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Practice Writing Letters With an Engaging Write-the-Room Activity

Picture of a hand holding a magnifying glass being held up to a card with a small letter "F" printed on it. A clipboard with a paper with the words "Letter Search" and "Can you find the hidden letter on each card?" printed on it.

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Write-the-room activities are always a hit with my students. If I give them a clipboard and a pencil, they are excited to walk around the room looking for cards. I wanted to get my students to practice writing letters and reinforce letter formations, so I made it into a write-around-the-room activity.

Set-Up the Write-the-Room

Picture of a hand holding a magnifying glass being held up to a card with a small letter "F" printed on it.

To start, pick 8 or 12 letters you want students to practice writing. Then, place those Letter Search cards around your classroom.

I like to put some of them in places that are a little harder to find so that students really have to look for them.

Start Writing-the-Room!

Now all you have to do is give one of the recording pages to your students on a clipboard, a pencil and a magnifying glass, and they are ready to start searching!

You can choose to print off a recording sheet for each student or just print a couple of copies and laminate them so they can be reused.

Picture a magnifying glass , pencil and clipboard. The clipboard has a paper with the words "Letter Search" and "Can you find the hidden letter on each card?" printed on it.

Practice Writing Letters

Getting the hang of letter formations can be tricky. Students need a mix of fine motor skill practice, explicit instruction and opportunities to practice writing letters.

Picture of a hand holding a magnifying glass being held up to a card with a small letter "F" printed on it. A clipboard with a paper with the words "Letter Search" and "Can you find the hidden letter on each card?" printed on it.

I often try to come up with engaging and meaningful ways for students to do this. For example, I often take out sand trays, play dough, whiteboards and other materials. A write-the-room activity is just one more way that I can get my students to practice!

Take a look at this Letter Search write-the-room activity here:

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