Letters and sounds
I can match letters and sounds.
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Ages 5 to 7 · Language
Letters and sounds: I can match letters and sounds.
Sun starts with /s/. The letter s says /s/.
Monkey starts with /m/. The letter m says /m/.
Fox starts with /f/. The letter f says /f/.
Picture: Three pictures, each with a lower-case letter: a sun with the letter s, a monkey with the letter m and a fox with the letter f.
Your turn: Which one starts with /s/?
Choose one:
- monkey
- sock
- fox
Answer
The answer: sock
Sock starts with /s/. The letter s says /s/.
Picture: A sock with the letter s.
Your turn: Here are the letters in the word man. Tap the letter that says /m/.
Picture: Sound tiles m, a and n blend into the word "man".
Tap the right part of the picture.
Answer
The answer: m
The letter m says /m/. It is the first letter in man.
Words to know
- sound:
- What a letter says when we read it, like sss for the letter s.
- first sound:
- The sound at the start of a word.
- last sound:
- The sound at the end of a word.
- two-letter sound:
- Two letters that make one sound together, like sh in ship.
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