Missing Letter 03

Description

This resource is aimed at pupils in junior classes or SEN pupils at the beginning of literacy work on learning the alphabet, with the focus on lower case letters. Cut up the sheets into twenty-six separate strips and laminate them individually.

Pupils should firstly look at the letter sequence on the strip. They should then try to identify the missing letter from the sequence. The pupil should have a set of twenty six pegs with all of the letters of the alphabet written on them. The pupil should find the peg with the correct letter and place it in the space in the letter sequence.

If pupils are unsure of the answer, they could use an alphabet strip as a reference to help them to find the answer. The goal would be that eventually the pupil would be able to complete the task without reference to the alphabet strip.

This activity is especially suitable for pupils who may not be able to write answers but know the letters of the alphabet. It is a way for them to demonstrate this knowledge. It is also good for fine motor skills in the manipulation of the pegs onto the strips.

We frequently gave activities such as this for homework to our SEN pupils. It gave them the sense that they had homework like everyone else and it also allowed the parents to see what literacy topic we were currently working on.

Activities such as these were also used as Independent work completed by SEN pupils in their work station.

This resource would also be perfectly suitable for a literacy station in Station Teaching in a junior class where a set of these strips is provided for each pupil in the group.