Looking for Letters: The Musical

Each week, choose a different letter of the alphabet. Then, task your students with going into the world to find words that begin with that letter. These may be seen on advertisements, posters, signage or books, or heard in songs, from community members or on the street. At the end of every week, assemble all the words that the students found and write them down on a large piece of chart paper.

Now it’s time to create an original work called [insert letter here]: The Musical! With all of the words your class has found, start to create an original song. This could be by taking a well-known tune you sing in class and replacing significant words with the special words from your word bank. You can also feel free to make up an entirely new tune using your imagination! Either way, sing your special song during transitions and full group work as a way to gather or grab kids’ attention. Then, get ready to create a whole new musical with another letter the following week!