Kindergarten · Week 1 of 36 · English
Letters Mm, short a, Tt — mouth shapes & clean sounds
1. Hook
- Tap Read the lesson aloud (or a grown-up reads).
- Look at the pictures. Follow the numbered steps.
- Do the tap-and-try lab on this page. Do not skip it.
- Fill the short answers with a grown-up nearby.
- Do the quiz. Then teach it back in your own words.
You are at home on a computer or tablet. Everything you need is on this page.
Say "mmm" like something yummy. Now say "t" with a quick tap of your tongue. Can you put mmm-aaa-t together?
Then: lab → guided → quiz → teach it back. The lab is the lesson, not a decoration.
2. Teach
Today we learn: Letters Mm, short a, Tt — mouth shapes & clean sounds.
Standards alignment: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K (domain-level; works with any state’s standards)
A line you can point to is evidence. This week's job: Letters Mm, short a, Tt — mouth shapes & clean sounds.
- M says /mmm/. Lips close and hum.
- Short A says /a/ as in apple. Mouth opens wide.
- T says /t/. Tap the tongue behind the top teeth. Keep it short, not "tuh."
Every letter has a name and a sound. Today we use the sound. M is a humming sound you can stretch: mmmm. A is the first sound in apple: /a/. T is a quick sound: /t/.
To read a word, touch each letter and say its sound, then slide the sounds together. m-a-t becomes mat. a-t becomes at. a-m becomes am.
Story time: Matt the cat sat on a mat. Point to every word with an m, a, or t.
- Look at the word mat.
- Touch m and say /mmm/.
- Touch a and say /a/.
- Touch t and say /t/.
- Slide your finger under the word: mmmat. Say it fast: mat!
Read these with your finger: at, am, mat, tam. Then sky-write a big M in the air while saying /mmm/.
Saying the letter name "em" or "tee" instead of the sound, or adding "uh" to the end (tuh). Keep sounds clean.
Signs, cereal boxes, and books are all built from letter sounds like these.
No classroom teacher today — this page is the lesson. A grown-up sits nearby. Model once, wait 10–20 seconds, then let the child try.
Try it — this is the game
Tap, move, listen. This is the experiment. Then we quiz what you just did.
Play & explore
Hands-on practice for this lesson. Your progress saves automatically.
Your work — type it here
Read the short story. Copy a word. Type one sentence. A grown-up can sit with you.
3. Guided practice
Try these with me — type the missing word, then check.
Reveal the thinking
Touch each letter, say its sound, then slide the sounds together into one word.
4. Independent practice
Work the set. Check when finished — this is practice (mastery quiz is next).
5. Mastery check
Scored quiz — results save to your gradebook.
Keep reading on this page
Today is sounds, blending, and a short story — not a research paper. Letters Mm, short a, Tt — mouth shapes & clean sounds stays in the lab and the read-aloud.
A grown-up sits nearby. This page is the teacher. A grown-up sits nearby. This page is the teacher.
6. Reflection / teach-back
Teach-back: Explain Letters Mm, short a, Tt — mouth shapes & clean sounds in your own words. Give one example and name the usual mistake.