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Sound Spotlight: Start with the First Sound

Practice hearing first sounds, including blends and digraphs, then identify middle vowel and last sounds with picture activities.

Grade 1ELAInteractive · Printable

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1 Common Core standard
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14 questions
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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 1
Subject: ELA
Question types: Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting

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What students practice

Students isolate and pronounce first sounds in one-syllable words, including words with blends and digraphs.
Students isolate and pronounce middle vowel sounds in spoken one-syllable words.
Students isolate and pronounce last sounds in spoken one-syllable words.

How to use

Name every picture for children first. Read prompts and sound labels aloud without adding an 'uh' to consonants. Have children pronounce the target sound before marking an answer.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

Isolate and pronounce the first, middle vowel, and last sounds in spoken one-syllable words.

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Sound Spotlight: Start with the First Sound

Say the picture names and listen closely to their sounds.

Spot the First Sound

Say each picture name. Listen to just its first sound, even when two consonants start the word. Say the sound before you answer.

1.

Which picture starts with /m/, the first sound in moon?

A.
B.
C.
D.

2.

Which picture has the same first sound as sled?

A.
B.
C.
D.

3.

Which picture has the same first sound as frog?

A.
B.
C.
D.

4.

Which picture has the same first sound as ship?

A.
B.
C.
D.

5.

Which picture has the same first sound as cheese?

A.
B.
C.
D.

6.

Circle every picture that starts with /s/, the first sound in sun.

Picture of a spoon Picture of a brush Picture of a seal Picture of a nose

7.

Sort the pictures by their first sound.

/b/ as in bag	/k/ as in cat

Listen Past the First Sound

Now listen for the middle vowel sound. Say that sound before you choose or match a picture.

8.

Which picture has the same middle vowel sound as skate?

A.
B.
C.
D.

9.

Which picture has the same middle vowel sound as drum?

A.
B.
C.
D.

10.

Which picture has the same middle vowel sound as chick?

A.
B.
C.
D.

11.

Match each vowel sound to the picture with that middle sound.

/ă/ as in cat
/ĕ/ as in hen
/ĭ/ as in pin
/ŏ/ as in mop
/ŭ/ as in sun

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

Listen All the Way to the Last Sound

Say each word from beginning to end. Pronounce just its last sound before you answer.

12.

Which picture has the same last sound as stamp?

A.
B.
C.
D.

13.

Which picture has the same last sound as shell?

A.
B.
C.
D.

14.

Circle every picture that ends with /ch/, the last sound in peach.

Picture of a watch Picture of a brush Picture of a bench Picture of a cheese

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