First Letter Sound: Complete the Word and Make a New Word
Children write the first letter of six picture words, then put together the first sounds of three pictures to make new words: bat, mud, pin and cap.
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Phonics Level 1 Activity Book: Letter Sounds, Blending & CVC Words for Preschool & Kindergarten
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Curriculum
- Phonics - Letter Sounds > Beginning Sounds
How to use this worksheet
Look at each picture, say its name and write the first letter on the line (sun is done). In the grid, say the first sound of each picture in a row and write the word they make.
Materials needed
- Pencil
Extension activities
- 1Find three things in the kitchen and use their first sounds to make a word
- 2Write the new words and draw them
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Hemsweta Jain · Teacher Cheena
MBA and Early Childhood Educator, teaching since 2014 · Founder of RaisoActive, Mumbai
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