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Letter Sounds: Every Letter Has a Sound!

Kindergartners learn that each letter makes its own special sound — B says /b/, S says /s/ — the key that unlocks reading, letter by letter and sound by sound.

KindergartenLetter Sounds30 minutes1 class periodPlay-BasedExplicit teaching4 StandardsCommon Core
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Know that letters make sounds.
  • ✓Say common letter sounds.
  • ✓Match a sound to a letter.
  • ✓Hear the first sound in words.
Essential Question

We know the letter names — A, B, C. But each letter also makes a SOUND! What sound does B make? Let’s find out!

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Interactive Task
Letter Sounds · Interactive

Letter Sounds

Project this and go through the letters. Say each letter’s sound and the picture word together — B says /b/, like ball!

🔡 Learn each letter’s sound!Try it

The Lesson · Play-Based Learning (Gather · Explore · Play · Reflect)

30 minutes, five moves

Tap any phase to open the teacher moves and student actions.

1

Gather — Name and Sound

5 min

We know the letter B — but what SOUND does it make?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Sing the ABCs.
  • Ask what sound B makes.
  • Set the goal: letter sounds.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Sing the ABCs.
  • Try the sound.
  • Get ready.
2

Explore — Letter Sounds

10 min

Children explore.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send children to Letter Sounds.
  • Say each sound.
  • Say the picture word.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say the sounds.
  • Say the words.
  • Match them.
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Play — Sound Games

12 min

Play together.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Make each letter’s sound.
  • Find things that start with a sound.
  • Match sound to letter.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Make sounds.
  • Find things.
  • Match them.
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Create — My Sound

8 min

Children create.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Pick a letter and its sound.
  • Draw something that starts with it.
  • Say the sound.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Pick a letter.
  • Draw a thing.
  • Say the sound.
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Reflect — Reflect

5 min

Share a sound.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say a letter’s sound.
  • Name a word that starts with it.
  • Celebrate letter sounds!

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say a sound.
  • Name a word.
  • Cheer!
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts (Kindergarten).

CCSS
RF.K.3a

Produce the primary sound for each consonant.

CCSS
RF.K.1d

Recognize and name letters.

CCSS
RF.K.3

Know and apply grade-level phonics skills.

CCSS
RF.K.2

Demonstrate understanding of spoken words and sounds.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Say sounds in home language too.
  • Sentence frame: “___ says ___.”
  • Use letter-sound picture cards.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Focus on the child’s name letters.
  • Use big tactile letters.
  • Say sounds slowly.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Blend sounds to read words.
  • Match all letters to sounds.
  • Find beginning sounds.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / tablet
  • 🔡Letter cards
  • 💻Letter Sounds
  • 🖍️Crayons
  • 🖼️Picture cards
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

lettera shape that builds wordssoundthe noise a letter makesbeginning soundthe first sound in a wordconsonantletters like b, c, d, fvowela, e, i, o, unamewhat a letter is calledwordletters put togetherreadto understand words
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
What sound does the letter S make?
/s/ (like in sun).
QUESTION 2
What sound does B make? Name a word that starts with it.
/b/ — like ball or bear.
QUESTION 3
Does every letter make a sound?
Yes — each letter has its own sound.

Growing at home? Sound of the day.

Have families pick a “sound of the day” and find things around the house that start with it. A printable letter-sounds chart is in the Early Learning library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

Tap a card to flip it, then rate whether you knew it. Built from this lesson’s vocabulary.

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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s key terms.

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

🖨️ Letter SoundsPrint
Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: beginning sound, consonant, letter, name, read, sound, vowel, word
  1. the first sound in a word
  2. the noise a letter makes
  3. letters like b, c, d, f
  4. a, e, i, o, u
  5. letters put together
  6. a shape that builds words
  7. to understand words
  8. what a letter is called

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. What sound does the letter S make?
  2. What sound does B make? Name a word that starts with it.
  3. Does every letter make a sound?
Answer key — Part A: 1) beginning sound · 2) sound · 3) consonant · 4) vowel · 5) word · 6) letter · 7) read · 8) name
Part B: 1) /s/ (like in sun). 2) /b/ — like ball or bear. 3) Yes — each letter has its own sound.