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Letter Names and Sounds

What are letter names and letter sounds? The relationship between a sound (phoneme) and the letter or letters (grapheme) that spell it

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Student and teacher practice together with flash cards

Letter Names and Sounds Skill Explainer
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Flash Card Deck - All Letters and Sounds
Print these flash cards to practice the sounds, including letters, consonant digraphs, r-controlled vowels, and vowel teams.
Letter Names and Sounds
Phonics
Word Recognition
Sound - Letter Correspondence
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Upper and Lower Case Letter Flash Cards with Keyword Pictures
These letter flash cards have pictures to help students remember the sounds. They're available in two sizes.
Word Recognition
Phonics
Sound - Letter Correspondence
Letter Names and Sounds
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Letter Names and Sounds Skill Explainer
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Quick Look: First Grade Letter Warm-Up with Flash Cards
Students practice saying letter names and sounds.
Phonics
Word Recognition
Sound - Letter Correspondence
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Letter Names and Sounds Skill Explainer
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Lowercase Letter Flash Cards without Keyword Pictures
Print these letter flash cards to help students practice new sounds and build words.
Word Recognition
Phonics
Sound - Letter Correspondence
Letter Names and Sounds
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Letter Flash Cards with Pictures and Handwriting Cues
Print these letter flash cards with pictures to help students practice new sounds.
Word Recognition
Phonics
Sound - Letter Correspondence
Letter Names and Sounds
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Letter Names and Sounds Skill Explainer
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Timeline for Introducing Letters
In this sample scope and sequence, teachers introduce two new letters each week, starting with 'a' and 't'.
Word Recognition
Phonics
Sound - Letter Correspondence
Letter Names and Sounds
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Lesson Template to Write Your Own Lessons for Sound-Letter Correspondence
Use this template to write your own lesson plan for introducing a new letter.
Word Recognition
Phonics
Sound - Letter Correspondence
Letter Names and Sounds
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Lesson Checklist for Introducing a New Sound-Letter Correspondence
Use this checklist to make sure you've got all the elements of a good lesson for introducing a new letter.
Word Recognition
Phonics
Sound - Letter Correspondence
Letter Names and Sounds
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Introducing Letter 'm': A Lesson to Follow the Teaching of Letters ‘a’, ‘t’, ‘d’, ‘p’, ‘c’, ‘g’, ‘o’
Use this lesson plan when introducing a new letter to students who already know a few letters.
Word Recognition
Phonics
Sound - Letter Correspondence
Letter Names and Sounds
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Introducing the Letter ‘Bb’
Use this lesson plan when introducing a new letter.
Word Recognition
Phonics
Sound - Letter Correspondence
Letter Names and Sounds
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Articulation: Making the Sounds
Use this handy guide when teaching students how to produce the sounds of letters.
Word Recognition
Phonics
Sound - Letter Correspondence
Letter Names and Sounds
Digraphs
R-controlled Vowels
Vowel Teams
Consonant -le Syllables
Suffixes
Prefixes and Suffixes
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Letter Warm-Up with Flash Cards: Kindergarten
Using flash cards, see how instructional coach Carla practices letter names and sounds with her students.
Word Recognition
Phonics
Sound - Letter Correspondence
Letter Names and Sounds
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