Name Recognition Curriculum

1. Activity: Name Recognition Subject: English language arts, Literacy

2. Rationale: As kindergarten is starting to approach for the children, we have been working on their first and last names. The students can write out there names however for this activity they will be digging for the letters of their name.
3. Concept:
First letter of a name always starts with a capital letter
After the first letter of a name, all other letters are lower case.
4. NYS Common Core Standards: Doman 4: Conventions of Standard English- Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. 2A Capitalize the first letter in their name. Phonics and Word Recognition 3B- Recognizes own name and common signs and labels in the environment. Phonological Awareness 2C-

Materials:
• Sand table
• Letters written on paper/ cardboard/ water bottle caps/buttons etc.
• Marker
• Sand
• Spoon or Tweezers
• Scissors
• Magnet letters
• Hand puppet

7. Procedure: Use a pirate hand puppet
a. Introduction: Aya, Matey Arrr, I need your help, I lost the letters of your name and my name somewhere inside the sand table. Before we can begin to look for our names, we need to know what type of letter does our names start with. Going around the classroom can each of you tell me the first letter of your name? Would the first letter in our names be lower case or upper case?
b. Activity: Name Recognition
• On paper/card board/ plastic caps write a variety of upper and lower case letters
• Cut the letters out
• Place both magnet letters and paper/cardboard/ plastic caps into the sand table
• Mix the sand around with the letters
• Have the children sort through the sand table to find the letters to their names
• Use the tweezers or spoon to grab the letter in the sand
• Have the students place their letters on the table
• Put the letters in the correct order to spell a name
8. Closure: Review when we use upper and lower case