Beginning Letter Sounds: Easy CVC Word Worksheets
The power of beginning letter sounds lies in their simplicity combined with their impact. Children are able to identify and produce sounds, the initial step towards learning how to read and write. The beauty of these foundational activities is their ability to pave the way for more complex phonemic awareness and phonics skills.
Beginning Sounds and Phonemic Awareness
Beginning sounds are crucial in the development of phonemic awareness—the understanding that words are made up of sounds, or phonemes. Focusing on the initial sounds in words helps children isolate, identify, and manipulate sounds, which lays the groundwork for reading and spelling.
Beginning Letter Sounds Worksheets
September Letter Sounds PG 1
September Letter Sounds PG 5
Kindergarten Alphabet Skills include:
- identifying letters
- recognizing letter sounds
- recognizing beginning sounds of words
Google Slides Digital Lessons
Students say the name of each picture and then drag the matching letter sound to the box.
NOTE: You can also get interactive (self-checking) beginning sounds lessons on BOOM.
Kindergarten Literacy Standards
CCSS RF.K.2d
Isolate and pronounce the initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in three-phoneme (consonant-vowel-consonant, or CVC) words. (This does not include CVCs ending with /l/, /r/, or /x/.)
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