PBS
Pbs Kids: Super Why: Letter Sounds Worksheet [Pdf]
An excellent resource for teaching beginning letter-sound correspondence. Student must identify the object in the picture and circle the letter that begins the word.
Free Reading
Free Reading: "You're a Liar!" a Letter Sound Accuracy Game
A small group game using cards with letters of the alphabet on them. The object is to place cards face down in a pile in alphabetical order. Based on an old card game called "I doubt it." This site has a link to a Letter card site for...
Other
Owl and Mouse Educational Software: Learn Letters
This site provides three Freeware programs to help students learn the letters of the alphabet and letter-sound correspondence. Students need to be able to use a mouse to manipulate the images on the site. Instructions for downloading the...
Free Reading
Free Reading: Beginning Sound Spin Letter Sound Accuracy Activity
Builds students' abilities to identify the sound of a letter and say if a word begins with that sound. The student spins a wheel and says what letter/sound it stops on. Then they find a picture that begins with that sound. This site...
Free Reading
Free Reading: Tic Tac Toe; Letter Sound Accuracy Activity
A letter sound version of Tic Tac Toe that students play with partners. Before they can take their turn, they must draw a letter and give three words that begin with that letter. Their partner must give them a thumbs up before they can...
Free Reading
Free Reading: Give Me Five; Letter Sound Accuracy Activity
An exciting game to build students' understanding and accuracy of producing words that begin with the same letter. Students sit in a circle and the teacher says the sound of the letter. One student must pass a bean bag around the circle...
Free Reading
Free Reading: Egg Carton Game; Letter Sound Accuracy Activity
A small group game to build students' abilities to identify letters and their sounds. A student shakes an egg carton, opens it to see where a chip landed, and says the letter and its sound.
Free Reading
Free Reading: "I Spy" Letter Sound Accuracy
Use this game of "I Spy" to help students build their accuracy of letter identification! Can be student- or teacher-led.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Abby's Sandbox Search
Go on a word hunt in the sandbox with Abby Cadabby as you dig up words that start with a certain letter. This helps with letter recognition early reading, and letter sounds.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Student of the Day: Create Sound/letter Understanding With Names
A recurring lesson plan focused on understanding letters and sounds. Each session lasts ten to twenty minutes with one session for each student in the class. Each student has a turn at being the Student of the Day and other students...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Super Why! Spectacular Sounds Bingo!
This interactive Super Why! game features a BINGO game. Students listen to Princess Pea read aloud the following: initial vowel sounds, initial consonant sounds, and/or words with emphasized initial vowel or consonant sounds. Then...
Read Works
Read Works: Vocabulary in Context Kindergarten Unit: Using Sound and Picture Cues
[Free Registration/Login Required] Lesson uses Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert to teach students to use picture cues and initial word sounds to identify unknown words. Ideas for direct teaching, guided practice, and independent...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Beginning Sounds
[Free Registration/Login Required] Match beginning sound to the correct picture.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Sounds
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart helps students identify /ou/ and /ow/ sounds in words.
ICT Games
Ict Games: Letter Lifter
This game challenges students' knowledge and understanding of beginning consonant sounds.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Beginning Consonant Sound Concentration Game
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a concentration game that focuses on hard and soft g/c consonant sounds. It can be used a class activity or a center.
Starfall
Starfall: Chunk That Word
A short but clever animation that helps early readers learn to pronounce words by chunking them into letter groups and syllables.
Learning Farm
Learning Farm: Irregular Words and Phonics
Learn about irregularly spelled words, vowel teams, and inconsistent but common spelling-sound correspondences by watching a review video. Practice what you learned by taking a quiz or playing a game!
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Detective Elmo: The Cookie Case
Critical thinking is the spotlight here as you help Detective Elmo save Cookie Monster and crack the cookie case!
Phonics Guide
Papa Jan: What Is Phonics?
How can you define phonics? Take this opportunity to learn a little more about phonics and its relationship to letters and sounds.
TVOntario
Tvo Kids: Alphabet Goop
A colorful game to help young readers or beginning English language learners practice the beginning sounds of words.
Arcademics
Arcademics: Turtle Dash
Students will determine the correct double vowel sound to go in the given letters.
Starfall
Starfall: Picture Hunt: Y as Long E
Become a better reader with this interactive game. Hunt for pictures words with Y as a long E sound.
Auburn University
Assessing Phoneme Awareness and Decoding
How do you assess phoneme awareness and decoding? Use this site to find the answer to this question on phoneme awareness and decoding.