Students will
Learning objectives
- Write uppercase M and lowercase m, starting little m at the middle line.
- Choose the first letter of a spoken picture name from two options.
- Write m at the start of a word to match its picture.
Letter M Worksheet
Students trace M and m, choose the first letter for six pictures, and write m to finish map, mouse and magnet.
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At a glance
- Years
- Pre-school–F
- Pages
- 2
- A4
- Type
- Worksheet
- Includes
- Answer key
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Tracing, hearing and writing the letter m
Big M starts at the top line and little m at the middle line, with two humps; each gets a solid model, a down-arrow and four dotted copies to trace. Next, six picture cards such as moon, monkey and mushroom each offer m and one other letter; the duck and tree cards have d and t as their answers. Students then write m in front of ap, ouse and agnet to name a map, a mouse and a magnet. The key suggests humming with closed lips before naming each picture.
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Teaching tips
1
The mitten card offers n and m, the closest pair on the page, since both are humming sounds. Have children hum with closed lips for m, then try n with lips apart, before they choose.
2
Some children mark the first letter on every card. The monkey and mitten cards put m second, so a wrong answer on those two shows a child choosing by position rather than by sound.
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Support
Say the m sound first
- Hum mmm together before each picture card and each finish-the-word box.
- Trace two dotted M's and two dotted m's, then write one of each.
- Do the duck and tree cards together, since their answer is not m.
On level
Teach as written
- All three sections, with you naming the six cards and three pictures.
- Students read each finished word back while pointing to the m they wrote.
Extension
Finish more m words
- Draw two more m things and write each word, starting with m.
- Make a new two-letter card for a partner, such as moon with m and n.
Curriculum alignment.
Each one is checked against the official document. Where the resource covers only part of a standard, the note says so.
Australian Curriculum: English · Foundation
AC9EFLY11Name letters and know their sounds
Students find and name capital M and small m and pick out pictures that start with the m sound and write m to finish map, mouse and magnet; it covers this one letter only, not all the letters of the alphabet.
AC9EFLY10Hear and isolate sounds in words
Students say each picture name and listen for whether it starts with the m sound, which practises picking out the first sound in a word; blending, segmenting and swapping sounds are not covered.
AC9EFLY08Form letters
Students trace and then write capital M and small m following the stroke directions; it practises these two letter shapes only.
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