This section of print awareness resources focuses on the terms “tall, small and fall letters”. They refer to which part of the primary writing lines the letters touch or don’t touch. Using these categories helps kids to see there are three kinds of letters and brings a little more order to how they think about them. Though not necessarily a standards-based concept, tall, small and fall letters make learning letters a lot more fun! Each type of letter is represented by an animal – a giraffe represents the tall letters, a turtle represents the small letters, and a monkey represents the fall letters. Be sure to scroll all the way down to see all the pocket chart cards, worksheets, and a set of sorting strips.
17 resources
CCSS No specific standards
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Look out for these tall letters! They’re represented by a tall, yet sweet giraffe, to show kids that the tall letters touch both the top line the bottom base line (in most cases). One page with three cards.
The small letters are represented by a cute green turtle to show kids that the small letters are written between the dashed mid line and the bottom base line. One page with three cards.
The fall letters in this set are represented by a low-swinging monkey to show kids that the fall letters come down below the bottom base line. One page with three cards.
These cards can be used in conjunction with the tall, small and fall pocket chart cards in this set. Each set of letters is printed in large color-coded type on primary writing lines.
These four pages of color-coded letters are printed on primary writing lines. You can have fun with them by describing and sorting letters using the pocket chart strips in this set.
This cool set of color-coded letters comes with an animal: the tall brown letters have a giraffe next to them, the small green letters have a turtle next to them and the golden fall letters have a monkey next to them.
In this letter set all the letters come in the same color – orange. No color-coding or animals here to help kids sort them. Kids will have to know what type of letter it is using the guidelines you’ve taught them.
This three poster color-coded set has one poster for each type of letter. The title is in large bold letters and the letters are written on large primary writing lines. Each type of letter is represented by a different animal.
Have your kids sort tall & small letters. First, they cut out the twelve letters, then they glue them into the correct space for either tall or small letters.
Sort tall & fall letters with this simple cut and glue worksheet. Kids cut out the twelve letters and glue them into the correct category.
Here’s a worksheet to sort small & fall letters. Kids cut out the twelve letters, decide which category they go into and glue them into the correct space.
A cut and glue sorting worksheet for tall, small, & fall letters. Kids cut out the twelve letters, decide which category they go into and glue them into the correct space.
Here’s a fun set of ALL the letters to sort. Cut out the letters and glue them into the matching category. Two sets of letters are provided – cut the letters out individually or save cutting time and cut on the shared lines.
This worksheet has the seven tall letters – b, d, f, h, k, l, and t – neatly spaced on six primary writing lines so kids can easily trace them.
This worksheet is for kids to write small letters. The fourteen small letters – a, c, e, i, m, n, o, r, s, u, v, w, x, and z – repeat three times and are neatly spaced on six primary writing lines.
Each line of this worksheet has the five fall letters – g, j, p, q, and y – neatly spaced on primary writing lines so kids can easily trace them.
