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Initial Sounds with Word Families
For this word sound worksheet, students practice different word and letter sounds. They repeat rhymes, name letters, review letter sounds, review similar word sounds and complete an activity where they use a word bank to fill in the...
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Fluency: Letter-Sound Correspondence, Make a Match
A memory activity engages young learners in letter-sound correspondence. Pairs take turns examining two sets of cards lying face down. They flip one image card and one letter card, then name the initial sound. If the sounds match, pupils...
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Phonics: Beginning and Ending Sounds
What does the word door start with? Little ones will look at each of the eight images, say them, then fill in the initial or final phoneme that is missing. Afterward, they play an independent game where they think of other words that...
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Beginning Sounds: X,Y,Z
In this phonics worksheet, students will trace the letters x, y, and z two times each. Then students will write the beginning sound for 6 pictures.
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Beginning Sounds
Kindergarteners recognize words that begin with the same sound. In this word study lesson, they identify initial consonant sounds in words written on the board and write another word with the same beginning sound. Also, there is a...
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Letter L
For this beginning sounds worksheet, students say the name of the 9 objects pictured and then identify those that begin with the letter L by circling them.
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Letter K
In this beginning sounds worksheet, pupils say the name of the 9 objects pictured and then identify those that begin with the letter K by circling them.
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Letter S
In this beginning sounds worksheet, students say the name of the 9 objects pictured and then identify those that begin with the letter S by circling them.
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Letter B
For this beginning sounds worksheet, young scholars say the name of the 8 objects pictured and then identify those that begin with the letter B by circling them.
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Phonics: Letter-Sound Correspondence, Letter-Sound Match
Boost initial, medial, and final sound correspondence. Scholars practice decomposing word sounds using image cards and a worksheet. Learners cut out 10 three-letter images, sound them out, and glue them on the worksheet. Each word is...
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What's the First Letter? (A to H)
Here are eight words, and each of them is missing a letter. Not just any letter but the first letter. Oh my! Put your phonics masters to work and have them determine which of the eight letters (a-h) completes each word.
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Practicing Letters C and D
The lowercase letter c and d are highlighted in this two-part worksheet. Kids complete the top half by tracing then printing the letter c and locating images that begin with the /c/ sound. Part two requires them to trace then write the...
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Correct Beginning Letter
In this basic spelling worksheet, learners look at a picture in a box and then select the correct beginning letter of the object in the box. They circle the right answer from the three options underneath the picture. There are 9 problems...
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Beginning Sounds
In this beginning sounds worksheet, students match the column of letters with the column of pictures to identify beginning sounds. Students match five pictures with their beginning sounds.
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Correct Beginning Letter
In this initial consonant worksheet, students analyze 9 pictures of common objects. From a list of 3 choices, students circle the beginning letter of the word.
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Christmas Phonics: Initial Sounds
In this Christmas phonics instructional activity, students look at the Christmas images and say each word. Students circle the initial sound in the 9 words.
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Beginning Letter Sounds
Students practice working with beginning letter sounds. In this phonics lesson, students state the letter sound that their name starts with, read a book about beginning letter sounds and complete a worksheet.
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Phonological Awareness: Phoneme Matching, Sound Train
Make a phonics train filled with matching initial phonemes. Early readers say the name of the objects on each of their cards, identify the initial letter sounds or phonemes, then paste them on a train. They make three trains, which means...
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Phonological Awareness: Phoneme Matching, Phoneme Go Fish
Go fishing for initial sounds with this engaging phoneme game! Similar to the card game Go Fish, pairs use picture cards and try to match initial sounds. They set aside any pictures that are a match and ask their partner for specific...
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Phonological Awareness: Phoneme Isolating, Bag-of-Sounds
In pairs, pre-readers take turns holding up objects from a bag. As one child holds up an object, the other names it and says its initial letter sound. They work together to sort the objects into piles based on how they isolated and...
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Phonological Awareness: Phoneme Isolating, Phoneme Quest
In this phonics activity, little learners glue picture cards under the initial, medial, and final phonemes represented by the lead sound cards. An image of a shark broken into three parts represents the initial phoneme /sh/, the medial...
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Phonological Awareness: Phoneme Matching, Sound Maker - Sound Smacker
Scholars sort words based on their initial phonemes. They choose cards, say their names, and match the initial phoneme to the one posted on one of the sorting bins. If the initial sound matches, they put the card in the sound maker bin,...
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Phonological Awareness: Phoneme Matching, Match Maker
Pre-readers identify and match initial phonemes. Scholars take turns choosing one card from each of the three stacks. They say the name of the image on the card, then keep whichever cards have a matching initial phoneme.
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Phonological Awareness: Phoneme Matching, Pack-a-Backpack
Scholars sort words based on their initial phoneme or sound. Learners are given two backpacks, each with a picture card; they search and match picture cards with the same initial sound as the ones on each backpack.