Kindergarten · English Language Arts · Unit 1 of 12
Letter Partners
Match big and small letters
What your child practices
Matching capital (big) letters with their lowercase (small) partners, including look-alikes such as b, d, p and q.
Alabama Course of Study content standard: K.11 · recognizing and naming upper- and lowercase letters
How we explain it
Children can open this short lesson before they practice.
- Every letter has a big letter and a small letter.
- Some partners look alike, like O and o.
- Some look different, like E and e. Look closely!
Example: Which small letter matches B? B is the big letter. Its small partner is b. Answer: b
Letter Partners in Alabama
In the Alabama Course of Study, this is unit 1 of 12 in Kindergarten English Language Arts, before First Sounds.
Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Find the small letter that matches.
K- y
- b
- k
k
Hint: Big K and small k are partners. Small k looks just like big K, only smaller!
Question 2
Find the small letter that matches.
T- r
- k
- t
t
Hint: Big T and small t are partners. Small t has a line that crosses near the top.
Question 3
Find the big letter that matches.
d- X
- K
- D
D
Hint: Small d and big D are partners with the same name. Look for big D!
Question 4
Find the big letter that matches.
z- L
- E
- Z
Z
Hint: Small z and big Z are partners with the same name. Look for big Z!
Question 5
Find the small letter that matches.
L- l
- u
- q
l
Hint: Big L and small l are partners. They have the same name.
Question 6
Find the small letter that matches.
U- t
- u
- g
u
Hint: Big U and small u are partners. Small u looks just like big U, only smaller!