Blooms Taxonomy

Knowledge
tell, list, define,
label, recite,
memorize,
repeat, find,
name, record, fill
in, recall, relate

Comprehension
locate, explain,
summarize, identify,
describe, report, discuss,
review, paraphrase,
restate, retell, show,
outline, rewrite

Write the Room:

Label pictures of
objects with the
beginning letter.

Identify letters in a
specific story by recording
the letters on a recording
sheet.

Visual/spatial
drawing, model, poster,
photograph, storyboard,
illustration, board game

Ask students to
relate letters to
illustrations of
objects that
begin with letter.

Logical/mathematical
diagram, outline,
timeline, chart, critique,
graph

Naturalist
classification, collection,
display, observation,
forecast, investigation,
simulation, exhibit,
identification

Gardners Multiple
Intelligences
Verbal/linguistic
poetry, debate, storytelling, essay, checklist,
journal

Application
demonstrate, construct,
record, use, diagram,
revise, reformat, illustrate,
interpret, dramatize,
practice, organize,
translate, manipulate,
convert, adapt, research,
calculate, operate, model,
order, display, implement,
sequence, integrate,
incorporate
Tell a story about the letters
in your home. Think about
things in your home that
start with the letter [a]. Use
illustrations to tell a story
about that object.

Analysis
compare, contrast,
classify, critique,
categorize, solve,
deduce, examine,
differentiate, appraise,
distinguish, investigate,
categorize, infer

Evaluation
judge, predict, verify,
assess, justify, rate,
prioritize, determine,
select, decide,
value, choose,
forecast, estimate

Synthesis
compose, design,
hypothesize, formulate,
create, invent, develop,
refine, produce,
transform

Pretend you and a

friend are different
letters. One of you will
be an uppercase letter
and the other will be a
lowercase letter.
Compare and contrast
the two letters. Use
chart paper to record
answers.

Students will create

their own story of
specific letter. Use the
letters of the alphabet
as characters in the
story. Develop a setting
and plot. Use Chicka,
Chicka, Boom, Boom as
an example.

Students will play I Have,

Who Has letter game.
Students will cards and
identify letters on the
cards. This will also
reinforce sight words I
and have.

Students will demonstrate

understanding of letter
names by drawing a picture
of an object that starts with
that letter name.

Using the letter

graph, circle the
letters that are
the same then
count and
record how
many letters
there are.

Using the letter spinner,

students will spin and
record the letter they land
on. After so many turns
have students record how
many times they landed
on each letter. Then,
using popsicle sticks
show how many by
counting out the number
of popsicle sticks.

Demonstrate how many

letters are in your name by
using a tens frame
diagram. Using counters
count 1-by-1 for each letter
placing one counter in each
block on the tens frame.

Find objects at
home that start
with the same
letter as your
name. Make a
collection of
these things to
share with class.

Make a display of the

letter collection. Put it
together in some way that
represents the letter.
Show and tell this to the
class.

Students will identify letters

by letter sound using the
Eye Spy Letter game.
Students will squish the
letter inside the bag (filled
with clear gel) when
teacher gives students
letter sound.

Have students
investigate what the
letters A-Z look like.
Then have students
use play dough and
Legos to model what
the letters look like.
Students will use the
bumped up side of
Legos to squish into
the play dough.
Compare the number
of letters you have in
your name with the
number of letters each
classmate has in their
name. Then have each
examine the names of
their classmates. Using
big chart paper, make a
chart for students to
record the number of
letters. Students will
graph their names.
Have students use
objects they have
collected from home to
place in alphabet order.
Students will use
alphabet cards on table
to decide which object
goes where. When
students are finished
sorting the objects they
will record the letters
on blank cards.

Students will use a

checklist of what
makes and
uppercase letter and
what makes a
lowercase letter to
determine which
letters are
uppercase and
which are
lowercase.
Have students
choose objects in
the room. For each
object chosen, have
student bingo dab
the letters that each
object begins with.
After dabbing have
students give you
the sound that the
object begins with.
Write the letters A-Z
on an egg crate. Mix
up magnetic letters.
Have students
decide which letters
match by sorting
letters into egg
crate.

Write letters on the

top of bottle caps.
Fill a bucket up with
water. Have
students collect all
the letters needed to
write their names.
Then have them
write their names on
recording sheet.
When students fish
out the letters have

Give students a set of

blank index cards.
Students will take these
home to design a set of
flash cards with families
to help them identify
letter names and
sounds.

Have students use the

letters in their name to
create an acronym for
their name. Explain to
students that we will
use describing words,
adjectives, for the
words in our names.
Give students an
example with your
name.
Students will use
marshmallows and
toothpicks to design the
letters of the alphabet.
Model for students how
to do this. Show
students with the letter
Aa. Connect toothpicks
with marshmallows to
design the letters.