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Preschool–Kindergarten
Objectives
• Students will recognize beginning sounds and identify the letters that represent the sounds.
• Students will write letters that represent beginning sounds.
Materials Needed
• Items you might take to the beach (such as a hat, a towel, sunglasses and a beach ball)
• Beginning Sounds Picture Cards
• Beginning Sounds Letter Cards
• Pocket chart (or clear tape and a chalkboard or whiteboard)
• Cardstock or posterboard
• Scissors
• “Beginning Sounds” reproducible
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Preparation
Print the Beginning Sounds Picture Cards on heavy cardstock and cut the cards apart. (Or cut out the cards
and glue them onto posterboard.) Then print and cut out two sets of the Beginning Sounds Letter Cards.
Choose the letter sounds you wish to work on and display
one set of those letter cards in a pocket chart and hide the
second set of those letters around the classroom. Set the picture cards near the pocket chart so they are ready to
display during the lesson. (If you do not have a pocket
chart, simply tape the letter cards to a chalkboard or
whiteboard. Place a loop of tape on the back of each picture card so they are ready to display during the lesson.)
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Introduction
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Display a few items you might bring to the beach, such as
a hat, a towel, sunglasses and a beach ball. Take the hat
and hold it up for students to see. Say the word “hat,” emphasizing the beginning sound. Ask a volunteer to
name the letter that makes the beginning sound in “hat.”
Repeat this exercise for the rest of the items. Make sure
students understand that the first letter of each word represents its beginning sound.
Procedure
1. Tell students that today they are “word detectives.” Explain that you will hold up pictures of objects and
they must figure out the beginning letter of each object’s name.
2.Hold up a picture card and say the word aloud. Prompt students to repeat the word after you. Then invite
students to look at the letter cards in the pocket chart and decide which letter makes the beginning sound
in that word.
3.Count to three and have students point to the letter that they think is correct.
4.Tell students that you have hidden matching letter cards around the classroom. Prompt students to hunt
for the letter they pointed to.
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5.Place the picture card on the pocket chart. Once a student has found the correct letter card, invite the
student to come place it next to the picture card.
6.Repeat the activity with the rest of the picture cards. (Depending on the level of your students, you may
want to extend this activity over more than one lesson.)
Independent Practice
1. Provide each student with a copy of the “Beginning Sounds” reproducible.
2. Instruct students to say the name of each object to themselves.
3. Encourage students to write the letter that makes the beginning sound in each word.
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