. The index finger points forward and the middle finger points backward. Pp puppy pizza piano

19. Let’s pretend that you are going to grab a pencil with your hand. See the way your fingers are? This is how you make a ‘Q’! Qq quilt queen question mark

20. To make an ‘R’, cross your index and middle fingers. Rr robot rice rat

21. To make an ‘S’, simply make a tight fist. Ss snake sheep scissors

22. Point your index finger down. Now, put your thumb between your index and middle finger. Great! You made a ‘T’! Tt telephone tennis trumpet

23. Make a fist. Then put your index and middle finger up. This is how you make the letter ‘U’. Uu Uranus umbrella unicorn

24. A ‘V’ is like a peace sign. Form the ‘V’ with your index and middle fingers. Vv vegetables virus violin

25. How do you make the number 3 with your hand? The same way you make the letter ‘W’! Ww walrus watch windmill

26. Make the number 1 with your hand. Now, fold your finger a little to the bottom. Great! You just made the letter ‘X’! Xx x-ray xylophone

27. To make the letter ‘Y’, make a fist then take your thumb and pinky fingers and point them to the outside. Yy yell yo-yo yarn

28. Finally, to make a ‘Z’, point with your index finger and trace the shape of the letter ‘Z’. Zz zipper zebra zoo

29. Where is the letter? Look at the picture and find the missing letter. f t g _ ight k g p _lasses

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31. Teacher Instructions • This activity is aligned with content, technology, and information literacy standards. It is designed as a supplement activity… AZ Reading Standards Tutorial Resources AZ Technology Standards Begin Tutorial Information Literacy Standards Exit Tutorial NETS*T

32. AZ Kindergarten Reading Standards • Strand 1: Reading Concepts • Concept 3: Phonics • PO 1: Identify letters of the alphabet (upper and lower case).

33. AZ Kindergarten Technology Standards • Standard 3: Technology Productivity Tools • Students use technology tools to enhance learning, to increase productivity and creativity and to construct technology-enhanced models, prepare publications and produce other creative works. • 3T-R1: Use technology drawing tools for communicating and illustrating. • PO 2. Using a drawing program, add name and letters to illustrations.

34. Information Literacy Standards • Standard 4: • The ability to use information effectively to accomplish a specific purpose or complete a specific project.

35. NETS*T • Standard 1: • The teacher designs and plans instruction that develops students’ abilities to meet Arizona’s academic standards and the district’s assessment plan. • 1. Focuses instruction on Arizona’s academic standards • 7. Includes appropriate use of a variety of methods, materials, and resources • 13.Incorporates appropriate assessment of student progress

36. References • AZ Science Standards. Retrieved from http://www.ade.state.az.us/standards/science/grade1.pdf • AZ Technology Standards. Retrieved from http://www.ade.state.az.us/standards/technology/Rationale.pdf • Information Literacy Standards. Retrieved from http://www.library.arizona.edu/services/faculty/gened/gened.html • NETS*T Standards. Retieved from http://www.ade.state.az.us/CERTIFICATION/downloads/Teacherstandards.pdf