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Gym Day Word Switch

Kindergarten phonics: play Word Switch in gym class and tell apart words like tag and tug by the sounds of the letters that change.

KindergartenELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toRF.K.3.d

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What’s included

  • Single worksheet
  • Auto-graded online
  • 1 Common Core standard
  • Printable answer key
  • 11 questions
  • Classroom-ready

Details

Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Kindergarten
Subject
ELA
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Sorting

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students find the one letter that changes between two similarly spelled words.
  • Students tell whether the first, middle or last sound of a word changes.
  • Students choose the right similar word to finish a sentence.

How to use

Read each direction and say each word slowly, stretching the sounds. Let students point to the letter that changes before they circle, sort or write.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

RF.K.3.d

Tell apart similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ, such as cat and cot.

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Name Date

Gym Day Word Switch

Find the one letter that makes a new word.

Find the new letter

Coach Lee plays Word Switch. Your teacher reads two words. Find the letter that changed.

1.
Coach says tag. Then Coach says tug. Circle the new letter in tug.

tug

2.
Coach says mat. Then Coach says map. Circle the new letter in map.

map

3.
Coach says hop. Then Coach says top. Circle the new letter in top.

top

4.
Look at each pair of words. Which letter is new in the second word? Sort the pairs.
run and funhit and hipbat and bitset and netcap and cupjog and job
New first letterNew middle letterNew last letter

Listen for the sound

Your teacher says each word. Listen to the sound each letter makes.

5.
Coach says sit and set. Write the word that has each middle sound. Use the word bank.
Word bank: sit · set

/e/ in the middle:  
/i/ in the middle:  

6.
Circle each word that starts with /b/, like ball.

runbatdigcatbigbun

7.
Which word has /o/ in the middle, like hop?
  • A. pot
  • B. pit
  • C. pat

Coach's sentences

Read each sentence. Pick the word that makes sense.

8.
We ___ on one foot.
  • A. hip
  • B. hop
  • C. hot
9.
Mia hits the ball with a ___.
  • A. bat
  • B. bit
  • C. bet
10.
Jon kicks the ball into the ___.
  • A. nut
  • B. not
  • C. net
11.
Write a word from the word bank on each line. One word is not used.
Word bank: tag · map · tug · mat

We sit on a soft  .
Two teams   on a long rope.
We look at a   to find the path.

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