Teach students the letter E with various activities that reinforce the sound that E makes. Vowels are interesting letters to teach because they make two sounds instead of just one sound. Teach students this letter with all of your senses through snacks, crafts and other activities.
Make an Alphabet Book
Have the students add a page in their alphabet book for the letter E. Students should color in both an upper case and lower case E. They can also have time to draw other items that start with the letter E such as elephants, eggplant, eggs, elbows and eyes. Encourage students to be creative as they come up with things to illustrate their E page for their alphabet book, and then add the page to the growing book. Consider keeping each student’s book in the classroom to prevent the book from getting lost before they complete it.
Snacks that Teach the Letter E
Teach students the letter E through snack time. Have them taste eggplant for a healthy snack. You can also discuss the variety of methods of cooking eggs and serve some of those suggestions. For example, you can serve boiled eggs, deviled eggs, and scrambled eggs. You may want to stay away from eggs over easy and Eggs Sunny side up. Be sure that none of your students have an egg allergy first as well.
Activities that Teach the Letter E
Teach students how to write the letter E with sand letters and rainbow drawing. To have students’ rainbow draw, have them choose three or four different color crayons. Then with one crayon, they can write the letter E. Each subsequent color they can draw over top of the last color so that the letter turns into a rainbow of colors.
You can also create necklaces with elbow macaroni pieces and beads strung up on a string. To encourage the boys to make their necklaces, you can plant the idea that they can give it as a gift to their mother. By purchasing large beads and string from a craft store, the children will be able to make quite a colorful and creative E necklace. Look for some type of bead that has the letter E on it to be the main bead of the string.
Have your students enjoy learning about the letter E by having them guess what word you are demonstrating in class. For example, you can Empty a can, and erase the board. Encourage students to think up as many E words as they can, making it a game to see how many words they can come up with.
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