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Ending Consonants

For Students K - 1st
Provide this extensive practice packet for your young learners. Consider having them complete a section each day, or provide this for take-home work. For each letter, the learner says it aloud, traces it, writes it on the blank line, and...
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Picture the Word

For Teachers K - 1st
This is an excellent way to make onset and rime visual for beginning readers. They examine CVC-word picture cards that are all missing the first letter. Using plastic letters (or whatever you have), they complete each word and record it...
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Word Families: ake

For Students 1st - 3rd
Young learners create a book of words that use the letter combination ake. Six pages are included for them to cut and color, and there's a space for them to trace the letters of the word as well as write the word independently. The...
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Beginning Sounds of Letters

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
Big B little b what begins with B? That's a great question! Children read a string of words and circle the ones that have the same beginning letter sound. The page contains 15 word strings for learners to assess. 
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Beginning Sounds Worksheet

For Students K - 2nd
In this picture and beginning sounds worksheet, students study 4 pictures of objects and then determine which of the 3 letters each picture begins with. Students circle each of their answers.
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Phonics Test Practice: Beginning Sounds

For Students K - 1st
In this phonics worksheet, students complete a 5 question test practice for beginning sounds. Students listen for the dictated instruction to mark the picture with the given consonant sound. Students choose from 3 pictures and mark the...
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Beginning Sounds Worksheet

For Students K - 2nd
For this phonics worksheet, students look at 4 pictures and circle the beginning letter that each picture begins with. Students sound out each picture to choose their answers.
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Odd One Out

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Practice lowercase letters i-n with this initial sounds worksheet. There is a row of three objects for each of these letters, and scholars examine them to determine which does not begin with the letter sound. This would work best with...
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Puzzle Page

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Who says your budding readers are too young for crossword puzzles? Scholars use visual clues instead of written ones to complete single-syllable words. They fill in the initial letter for each of six words, and a second letter for one of...
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Sounding Out the Symbols

For Teachers K
Using the states as a hook, kindergartners identify beginning sounds. They identify the initial sound in words like Mississippi and Indiana and complete a set of worksheets related to this skill.
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Introduce /Q/

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Everything your pre-readers need to know about the letter Q is right here; this strategy combines pronunciation, letter recognition, sound, and word examples. Scholars examine the letter shape and listen to you pronounce the /kwww/...
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Play I Spy

For Students Pre-K - K Standards
Pre-readers examine a rainy-day picture with many details to find words beginning with either p, u, w, or l. They tally the number of objects they find and write the numbers beside each letter. To help kids stay organized and meet...
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Uh Oh!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Help your elementary learners distinguish between short and long vowel /o/ sounds. They are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e pattern that changes short vowel sounds into long vowel sounds. Then they practice reading and spelling words...
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Chad's Choo Choooo

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Choo, choo! Do your youngsters like trains? After studying the target sound, have your learners read A Peach for Chad. Do a class read and an independent read to increase fluency. At the instructional activity's close, consider creating...
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Final Consonant Sounds: Review - ft, ld, lt, mp, nd

For Students K - 3rd
These are challenging phonics review sheets. On the first page, learners match the end sounds to the pictures and write a rhyming word for each word. For the second page, pupils choose an end sound to complete a series of incomplete...
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The Pronunciation of Regular Verbs in the Past Exercise

For Students 6th - 12th
Give your class experience with pronunciation. This worksheet has learners place the given verbs ending in /-ed/ into columns based on the final sound, then state the rules for pronunciation. This is a more advanced activity and is very...
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Kindergarten Skills Unit 5

For Teachers K Standards
A unit designed for kindergarteners builds letter-sound correspondence in preparation for reading. Over four weeks, young scholars build proficiency in recognizing and matching the sound of 9 letters. They take that knowledge to read a...
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Beginning Sounds: D, J, K, M, W

For Students K - 1st Standards
In this initial sounds worksheet, students examine each of 5 rows of pictures and identify the letter that makes the same beginning sound as the picture names.
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Letter Concepts Worksheet 1 - 5

For Students K - 1st
In this letter identification worksheet, students read 30 letters that begin a row of six letters then circle the letter in each row that matches the first letter in that row.
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Review Letters and Words: 20

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this reviewing letters and words activity, students name letters, say sounds of letters, read sentences, say beginning sounds, and more. Students complete 5 exercises.
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Beginning Sounds H, C, T, A, and B

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
Can your class identify initial phonemes? They'll say the name for each of the pictures shown and read the letters in each row. They circle the letter that makes the same beginning sounds as the picture names. The letters focused on are...
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What is the Beginning Sound?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this early childhood beginning sounds worksheet, young scholars practice their phonics skills as they look at 6 pictures, say their names, and identify the letter that begins the 6 words. An animal habitat question is also included on...
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Beginning Sounds Worksheet Set 3

For Students K - 1st Standards
Bird starts with B and so does banana! Being able to identify beginning letter sounds takes early readers one step closer to reading complete words. They say the name of the items in each row, and then circle the letter that makes the...
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Word and Letter Practice #10

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this word and letter practice worksheet, students say letters and sounds of letters, practice reading simple sentences and sight words, then say names of pictures and say the beginning sound of each.