Lesson Plan

Author: Gaetana Nesbit

Team Members: Gaetana Nesbit

Date Lesson to be Taught: December 3, 2018

Grade Level: Kindergarten

Lesson Source: Based on Kasey Rowbury’s kindergarten letter of the day lesson

Concepts: Learn what the letter P sounds like, looks like, and how to write it. 

Objectives: Students will be able to:

1. Write the letter P in upper and lowercase form.

2. Identify appropriate spaces in-between letters.

3. Discover and identify what the letter P looks like in upper and lower case form.

4. Discover what sound the letter P makes.

5. Produce words that start with the letter P

Idaho State Standards: HW.K.1 Write upper and lowercase letters of the alphabet. a. Write left

to right, top to bottom, with appropriate spaces between words.

Materials List and Advanced Preparations:

 Pencil

 White Board

 White Board marker

Prepared materials
 Copies of worksheet so each student can have one
 https://www.education.com/download/lesson-plan/practicing-p/attachments/reading-all-
about-letter-p.pdf
 Pictures
 Song
Safety: Pencils can be sharp.
ENGAGEMENT
What the Teacher Will Do
Start making the letter P
sounds with your mouth
See if any students are willing
to come up to the board and
write the letter P
Time:5 Minutes
Probing/Eliciting Student Responses and
Questions Misconceptions
Ask students if anyone Students will respond
knows what letter that the sound is what
makes that sound the letter P makes
If no students respond
then point objects out
around the room. See if
students figure out the
letter sound.
Does anyone know how Have student come up
to write the letter P? to white board and
write letter P
If no students are
willing to then show
how to write letter P
yourself using the sky
fence ground model.
EXPLORATION
What the Teacher Will Do
Have students come up with
5-10 words that start with the
letter P
EXPLANATION
What the Teacher Will Do
Have students write letter P
in the air with their finger
pencil
Time: 5 Minutes
Probing/Eliciting Student Responses and
Questions Misconceptions
“Does anyone’s name Students call out words
start with the letter P?” that start with the letter
“What objects in the P
classroom start with the
letter P?”
“Can you think of other
objects that start with
the letter P?”
Time: 5 Minutes
Probing/Eliciting Student Responses and
Questions Misconceptions
“Together let us write Students will write letter
the letter P in the air” P in the air with the
teacher.
If a student does not
participate then ask
them to do so solo.
ELABORATION
What the Teacher Will Do
Students will form the letter P
by using modeling clay
EVALUATION
What the Teacher Will Do
Hand out worksheets to each
student
Walk around the room and
see what students are
grasping how to write the
letter and which students are
not
Look over worksheets to see if
students grasp objectives
Time:5 Minutes
Probing/Eliciting Student Responses and
Questions Misconceptions
“Who can make the If student is confused
letter P out of modeling then help them make a
clay?” letter P.
Time: 5 Minutes
Probing/Eliciting Student Responses and
Questions Misconceptions
“Do you understand if not grasping help
how to write the letter?” them with tracing one
“Do you need help?” and than they do the
“Good job!” rest
Do small groups to re-
teach the students who
do not understand.