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Beginning sounds
Circle the words that start with each letter's sound — eight letters a page, words rather than pictures. Answer key included.
The step between knowing letter names and sounding words out.
Print a name and date on it (optional)
Leave it empty and the lines stay blank to write on. Teachers: put the class name in once and every copy in the batch has it.
Sheet #1
In the print dialog, set margins to none and turn on background graphics — then it prints exactly as shown.
How to use this sheet
- Ages
- Ages 4–6
- What it practices
- Pulling the first sound off a word — the skill that has to come before sounding out and spelling.
- · Say the word, then say just the first sound. Two steps, every time.
- · If they're not reading yet, read the row aloud; the exercise is about hearing, not decoding.
