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Here’s a fun way to teach your kids about letters! When you teach your kids the idea of print awareness and how letters are formed, pack in these lessons about tall, small and fall letters. The resources on this site for teaching this concept divide the letters into these three categories by using color-coding, animals, pocket chart cards, posters and worksheets. Tons of learning fun ahead!

You can find all the resources in this blog here, or you can click on any image or link in this post.

Tall, Small and Fall Posters – Just a Small Sample of What’s In this Set!

What are Tall, Small and Fall Letters?

Tall, small and fall letters are fun categories the letters of the alphabet can sorted into based on their position on primary writing lines. Some people call these “tall, small and fall letters” like I do, but other people call them “tall, small and letters that fall”. Either way, it’s pretty obvious the letters of the alphabet all fall (no pun intended!) into the same three categories.

Tall Letters

Tall letters can be described as letters that touch both the top and bottom line. Sometimes though, depending on the font used, the letters don’t reach all the way up to the top line, but they are always above the dashed middle line. The seven tall letters are: b, d, f, h, k, l and t.

Small letters are letters that touch the bottom line and the dashed middle line. They do not go above or below these lines. The fourteen small letters are: a, c, e, i, m, n, o, r, s, u, v, w, x and z.

Small Letters Go Between the Midline and the Bottom Line

Fall Letters

Fall letters are letters that fall below the bottom line (or base line) of the primary writing lines. The five fall letters are: g, j, p, q and y.

Fall Letters Fall Below the Bottom Line

Note #1: Tall, small and fall letters only refer to lowercase letters. As you can see in the descriptions above, all the uppercase letters would end up in the tall category.

Note #2: There are two dotted letters – i and j. From the info I found on this topic I found the i in both the tall and small categories. The j could be considered a tall letter because the dot goes above the dashed mid-line and a fall letter because the hook goes below the base line. For the sake of simplicity, I didn’t take the dots into consideration when I created these resources. Therefore, the i resides with the small letters and the j with the fall letters.

Tall, Small and Fall Letters – Divided into Fun Categories

They’re Color Coded!

I’ve divided the tall, small and fall letters into simple color codes. Because I’m assuming these concepts will be taught sometime near the beginning of the year in the fall, I made them in fall colors.

The tall letters are in brown, the small letters are in green and the fall letters are in a golden color. As you can see in the images below, these resources include a poster, pocket chart cards (or strips) and a set of letters.

The Tall Letters Come in Brown

The Small Letters Come in Green

The Fall Letters Come in Gold

They’re Represented by Animals!

The tall letters in these resources are represented by a cute giraffe. Giraffes, as we know, have those long necks that stretch way up to the trees. They share that trait with these letters that stretch all the way up to (or near!) the top line.

Turtles don’t stretch much. Their arms, legs and head pop in and out of their shells, but they don’t add much to their overall dimensions so I thought they represented the small letters perfectly.

Monkeys are fun-loving creatures. Since they jump up and down and swing around, I thought this low-swinging monkey was a great fit for the fall letters.

The Tall Letters are Represented by a Giraffe, the Small Letters By a Turtle, and the Fall Letters by a Monkey

Tall, Small and Fall Letters – Pocket Chart Resources

The main purpose of these resources is to use them in whole group or small group lessons as a sorting activity during the time of the year when you teach your kids about letter formation and structure.

My suggestion would be to start a lesson with a pocket chart sorting activity and then finish up the lesson with one of the worksheets (below). The pocket chart activity teaches the lesson and the worksheet reinforces the concepts. It also gives the kids a chance to change gears and focus their attention on one thing for 10-15 minutes, then another thing for another 10-15 minutes.

Pocket Chart Cards

The pocket chart cards in these sets include four basic pieces for each of the tall, small or fall letters in their representative color scheme.

First, there is a title card. These cards have the name of the letters with an image of the animal that represents that type of letter.

Tall, Small and Fall Letters Title Pocket Chart Cards

Second, there is a card that tells how to tell if a letter is a tall, small or fall letter. You saw these before, but here’s another picture. The giraffe, turtle and monkey are also on these cards, but off to the left as a visual to show how the letters fit between the various lines.

Tall, Small and Fall Letters Description Pocket Chart Cards

Third, I’ve included cards that have all the letters in that particular category. These letters are not on primary writing lines, but kids can easily see the similarities of the letters in that category. Here’s a picture of all these cards.

Tall, Small and Fall Letters Color-Coded with the Animals and the Letters in Each Category

Lastly, you’ll find cards that have all the letters in each category in nice big color-coded letters on primary writing lines.

Tall, Small and Fall Letters – Pocket Chart Cards with Color-Coded Letters on Primary Writing Lines

Pocket Chart Letters

There are three sets of letters in my tall, small and fall set. They were created with different skill sets in mind, so you have options of which set to use with your kids. I had fun creating these so I hope you have fun using them in your classrooms!

The first set of letters is color-coded on primary writing lines. If your kids have caught on to the color scheme, they’ll know right away which category each letter goes into.

Tall, Small and Fall Letters Color-Coded on Primary Writing Lines

The second set has each letter with the accompanying animal next to it. These are for your lessons or activities where you’ve chosen to use the animal association. I think they came out really cute! For your sorting activities these cards make the association a cinch. Kids just match the animals.

Tall, Small and Fall Letters Color-Coded with Animals

In the third set of letters, you will find that the letters are on primary writing lines and that they are all the same color. If you have kids sort these letters into the tall, small and fall categories, they may have to do some thinking and take a close look at each letter. There is nothing that sets one letter apart from the others.

Tall, Small and Fall Letters All in the Same Color on Primary Writing Lines

Tall, Small and Fall Letters Worksheets

Sorting Worksheets

Included in this set are four cut and glue sorting worksheets. They cover the gamut of the three ways you can group the letters by two (tall and small letters, small and fall letters, and fall and tall letters), and then a worksheet with all three kinds of letters on one page. Each worksheet has twelve letters that kids cut out and glue onto the page into the correct category.

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One thing to note is that the letters on these pages are not on primary writing lines. If kids are really new to being exposed to the alphabet then a small group setting might be needed so they can get more one-on-one help with gluing in the right place.

Tall, Small and Fall Letters Cut and Glue Sorting Worksheets

Writing Worksheets

These writing worksheets, or I could say tracing worksheets, give kids the opportunity to trace the letters in each category several times each. Kids may need some prior experience tracing or writing letters as these letters do not have dots and arrows showing them which way to properly trace the letters.

Other Resources

Posters

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I’ve included a set of posters, one for each set of letters so you can post them on your classroom walls, on your white board, or at or near a writing center. You can have kids refer to them for a while while you’re learning about these letters or you can leave them up all year long.

Tall, Small and Fall Letters Posters

Sorting Strips

These sorting strips are meant to be used for a sorting activity. Simply print the page on card stock, cut it into three sections along the dashed lines, and fold the bottom of each card up about 2-1/2 to 3 inches. Place each card in a basket like in the picture below. I got the baskets in a set of six online from Oriental Trading Company.

Tall, Small and Fall Letters Sorting Strips

Tall, Small and Fall Letters Sorting Strips Folded about 2-1/2 to 3″ from the Bottom

Use one of the letter sets shown earlier in this blog post and have kids sort the letters. You could even make several sets and use them as a center activity. Kids can work alone or with a partner.

Sorting Activity Using the Sorting Strips and the Color-Coded Letters

Lesson Suggestions

Since the concept of tall, small and fall letters is part of learning how to form letters, I would suggest you teach these letter types to your kids when you teach them about print concepts/print awareness. This would be in kindergarten around the time you’re teaching your kids their letters in the fall, or even in the winter. Another option would be in first grade as a fun way to review how letters are written.

I have several suggestions of how you can use these resources. I’m thinking along the lines of a one to two week approximate 30 minute lesson at the same time each day.

For each lesson I recommend you start with instruction and/or sorting activities using the pocket chart cards and follow-those up with a hands-on worksheet. You could start out using the pocket chart cards as a whole group activity and follow-up with using one of the worksheets in a center time, you could present the pocket chart instruction in a small group and then follow-up with a worksheet in the small group, or you could go whole group with the instruction and the worksheets.

I’ve added some pictures below along with some suggestions of how to go about each lesson.

Pocket Chart Instruction and Activities

To start out with, I’d recommend taking the first lesson using the pocket chart cards to introduce the concept of tall small and fall letters. You can use the title cards and the description cards to visually show kids what these letters look like and what the criteria are for each category.

Introduce the Concept of Tall, Small and Fall Letters Using these Pocket Chart Cards

For the next three days, I’d focus in on one of the categories in particular. For instance, On Monday you could have started with introducing the letters (above), then on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday you could focus on the tall letters, the small letters and the fall letters respectively. Put the title card and the description card in the pocket chart. You can talk about how the letters are represented by a color and an animal.

You can have all the letters in one of the letter sets in the pocket chart, too. You can go through the alphabet letters and ask the kids if each letter falls into that particular category. If they say yes, you can take that letter and put it under the title card. Here’s a few visual examples:

Tall Letters Displayed in the Pocket Chart During a Lesson

You can use the pocket chart card with all the letters in that category to see if the kids found all the letters. Of course, it will be easy-sneezy if you use the color-coded letters!

Small Letters Displayed in the Pocket Chart During a Lesson

There are only five fall letters. They’re kind of easy to pick out because of the hook or line that goes below the bottom line.

Fall Letters in a Pocket Chart During a Lesson

You could finish up on the last day of your lessons (possibly a Friday), by reviewing all the tall, small and fall letters. Put the title cards in a chart and one of the sets of letters and call on the kids to come up to the pocket chart and pick a letter and put it in the correct category.

Sorting the Tall, Small and Fall Letters at One Time

The first week you could use the color-coded letters you see above, and the second week you could review the concepts using the letters with the animals on them and then graduate to the letters that are all one color.

Sorting and Writing (Tracing) Worksheets

As I mentioned earlier, you can follow-up the pocket chart instruction and sorting activities with one of the worksheets. I’d recommend the tracing worksheets to start out with because they have only one letter on each page. So if the lesson focused in on the small letters, I’d use the writing (tracing) worksheet for the small letters as a follow-up. Have the kids tell you what makes a small letter and small letter and how they fit in between the lines.

Writing (Tracing) Worksheet for the Small Letters

After one week of introducing the concept of these categories of letters, why not take a second week to practice some more? Once the kids are familiar with all the letter categories you could have them work on the sorting worksheets. Kids get to use their letter distinguishing and fine motor skills and cut out the twelve letters and glue them in place. This might be a good activity to do in a small group with an adult to help them if needed. Once kids cut out the letters they might get confused as to which letter is a “b” or a “d” or a “p” or a “q” so these letters have been underlined.

Sort the Small and Fall Letters with this Worksheet

You can also have the kids work on the worksheets with all the letters, like this writing worksheet.

Tall, Small and Fall Writing Worksheet

The second week you may also want to try this sorting activity. Put the tall, small and fall strips in baskets, give a child or partnership of two children a set of the cards and have them sort them into the correct categories.

Sorting the Tall, Small and Fall Letters with the Animals on Them

As with the pocket chart sorting, you could start with the color-coded letters and then graduate to the letters that are all one color. That will get your kids thinkin’!

Sorting Tall, Small and Fall Letters when the Letters are All the Same Color

That’s all for this post! As always, I hope you enjoy using these utm_source=Blog%20Post%20Text%20Link&utm_campaign=Tall%20Small%20Fall%20Letters'>tall, small and fall resources as much as I enjoy creating them!

One last note – You can get all the pages in this set on my website as individual downloads or you can get them in one easy download from my Teachers Pay Teachers store (of course you’ll need to pay the $4).

Tall Tales are lengthy, story driven Quests in Sea of Thieves that are accessed via Tale Books given by various NPCs who direct players towards grand adventures to uncover secrets of The Sea of Thieves.

• 1Mechanics
• 2The Tall Tales

Mechanics[edit | edit source]

Tale Books[edit | edit source]

Tall Tales differ from other Quests and Voyages in that they need to be voted for at their respective Tale Books that are found beside specific NPCs that provide the Crew with an introduction to the Tale and its Book. The locations of Tale Books are marked on the Map Table with circular black icons that can be interacted with when the map is zoomed in to them. These Markers are enabled by default, but can be turned off in the Gameplay Settings Menu. Information on where to begin each specific Tall Tale is also noted on the 'More Info' page when hovering over individual Tales in the Tall Tales tab in the Reputation Menu.

When voted for, Tall Tales appear on the Ship's Voyage Table, where Crewmembers can then vote to cancel the Tale. When Crew members have reached any Checkpoints of a Tall Tale, they can also put these Tales up for a vote at the Voyage Table that then start from these Checkpoints. Crews can have a single Voyage and Tall Tale active on the Voyage Table at one time. The Tale Book proper appears in every Player's Quest Radial Menu after they have listened to the related NPC's introduction to the Tale. When in hand, players can examine the Book closer and turn pages to read further. Tale Books lead Player Crews to their next destinations through hints and puzzles.

Quest Items[edit | edit source]

In addition to Tale Books, players will acquire various Quest Items during Tall Tales that help them progress in the story or solve puzzles. Quest Items often appear in the form of Trinkets, Keys and Chests that can be carried around, or in the form of Equipment that appear beside the Tale Book in the Quest Radial Menu. Most Quest Items also cannot be sold to any of the Companies, making them only useful for the Crew that is doing the specific Tall Tale. When Players lose their Quest Items, the Tale will fail and they will have to start over.

Journals & Collectibles[edit | edit source]

Every Tall Tale has 5 hidden Journals (10 for Shores of Gold) that appear in the world only when the Tale is active. These Journals are optional, giving some background story to every Tale. Every Tall Tale has a Commendation for finding and reading every Journal. The first Journals are most always around the first Islands that Players arrive at or go to. Every Journal should have a hint of the next Journal's location written in the text.

Some Tall Tales, e.g. The Seabound Soul, also have optional hidden Collectable Quest Items. These Items generally serve no larger purpose than completing a Commendation for the Tall Tale.

Checkpoints[edit | edit source]

Every Tall Tale has a number of Checkpoints that can be acquired when reaching specific chapters or goals in a Tall Tale. These Checkpoints allow Players to leave and start the Tall Tale over again at some other time. These Checkpoints are stored in the Quest Inventory where they can be discarded. Players can put a Tall Tale Checkpoint up for a vote at the Voyage Table. Players can save one Checkpoint from every Tall Tale. Once they have unlocked another Checkpoint of the same Tale, it will be overwritten. When the Tale is completed, all Checkpoints of the Tale will be lost. Any necessary Quest Items of the Tall Tale will appear on the Voyage Table when a Checkpoint is voted for.

Tall Tales are divided into Chapters which unlock a checkpoint for the Tall Tale, allowing players to exit and resume from this Chapter of the Tale at a later time. Players will have one saved checkpoint per Tall Tale. Starting a Tall Tale from a Checkpoint must be voted upon at the Voyage Table. Tall Tale Checkpoints can be discarded in the Quest Inventory.

Rewards[edit | edit source]

Tall Tales are considered complete if all the chapters have been completed. Players will receive a reward of 8000 Gold for the completion of each Tall Tale (which is also shared in Player Alliances). This reward can be affected by any reward multipliers gained from Events.

Every Tall Tale also has a handful of Commendations that unlock various themed Cosmetics when completed. They mostly reward one Cosmetic when completing the Tale for the first time and then another for completing all the related Commendations. Commendation progress and rewards can be tracked from the Reputation Menu under the individual Tall Tales tabs.

The Tall Tales[edit | edit source]

Maiden Voyage[edit | edit source]

An introductory Tale that every new Pirate has to complete to be able to set sail on The Sea of Thieves. After completion, the Maiden Voyage can be accessed from the Main Menu (a small button at the bottom right corner of the screen). The Maiden Voyage and its Commendations and Cosmetic rewards can be tracked through the Tall Tales tab in the Reputation Menu.

Shores of Gold Arc[edit | edit source]

These nine Tall Tales were released with the Anniversary Update, taking Players on a grand episodic adventure to piece together the mythical Shroudbreaker Artifact and enter the Devil's Shroud to find the legendary Shores of Gold. Most of these Tales have to be completed in order to unlock the next Tale Books.

Ashen Age Arc[edit | edit source]

These Tales cover an ongoing Story Arc detailing the return of Captain Flameheart. They are released individually via Content Updates and can be completed in any order.

Walkthroughs[edit | edit source]

We are hard at work on developing comprehensive Walkthroughs for every Tall Tale. Currently, over half of the Tales have comprehensive Walkthroughs. If you are looking for information on how to complete specific Tall Tales, but cannot find enough information on the Wiki, we strongly recommend you check out the Rarethief Tall Tales Walkthroughs until our own articles are ready for reading!

Notes[edit | edit source]

• Tall Tales adjust game balance based on the Crew size, scaling the difficulty of major Boss Fights. Players in Crews of three or four can force the Tale to lower the health of a boss by having all but one or two players leave the game, then have the remaining Players start the Boss fight and have everyone else rejoin the game. This can reduce a 40 minute Skeleton Lord fight down to just 10-15 minutes!
• When Players want different Puzzles for their Tall Tale, they can vote to cancel the tale and reset the puzzle locations by voting for a Checkpoint of the Tale at the Voyage Table.
• Tall Tale Checkpoints can be used to quickly boost Players through their 3-5 completion Commendations. Simply have a crewmember put the last Checkpoint of a Tale for vote and then leave the game before its completion. This way they will keep their latest checkpoint and allow their other crewmembers to start the Tale over at the latest stage.
• Some Tall Tales (e.g. The Shroudbreaker) force Emergent Skeletons to spawn with the lowest health (50 hp). These skeletons will override any Voyage skeleton spawns, making, for example, Athena's Fortune Voyages much easier.
• Various Tall Tales give Players additional benefits (e.g. ability to cross The Devil's Shroud during Shores of Gold) or interesting Quest Items (e.g. the Morningstar Set Clothing during Revenge of the Morningstar) when active, making it beneficial to keep Checkpoints of each Tale saved for other Voyages.

Patch History[edit | edit source]

2.0.15

• Tall Tale Checkpoints – From the original Shores of Gold series to the more recent releases of ‘The Seabound Soul’ and ‘Heart of Fire’, all Tall Tales now allow you to save progress and pick up where you left off. Completing a Chapter automatically saves a checkpoint. Lost a Tale item in a surprise Kraken encounter? Met a ruthless crew of Reapers? Or just want to play through at your own pace? Resume from your checkpoint and carry on!
• Quest Inventory – The Voyage Inventory has been replaced with a new Quest Inventory, storing Voyages and Tall Tale Checkpoints separately. The new Tall Tale Checkpoint tab can now hold one Checkpoint Voyage per Tall Tale, whereas the Voyage Tab remains unchanged.
• Ship’s Map Markers – When ‘Show Tall Tales on Map Table’ is active, players can now hover over a Tall Tale icon on the ship’s Map which offers a prompt ( on console and on PC) to pop out a Voyage card displaying key information and where to begin.

2.0.13

• Tall Tales Gold Reward – Completing any Tall Tale will now reward players with increased gold amounts! Players will now earn 8000 gold instead of the previous reward of 3000 gold.

2.0.10

• Maiden Voyage introduced.

2.0.9

• The Seabound Soul added.

2.0

• Introduced. Shores of Gold Arc added.