✍️ ABC Quiz

This activity is designed to help 5th and 6th graders work through common mistakes they make with writing letters and names. The goal is to help them distinguish between similar-looking letters (like "YaMaMoto" vs. "Yamamoto") and get their writing more accurate.

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🔑 Step-by-Step:

1. 📑 Open the PPTX:
   
   Go over basic writing rules for the alphabet, focusing on the letters they are struggling with.

2. ✏️ Show Examples of Common Mistakes:
   
   Highlight common mistakes that students make when writing certain letters.

3. 🧐 Quiz Time:

   • Explain that the students need to find the correctly written word.
     
   • They should "X" out the letters on the wrong answers to identify what’s incorrect.

4. 📃 Hand Out the Worksheet:

   • Students can work alone or with a partner.
     
   • The activity shouldn’t take too long, but make sure they take their time to check their work carefully.

5. 💬 Review the Answers:

   • After everyone finishes, go over the answers.
     
   • Ask the students to explain (in Japanese is fine) why one answer is right and others are wrong.

6. 🖊️ Write Their Name:

   • On the other side of the worksheet, have students write their own name.
     
   • After finishing, they should come to you to check if their name is written correctly.

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🧩 Materials Needed:

• PowerPoint: Explains common mistakes and provides answers for the quiz.
• ABC Quiz Worksheet: A4, double-sided print.
• Optional:
  
  • Aa Bb Cc Mini Posters (A3) to hang in your English room.
    
  • You can cut these in half and laminate them for easy reference.

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🔧 Notes:

• 2024/06/11: Fixed animation errors in the PPT.
  
• Some students have trouble distinguishing between certain letters, so I wrote the following examples on the board to help:
  
  • "Tahaka" is not the same as "Tanaka"
    
  • "ToKyo" is not the same as "Tokyo"
    
  • "YaMada" is not the same as "Yamada"
    
• If some students are still confused between "b" and "d," I suggest writing "bed" on the board and drawing a stick figure sleeping on it to help them visualize the difference!

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⏰ Extending the Activity:

If you'd like to extend this into a full 45-minute class, I’ve included 5th-grade capital/lowercase letter writing practice pages. You can print these out and have the kids complete them after the quiz.

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🎉 Happy Teaching,

CarpenterBee

Files:

Small files

Aa Bb Cc English Room decor (A3).pdf (99.3 KB)

ABC Quiz worksheet (A4).pdf (293 KB)

ABC Writing Practice from 5th grade.pdf (486 KB)

PREVIEW abc Quiz.png (487 KB)

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More information

ABC Quiz.pptx (10.7 MB)