Bloom’s Taxonomy
Knowledge
Comprehension
Application
Analysis
Evaluation
Synthesis
tell, list, define,
label, recite,
memorize,
repeat, find,
name, record, fill
in, recall, relate
locate, explain, summarize,
identify, describe, report,
discuss, review, paraphrase,
restate, retell, show, outline,
rewrite
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
compare, contrast, classify,
critique, categorize, solve,
deduce, examine,
differentiate, appraise,
distinguish, investigate,
categorize, infer
judge, predict, verify, assess,
justify, rate, prioritize,
determine, select, decide,
value, choose, forecast,
estimate
compose, design,
hypothesize, formulate,
create, invent, develop,
refine, produce,
transform
Locate letters when
called out and
identify the letter
sound.
Match pictures by
initial sound.
Say familiar sayings
for each letter. Ex. “A
–a apple”
Do a letter search and
find in books and
magazines. Students
will locate letters
when called out.
What letters are
in your name?
Students make
their names using
cereal and orally
spell their names
out loud.
Organize letters
that look the same
and use popsicle
sticks to make
them.
Use Handwriting
Without Tears to
build uppercase and
lower case letters
while distinguishing
between the two.
Determine words that
start with a given
letter.
Design a poster
using magazines
and find a picture
for each letter
based on initial
beginning sound.
Make letters using
wiki stikks.
Complete a dot-to-dot
based on following
the order of the
letters.
When given a picture
graph, students will
determine the title
based on the pictures
and their initial
sounds.
Puzzles – put the
pieces of the puzzle
together to solve and
identify which letter
it is.
Dixie cup activity – a
pom pom will be
hidden under a cup.
They will have to
guess which cup it is
under by stating the
letter on the cup.
Gardner’s Multiple
Intelligences
Verbal/linguistic
poetry, debate, storytelling, essay, checklist,
journal
Visual/spatial
drawing, model, poster,
photograph, storyboard,
illustration, board game
Logical/mathematical
diagram, outline,
timeline, chart, critique,
graph
Naturalist
classification, collection,
display, observation,
forecast, investigation,
simulation, exhibit,
identification
Orally say
the alphabet
Identify the
letters while
using
playdoh
cutters.
Count each
time a given
letter is in
the square.
Identify the
letter when
the letter
sound is
given.
Alphabet soup.
Group objects and
letters by placing
them in the correct
letter cans based on
initial sound and
uppercase and
lowercase letters.
Locate and identify
the letters while
playing alphabet
bingo.
Identify a letter
and illustrate it
while doing
handwriting
without tears.
Use stickers to match
the uppercase and
lowercase letters on a
chosen worksheet.
When finished they
can color the picture.
Create a chart
together - with the
teachers direction
and lead – based
on the number of
times we see a
given letter in the
hallway at school.
Alphabet
observation
bottles. Students
will create bottles
with pictures of
objects for each
letter. They will
observe the
Musical
song, rap, lyrics,
composition, jingle,
slogan, melody
Sing the
ABC’s
together.
Sing the “Jolly”
alphabet songs on the
SMART Board.
Bodily/Kinesthetic
role play, skit,
pantomime, dance,
invention, lab,
improvisation, prototype
When a
given letter
is called out
the student
has to find
the letter on
a leggo.
They may
then use that
leggo to
build what
they choose.
Students will
self-assess
letters by
sorting them
into piles by
“known” and
“unknown”
letters.
Discuss
different
places we
see letters.
Bean bag toss –
Students will toss a
bean bag on the letter
called out by the
teacher.
Intrapersonal
journal, log, goal
statement, belief
statement, selfassessment, editorial
Interpersonal
discussion, roundtable,
service learning,
conversation, group
activity, position
statement, interview
Students and
teacher will use
hand motions and
body motions to
remember the
letters of the
alphabet.
Take a step when
you get a letter
right – first one to
the finish line
wins.
Summarize the
differences between
letters that look alike.
In writing
journals write
letters by teacher
directing which
letter to write.
Students will be in
pairs. They will have
to go around the
room and find and
object that starts with
the initial sound of
the letter called out.
While working
with a partner
students will put
the alphabet in
order using
magnetic letters.
objects they find
in them.
Make Jingles on
how to write
letters by
developmental
strokes.
Students (with
teacher directions and
assistance) will look
up different videos
and songs about the
letters and letter
sounds.
Magnetic uppercase
letters will be on the
lockers. Students will
pick the correct
lowercase magnetic
letter that matches the
letter called and
match it with the
uppercase letter.
They will run back
and forth trying to
find the correct letter.
As a group, list the
pros of learning the
alphabet – teacher as
a scribe.
Musical alphabet.
Similar to musical
chairs – when the
music stops the
students will
determine which letter
they stopped on.
Alphabet catch.
Catch the ball and
determine the letter
and letter sound.
In small groups have
students verify which
picture goes with
which initial letter
sound.
If you were to
design an
alphabet how
many letters
would you have
and what would it
be called?
Students will play the
game Candy land
Alphabet in groups.
SMART Board sorting
activity. Students will
discuss which pictures
go with which letter
based on initial sound.
In groups –
students are given
strips of paper
they are to use the
strips to see how
many letters they
can build.
Design each letter
by using fingers,
hands, arms and
legs.