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Discover the Secret Word
In this phonics worksheet, learners examine 8 pictures and 4 letter choices. Students say the name of the picture and circle the correct beginning letter. Learners use those letters to solve a secret code.
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Discover the Secret Word!
For this phonics worksheet, students analyze 6 pictures and say the names out loud. Students circle the beginning letters, then solve a code with the answers.
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Discover the Secret Word 2
In this phonics worksheet, students examine 6 pictures and say the word names. Students circle the correct beginning letter. The circled letters will then reveal a secret code word.
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Kk- Kate Kisses a Koala- Printing Practice
In this Kk printing practice and beginning sounds worksheet, 3rd graders trace dotted lines to print the sentence "Kate kisses a koala." 4 times.
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Munchy Munchy Macaroni
Pupils explore phonemes and letters. They examine the beginning sound /m/. They read "If You Give a Moose a Muffin." They listen for m words and discuss the shape their mouths make when saying the sound m. Students identify pictures that...
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Buh! and Duh!
Students examine the difference between the sounds that b and d make, and examine the difference in how they look when written. They repeat the sounds using tongue twisters that the teacher presents. Next, the write the letters on sticky...
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Beginning Sounds
Students sit in a circle and repeat the names and sounds of the first letter of their first names. Next, they trace their name once on the practice paper and then practice writing their name on the other lines. Then they observe the...
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Spiders Are Fun
Students study facts about spiders using a number of literary forms, including stories, poems, and songs. They work with consonant sounds by matching pictures with the beginning consonant sounds. They design art projects that emphasize...
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Name Squares
Students examine the sounds the letters of their name make. They read Dr. Seuss' ABC Book and Mary Engelbreit's Put Em All Together. They practice writing the individual letters of their names in squares.
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Hunter Model 2
Students produce the long sounds in the initial position of words making silly soup.
Free Reading
Free Reading: Amplify Education, Inc.: Switch the Sound Activity, Phoneme Substitution
A classroom activity to help the student determine what is different about a one syllable word. The teacher says a word, then changes one sound in the word, and asks the learners what is different.
Free Reading
Free Reading: Name Game, a Phoneme Substitution
A quick activity to reinforce the students' ability to recognize different sounds. When calling children to line up or go to lunch, substitute the letter or sound of the day for the first letter of the child's name. Till, Tuzy, Tob, and...
Read Works
Read Works: Vocabulary in Context Kindergarten Unit: Using Sound and Picture Cues
[Free Registration/Login Required] Lesson uses Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert to teach learners to use picture cues and initial word sounds to identify unknown words. Ideas for direct teaching, guided practice, and independent...
Rock ’N Learn
Rock 'N Learn: Mini Stories: Beginning Blends
This printable consonant blends instructional activity from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Students will add initial consonant blends [ bl, br, cl, cr, dr, fl, fr, gl, gr, pl, pr, sc and sw] to...
TVOntario
Tvo Kids: Alphabet Goop
A colorful game to help young readers or beginning English language learners practice the beginning sounds of words.