Letter U Pocket Chart Cards

Students match capital U to lowercase u across different fonts and name U pictures such as an umbrella, unicorn and unicycle with these pocket chart cards, supplied in colour and in black and white.
Year levels
Foundation, Pre-school (Early Years)
Pages
3
File type
PDF
Preparation
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Updated Dec 09, 2023

Subject
Phonics, Language Development, English
Topic
Alphabet Activities, Beginning Sounds
Resource types
Charts
Preparation
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Australian Curriculum content descriptions
AC9EFLY11 — recognise and name all upper- and lower-case letters (graphs) and know the most common…

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This letter U packet contains letter U cards with images of the letter U in different fonts, for both capital and lowercase letters, and it contains picture cards of items that begin with the letter U. The cards are sized to fit most pocket charts, for an easy, fun pocket chart activity for students.

What is Included:

  • There are 12 letter U cards in different fonts in colour.

  • There are 12 letter U cards in black and white.

  • There are 12 picture cards for the initial /u/ sound.

This pocket chart activity is suitable for Early Years and Foundation students who are learning to recognise the letter U in various fonts in its capital and lowercase forms as well as those learning the initial sounds of the letter U.

The picture cards in this set include the following letter U images:

umpire, umbrella, under, underground, underwear, unlock, underwater, utensils, unicycle, uniform, unicorn, and ukulele


How to Use

  • Pocket Chart Activity

  • Concentration Game

  • Memory Game

  • Matching Game


When using the cards with a pocket chart, the following activities can be done: sorting the capital and lowercase letters, identify pictures that begin with the letter U, and memory or concentration games. You can also combine this set with other letters so students can distinguish between beginning sounds. These activities can be done in a variety of locations and ways in the classroom, including those listed below.


When to Use

  • Literacy Centre Activity

  • Morning Tub or Basket Activity

  • Early Finisher Activity

  • Small Group Lesson

  • Whole Group Lesson


Skills Assessed

  • Letter U Recognition

  • Beginning Sounds

  • Distinguishing between capital letters and lowercase letters


These letter and picture cards are a low prep activity that provides numerous ways to practise letter recognition and beginning sounds. Students will enjoy using the cards in a variety of different ways.

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Australian Curriculum (Version 9.0)

Australian Curriculum content descriptions

Australian Curriculum content descriptions

  • AC9EFLY11 — recognise and name all upper- and lower-case letters (graphs) and know the most common sound that each letter represents

Core concepts

  • Letter recognition

  • Uppercase and lowercase letters

  • Letter U

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