Beginning Sounds Write the Room | Letter Sounds Phonics Center

Beginning Sounds Write the Room | Letter Sounds Phonics Center

Give students meaningful practice identifying beginning sounds, connecting sounds to letters and forming uppercase and lowercase letters with these differentiated phonics write-the-room activities!

Students move around the classroom to find cards, identify the letter and trace or write their answers on a corresponding recording sheet. Separate activities for Qu words and words ending in X provide targeted practice with these letter-sound patterns.

Multiple card and recording-sheet options make it easy to adjust the activity for students at different stages of letter-sound recognition and letter formation.

 

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What’s Included

✔ 2 printable PDF files
✔ Updated 67-page Version 2 main file
✔ Original 56-page Version 1 file
✔ 5 phonics-based write-the-room activities
✔ Beginning-sound practice for 24 letters
✔ Separate Qu beginning-sound activity
✔ Separate X ending-sound activity
✔ 8 target pictures or words in each activity
✔ Alternative itch and igloo picture options for Ii
✔ 19 differentiated recording sheets
✔ Multiple picture, letter and word card options
✔ Uppercase and lowercase letter models
✔ Plain and colour-coded letter-formation options
✔ Educator guide with differentiation suggestions

 

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Updated Version 2

Version 2 is the main file and includes updated fonts, illustrations, recording sheets and card options.

The updated beginning-sound sets include:

The additional letter-only cards allow students to identify a letter, locate the picture beginning with that sound and record the corresponding letter beside it.

The original version of the resource is also included as a separate file for educators who prefer its previous fonts and card designs.

 

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Recording-Sheet Options

Depending on the activity, students can:

For easy differentiation, copy a tracing sheet and an independent-writing sheet back-to-back and place them on a clipboard. Students can flip to the option that best matches their current needs.

 

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Skills Practised

✔ Isolating and identifying beginning sounds
✔ Identifying /ks/ in words ending with X
✔ Connecting phonemes to graphemes
✔ Recognizing uppercase and lowercase letters
✔ Forming letters correctly
✔ Matching letters, sounds and pictures
✔ Recording responses independently

 

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Activity Sets

 

Set 1: Aa, Mm, Ss, Tt, Pp, Ff, Ii and Nn
Pictures include apple, monkey, snake, tiger, pizza, fish, nose and itch or igloo. Two picture options are included for Ii.

Set 2: Bb, Dd, Cc, Oo, Uu, Gg, Kk and Ee
Pictures include bee, duck, car, octopus, underwear, grapes, kite and egg.

Set 3: Hh, Jj, Ll, Zz, Rr, Yy, Ww and Vv
Pictures include hat, jar, leaf, zipper, robot, yo-yo, watermelon and volcano.

Set 4: Qu Words
Words include quack, quilt, quiz, queen, question, quarter, quarterback and quadruplets.

This set includes multiple card formats featuring qu, complete words and the remaining parts of the words. Uppercase and lowercase options are included where applicable.

Set 5: X Ending-Sound Words
Words include box, wax, mix, T-Rex, tux, six, fox and sax.
This set includes complete-word cards, cards with the final X highlighted, word-part cards and X-only cards.

 

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Ways to Use This Resource

✔ Kindergarten literacy centres
✔ Phonics centres
✔ Beginning-sound practice
✔ Write-the-room activities
✔ Letter-formation practice
✔ Morning tubs
✔ Small-group instruction
✔ Intervention or additional practice
✔ Independent literacy activities

 

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Save with the Bundle!

Love this activity format? This resource is also included in the Phonics-Based Trace/Write the Room Bundle, along with:

✔ CVC words
✔ CVCC and CCVC words
✔ Digraphs
✔ VCe words

Click here to see the complete bundle and save 20%!