CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.1d
The Standard
Recognize and name all upper- and lowercase letters of the alphabet.
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts
What This Standard Means
Students need to look at a printed letter and say its name, whether it is capital or lowercase. They also need to tell that A and a are the same letter in different forms. Work should be quick, mixed, and out of order, not just singing the alphabet song.
Mastery looks like naming letters without relying on sequence or a classroom chart. Students can match uppercase to lowercase and sort letters from numbers or symbols. Common trouble spots are b, d, p, q, lowercase l and uppercase I, and letters that look different in some fonts.
Ways to Teach It
- Use magnetic letters for a fast match game, students pair each uppercase letter with its lowercase partner on a cookie sheet.
- Ask, “Which letters in your name have a capital and lowercase form you can find in this book?”
- Flash ten mixed letter cards out of order and mark which names each student gives in three seconds or less.
- Give students a grocery flyer and have them circle five capital letters and underline five lowercase letters.
Plan a Lesson for CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.1d
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Related Standards
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.1b
Recognize that spoken words are represented in written language by specific sequences of letters.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.3a
Demonstrate basic knowledge of one-to-one letter-sound correspondences by producing the primary or many of the most frequent sound for each consonant.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.K.1a
Print many upper- and lowercase letters.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1.1a
Print all upper- and lowercase letters.