For this activity, students are given a printed letter, say its sound, and names a word that begins with that sound.

For this activity, students are given a printed letter and say the letter's sound and name a word that begins with that sound.

For this activity, students are given printed letters, identify them, and say their sound.

For this activity, students are given a printed letter and say a word that begins with that letter.

For this activity, students are given a printed letter and pronounce that letter's sound.

For this activity, students are given a sound and identity words beginning with that sound.

For this activity, students are given a sound and identify words beginning with that sound.

For this activity, students are given a sound and identify and write words beginning with that sound.

Starfall is an interactive alphabet-teaching website/app. Letters are presented in a variety of ways -- visually, audibly, and within words and sentences. Students interact with letters to help with phonics as well as reading.

ABCya! presents its fifth children's storybook for the classroom. It's called Marvin Makes Music, an original work by Michelle Tocci. The story is about a frog that is sad because he cannot sing like his friends, until one day when he gets a new musical instrument. This is a great storybook to share with kids using an interactive whiteboard.

*This storybook has narration! Students can click the speaker button to have the story read to them.

In this lesson, students will identify beginning sounds and complete an activity where they will draw a line to match the letter to the beginning sound they hear in each picture name.

This document provides a description of what each standard means a student will know, understand and be able to do. The "unpacking" of the standards done in this document is an effort to answer a simple question, "What does this standard mean that a student must know and be able to do?" and to ensure the description is helpful, specific and comprehensive for educators.

In this lesson, students become familiar with the short /u/ sound as they listen to Taro Yashima’s Caldecott Honor-winning book, Umbrella. Prereading activities build vocabulary and comprehension skills, a read-aloud introduces students to the sounds of the story, and concluding exercises allow students to apply their understanding of phonic elements in other contexts.

For this activity, students identify common letter sounds between a printed letter and a picture card.

In this activity, students name a given object and identify the first letter of its name.

In this lesson, students read words found on everyday objects and use them to identify individual letters. They then create captions for an electronic book with preselected logos and illustrations. Finally, they create an original little book choosing their own logos, captions, and images.

In this lesson, students will learn to identify letters and words by exploring one another's names and other words. Each student gets to be "Student of the Day," and the class will explore his or her name and life. Students will learn which letters are in their classmate's name, as well as the words for their friend's hobbies and favorite things. Students will be encouraged to draw and write messages to each other on a daily basis.