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Introduce /t/
What sound does the letter t make? As scholars develop letter recognition, form sound associations with strategies like these. Explain the tongue movement in making the /t/ sound, asking learners to try it. Draw the t on the...
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Introduce /k/
Explore the ins and outs of the letter k using these strategies combining pronunciation, letter recognition, and initial phoneme examples. Scholars examine the letter shape and listen to you pronounce the /k/ sound. Use these tips to...
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Introduce /r/
Use these inventive strategies to focus on the letter r, forming sound associations along with letter recognition. Explain the tongue movement in making the /r/ sound, asking learners to try it. Draw the r on the board and give...
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Beginning Sounds Worksheet: Part 2
In this matching sounds worksheet, students study the pictures and then write the letter that each picture begins with on the line. Students may reference a letter bank to help them with the pictures.
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Beginning Sounds Worksheet: Part 1
In this matching sounds instructional activity, 1st graders study the pictures and write the letter that each picture begins with on the line. Each pictures starts with one of the letters in the box at the bottom of the page.
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Phoneme Segmenting Accuracy
Take your kindergartners on a journey to the mythical planet Paz where residents segment words into phonemes, touching parts of their arm with each sound. This physical response to phoneme segmenting will appeal to your physical learners...
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Phonological Awareness, Phoneme Manipulating, Phoneme Position Sort
Scholars make new words out of old ones by manipulating phonemes. Pupils mix and match initial, medial, and final phonemes to change words like cap into cup or head into bed.
Florida Center for Reading Research
Drop and Say
This neat idea gets kids to use phonics and puzzle-solving skills. Pairs take turns picking picture cards from a pile, say the name of the object on the card, drop a letter to turn that word into a new word, then look for the new word on...
Kiz Club
"C" Sound
Crayon, cat, cow... What do these words have in common? They all start with C! Have your kids practice the initial hard /c/ sound and practice the letter C by identifying the images that start with this letter.
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Quick and Sticky Context Clues
Discuss strategies for defining word your young readers don't know. They read sentences with key words covered by sticky notes and guess from the context what the word might be. They peek at the first letter and guess again.
Florida Center for Reading Research
Phonological Awareness: Rhyme, Rhyme Memory Match
Young scholars play a memory-matching game to practice recognizing rhyming words and sounds. With picture cards, they flip over two cards and say the pictures' names. If the pair make a rhyming match, the learner keeps the cards. The...
Kiddy House
Snail
S is for snail. Use this worksheet to help your young readers learn the letter s. This simple coloring worksheet is great for youngsters who are learning the beginning letter s sound. They can practice saying the s sound and coloring...
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Puzzle Page
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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Initial Consonant Sounds
In this consonant sound worksheet, 1st graders focus on the initial letter sounds. Students study 8 pictures and circle those that have the same sound as the first picture on the page.
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F Sound
In this sounds worksheet, students write the beginning sound of each picture. Students also circle the pictures that begin with the sound of F.
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R Sound
In this writing learning exercise, students write the beginning sound of each picture. Students also circle the pictures that begin with the sound of R.
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Introduce /y/
As you come to an end in your alphabet study, use these strategies to examine the letter y. Scholars examine the letter shape and listen to you pronounce the /y/ sound. Use these tips to explain how you do it as they try. Can they...
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Puzzle Page 2
Beginning readers complete this simple crossword using visual clues. Each word is missing a first letter and has a corresponding picture. Pupils practice printing by writing in the first letter and tracing subsequent letters. There are...
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Odd One Out
One of these words doesn't belong! As they practice first-letter recognition, scholars examine rows of familiar objects to determine what letter each begins with. For each row of three items, they decide which does not begin with the...
Spelling Words Well
Letter Lane
Dinosaur, fox, bone, mushroom. Emergent readers practice the beginning consonants sounds of b, d, f, and m with an activity that asks them to identify the images featured on a colorfully illustrated game board.
Kiz Club
"I" Sound
How well do your pupils know their /i/ sounds? Require practice with this worksheet. Learners cut out eight images and paste them in the boxes labeled for short /i/ sounds and long /i/ sounds. There are four words that...
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Alphabet Letters M, N, and O
Here is a classic activity focused on developing letter recognition and phonemic awareness. Learners will circle the beginning letter for each of nine words. The letters showcased on this page are M, N, and O.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Look at Us!: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 1)
Support struggling learners and focus on the alphabet with the three weeks of activities and materials provided here. Each day, learners review some letters and practice others in depth. They work on rhyming, practice new words, and...
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Beginning Sounds Worksheet
In this beginning sounds worksheet, students examine 9 colorful clip art pictures. They write the letter that each picture begins with by choosing one of the letter from the box at the bottom. They choose from the letters T, R, K, I, L,...