Summary
The Sesame Street cast celebrates the letter J — its name, its shape, and the sound it makes at the start of words. A one-minute burst that works as a letter-of-the-day opener or a transition.
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Discussion
This clip is all about the letter J.
- What sound does J make?
- What words in the clip started with J?
- Can you find the letter J somewhere in our room?
- Is J a capital letter or a lowercase letter here — can you make both?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: letter, sound, uppercase, lowercase.
Try it: Write J and j five times, then draw one thing that starts with that sound.