Kindergarten
First Sound Sort: m, s, t
Twelve short words to read and sort by their first letter: mat, mug and mix, sun and sip, tub and ten.
Phonics worksheet · Letter sounds
Letter Sound Bingo
Two bingo cards with 16 consonants. The caller says the sound (/m/, not “em”) and kids find the letter that makes it.
- Grade level
- Kindergarten
- Time
- About 20 minutes
- Topic
- Letter sounds
- Answer key
- Not needed: answers vary
- Kids practice
- Letter recognition, Letter sounds, Beginning, middle and ending sounds, Letter formation
What kids do
“Listen for the sound. Find the letter that makes it and color it. Four in a row? Shout “Bingo!””
Printed on the sheet:
- Caller’s list: say each letter’s sound, not its name, and tick it
Teacher tip
Call the sound, not the letter name: /m/, not “em”. It makes kids listen.
How to use it
- Play “I spy something that starts with…” after the sheet.
- Hold up the letter and let kids show a thumbs up when they hear a word with that sound.
- Keep a set of letter tiles or magnetic letters on the table for building words.
Watch for
Adding “uh” to stop sounds, like “buh” for /b/. Keep sounds short and crisp.
Talk about it
- Whose name in our class starts with this sound?
- How did you figure out that word?
Take it further
Bring something from home that starts with the letter for a sound show-and-tell.
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