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Pet Shop Word Detectives
Kindergarten phonics: tell apart pet-shop words like cat and cot by the sounds of the letters that differ.
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
- 13 questions
- Classroom-ready
Details
- Format
- Interactive · Printable
- Grade
- Kindergarten
- Subject
- ELA
- Question types
- Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting
About this worksheet
What students practice
- Students find the letter that is different in two similarly spelled words.
- Students tell short vowel sounds apart in the middle of three-letter words.
- Students choose the right word in a sentence by the sounds of its letters.
How to use
Read each direction aloud and say each word slowly. Let students look at the letters, say the sounds and then answer. Have them read each finished sentence out loud to a partner.
Curriculum
Common Core standard covered
Tell apart similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ, such as cat and cot.
Preview
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Pet Shop Word Detectives
Find the letters that make words different.

Find the different letter
Your teacher reads each pair of words. Look at the letters and find what is different.
- A. The first letter
- B. The middle letter
- C. The last letter
- A. The first letter
- B. The middle letter
- C. The last letter
- A. The first letter
- B. The middle letter
- C. The last letter
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