The Letter of the Day: B

Kindergarten Reading, Writing

by Jasmine Gibson October 18, 2018

Students will learn all about the letter B in this fun alphabet inspired lesson plan!

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to sound out, write, and recognize the letter b.

Materials and preparation Key terms

Crayons alphabet
Projector set to project YouTube Video: Sesame
Street Letter of the Day: B
Class set of the Alphabet Practice B worksheet
Optional: Class set of the Review Beginning
Sounds B and D
Class set of the Letter B Tracing Practice
worksheet

Attachments

Alphabet Practice: B (PDF)

Review Beginning Sounds B and D (PDF)
Letter B Tracing Practice (PDF)

Introduction (5 minutes)

Ask students to think about the alphabet. Have them share what they know about the alphabet with a
partner.
Show the Sesame Street letter of the day clip to the class.
Explain that today you will be learning about one of the first letters of the alphabet, the letter B.

Explicit Instruction/Teacher modeling (5 minutes)

Tell the students that there are 26 letters that we use to read and write words, when we put the letters
together in a certain order we call this the alphabet.
Explain that each of the letters in the alphabet make a special sound and we use that sound when we
read and write words.
Write the letter B on the board and explain that today students will learn about the second letter in the
alphabet, the letter B!
Say the letter B sound aloud and name a few B words for the students to hear it used in a few different
words.
Explain that in the alphabet, each letter has an uppercase and lowercase way to write it, or a big/little
way to write the letter.
Demonstrate how to write both the upper and lowercase B.

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Guided Practice (10 minutes)

Invite students to practice drawing the uppercase letter B in the air with their fingers, then have them
trace the uppercase letter B onto the rug or floor. Repeat with the lowercase letter B. * Have students
turn and talk to a partner to share words that start with the B sound. Record the words and draw small
accompanying pictures on chart paper for students to reference later in the lesson.

Independent working time (20 minutes)

Pass out the Alphabet Practice B worksheet and have students practice writing the letter B.
Have students turn the papers over and draw five things that start with B.

Differentiation

Support:

Provide students with objects that begin with the letter B.

Have them practice tracing the letter B using the Letter B Tracing Practice.
Encourage students to utilize the class B chart when thinking of words that begin with the letter B.

Enrichment:

Have students draw pictures of 10 things that begin with the letter B.
For students who finish early, have them complete the Review Beginning Sounds B and D worksheet.

Assessment (5 minutes)

Assess how students are writing the upper and lowercase letter B and coming up with words that start
with B.

Review and closing (5 minutes)

As a class, go over the B words that students came up.

Add the new words to the classroom anchor chart.

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 Beginning Sounds:

B b and d D
Name each picture. Color the pictures that begin with a b sound blue.
Color the pictures that begin with a d sound red.

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The Letter B
First practice tracing these curved lines.

Then, trace the letter B.

B B B B B B
Blue Balloon
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