Beginning sounds worksheets
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Say the picture's name out loud. Listen to the sound it starts with, and write the letter that makes that sound.
Three grades, one set of pictures: all three print from the same 92. Print one here, or open a grade for examples and teaching notes.
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Preschool Core grade
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Beginning sounds are the first listening skill on the way to reading: say a picture's name and hear the sound it starts with. On this sheet a three or four year old says the word, hears the first sound, and writes its letter on the line, six pictures to a page in big type.
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Kindergarten
Beginning sounds are where phonics starts: hearing the first sound in a word and matching it to a letter. Each picture on this sheet is a short-vowel word with its first letter missing, and the child writes the letter that makes the sound they hear at the front.
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1st grade
First graders isolate the first sound in a word quickly and write its letter without help. This sheet keeps the practice honest: the picture gives the word, the missing letter is the first sound, and every sheet draws a fresh set of pictures with different first sounds.
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