Grade 1 Initial Sounds Curriculum Resources
Introduce elementary students to the concept of recognizing initial sounds with our interactive and printable Initial Sounds curriculum resources. These resources guide children through recognizing and using initial sounds in an engaging and accessible format, improving overall phonics and language proficiency.
Curriculum Resources Results
Animal—Letter Scramble
This worksheet will help students to practice identifying the beginning, middle, and ending sound in one-syllable words....
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Initial Sounds—Phonics
This worksheet on beginning sounds will ask students to identify the initial sound of each image shown. Students will ci...
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Initial Medial Final Sounds in Words
RF.1.2.CRF.1.2RF.1.3
Phoneme Segmentation
RF.1.2.DRF.1.2RF.1.2.B
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Initial Sounds—Phonics
This worksheet on beginning sounds will ask students to identify the initial sound of each image shown. Students will ci...
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Initial Medial Final Sounds in Words
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Phoneme Segmentation
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Animal—Letter Scramble
This worksheet will help students to practice identifying the beginning, middle, and ending sound in one-syllable words....
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Vowel Sounds
This worksheet will test your students understanding of the vowel sounds. Students will record themselves making each sh...
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Final Sounds—Phonics
This worksheet on final sounds will ask students to identify the final sound of each image shown. Students will circle t...
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Changing the Medial Sound
This worksheet will help students to practice replacing letters in words to make new words. Students will replace the mi...
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Ending Sounds - Trace Letters
This worksheet on CVC words will help your students to focus on their ending sounds. Students will sound out each word a...
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Phonemes—Medial Sound
This worksheet on single-syllable words asks students to identify the medial vowel sound. Students are given a word as ...
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Medial Sounds
This worksheet is a great way to practice sounding out cvc words and medial sounds. Students will read each word using t...
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Reading in the Fairy Garden
This worksheet on CVC words will help your students to practice sounding it out! Students will go through the fairy gard...
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Medial Sounds—Phonics
This worksheet on single-syllable CVC words asks students to find the missing short medial vowel. Students are given a p...
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Phonics Ending Sounds
This worksheet is a great way to practice sounding out cvc words and ending sounds. Students will read each word using t...
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Changing the Final Sound
This worksheet will help students to practice replacing letters in words to make new words. Students will replace the la...
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Initial Sounds
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Changing the Initial Sound
This worksheet will help students to practice replacing letters in words to make new words. Students will replace the fi...
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Phonemic Awareness
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Single Syllable Word Blending
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Beginning Sounds: T
This worksheet is a great way to practice letter sound correspondences. Students will circle all of the items that begin...
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Same Spelling
This worksheet is a great way to practice similar spellings. Students will read the words and determine which letter is ...
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Beginning Sounds: B
This worksheet is a great way to practice letter sound correspondences. Students will circle all of the items that begin...
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Beginning Sounds: A
This worksheet is a great way to practice letter sound correspondences. Students will circle all of the items that begin...
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Ending Sounds
This worksheet is a great way to practice letter sound correspondences and ending sounds. Students will read the words i...
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A—Z Phonics Practice
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Phonics Practice
This phonics practice worksheet is designed to help 4th-grade students strengthen their skills in identifying specific l...
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Consonant Digraphs Sh and Ch
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Phonics Word Decoding Skills
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Phonics Word Decoding
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Consonant Digraph Spinner
This fun sheet is perfect for practicing consonant digraphs. Students will spin the spinner and write words that start w...
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Consonant Digraphs
This consonant digraph worksheet is a great way to practice this skill! Students are given images and words that are mis...
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Long Vowel Sounds with Silent E and Vowel Teams
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Phonetic Spelling
Practice spelling unfamiliar words using phonetic awareness and spelling conventions in this engaging first-grade activi...
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Counting Syllables in Words
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Inflectional Endings Board Game
This board game on inflectional endings is a fun way to practice this concept. Students will roll the die, move forward,...
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Phonics—Count Syllables
This activity will help students practice counting syllables. Students will read the words on the picture and write out ...
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Phonics—Counting Syllables
This activity will help students practice counting syllables. Students will read the words on the picture and write out ...
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Phonics—Syllable Word Sort
This word sort will help students practice their syllables. Students will read the words on the balls and sort them into...
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Same Spelling, Different Sound
This worksheet on spelling-sound correspondences is a great way to practice this skill. Students will read the pairs of ...
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Looks Like This, Sounds Like That
This worksheet on spelling-sound correspondences is a great way to practice this skill. Students must determine if the w...
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Word Families
This worksheet on word families is perfect for practicing the endings -ing, -ick, -ent, and -est. Students will make rea...
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Word Families Sort
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Rimes
This worksheet is a great way to practice onsets and rimes. Students will look at the pictures and complete the words by...
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Onsets
This worksheet is a great way to practice onsets and rimes. Students will look at the pictures and complete the words by...
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Phonics Kn Sound
This worksheet is designed to engage elementary students in an enjoyable and interactive activity centered around "kn" w...
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Inflectional Ending: ed
This worksheet is a great way to practice the inflectional ending -ed. Students will read the words on the flowers that ...
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Words that Rhyme
Practice rhyming words with your class with this activity! Students must match the words on the left to a rhyming word o...
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Words That Words
This worksheet is a great way to practice producing rhymes with your students. Students will give a rhyming word for eac...
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Create Rhyming Words
These worksheet is a great way to practice rhyming words!
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Rhyming Words
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Phonics—Two Syllable Sort
This word sort will help students practice their syllables. Students will read the words on the apples and sort them int...
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