Kindergarteners and first graders alike are engaged as they learn the initial sounds of objects by taking turns flipping cards to form a long train. This complete and ready-to-print activity helps young ones build the basic foundations of reading.

Concepts

phonemes, phonemic awareness, phonics, initial sounds, matching phonemes, onsets and rimes, isolating phonemes

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Laminate the activity cards for multiple uses
• Use the activities as an intervention in a small group with emergent readers, emergent ELLs, and those needing extra support with sounds 

Classroom Considerations

• Although it entails more work and preparation, consider coloring all the illustrated cards to grab young learners' attention

Pros

• A great resource for kindergarten and first-grade literacy circles
• It comes with several phonological awareness activities

Cons

• None

Common Core

RF.K.2.a RF.K.2.d RF.K.2.e RF.1.2.a RF.1.2.b RF.1.2.c RF.1.2.d L.K.2.c