Lessons tagged with "initial-sounds"

This phonics lesson practices isolating initial sounds in words. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will practice isolating and pronouncing initial, medial vowels, and final sounds (phonemes) in three-phoneme (consonant-vowel-consonant, or CVC) words. This does not include CVCs ending with /l/, /r/, or /x/. Rigor increased from kindergarten from the basic CVC pattern to more difficult word constructions that include consonant blends. A word construction chart and extra resources are provided as well.

This phonics lesson covers how to sort words into categories. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. Blending is presented as word play activities in Guided Practice 1 and beyond. This lesson should focus on students’ phonological awareness, meaning they should only be listening to the words not reading them. The terms onsets and rimes were purposely not used in this lesson due to the difficulty level for kindergartners.

This phonics lesson involves isolating initial sounds in words. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will practice isolating and pronouncing initial sounds (phonemes) in spoken single-syllable words. Flashcards are provided as an extra resource.

This phonics lesson involves isolating initial sounds in words. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will practice isolating and pronouncing initial sounds (phonemes) in spoken single-syllable words. Flashcards are provided as an extra resource.

This phonics lesson is focused on segmenting single-syllable words into phonemes. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. Lesson covers the following sound /s/, /sh/, /ch/, and /j/. Flashcards for initial sounds are provided in a separate file.