Learning objectives
- Say the f sound at the start of fish, fox, frog, feather, foot, flag and fries.
- Point to the f at the start of each picture card word.
- Cut along dashed lines and glue each piece where the steps say.
Students colour and cut out a big letter F, fish pieces and six f picture cards, then glue them together into a fish scene.
Only the colour PDF is ready for this resource so far. The other formats are on the way.
Materials: scissors, glue stick, crayons, coloured paper or a paper plate (optional)
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Children colour, cut and glue a page-sized block F, then add a fish along its top bar, built from a body with scales, a tail, two fins, an eye and three bubbles. Six picture cards, from fox to fries, go on or around the letter, and children say each word as they glue it, so the craft doubles as practice hearing the f sound at the start of words. The teacher page lists materials and seven words to stretch out, like f-f-fish. There is no answer key, since nothing is marked.
The big F has several inside corners. Children new to scissors can cut the rounder fish pieces and the cards while you cut the F.
Some children call fries chips, which doesn't start with f. Say "fries" as you hand out that card so the word matches the sound.
Read the sound strip from the teacher page while children glue: say f-f-fox together as the fox card goes down, stretching the f before the rest of the word.
Ways to adjust the Letter F craft for different learners.
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Students colour and glue a big F and say the f sound in fish, fox, frog and other picture words; it covers this one letter only, and writing the letter is not part of the craft.
Students stretch the first sound of each picture word (f-f-fish) as they glue it on, which practises hearing the first sound; blending, segmenting and swapping sounds are not covered.
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