Identify Words by Beginning Sound

Find the word that starts with the sound!

1st Grade - English Language Arts - Beginning, Middle and Ending Sounds

About This Skill

On Iqleel, first-grade students will practice finding words that start with a specific beginning sound. They will be given a target letter, like 'm', and then choose the picture or word from a group that starts with the /m/ sound, like 'moon'. This activity reinforces the letter-sound correspondence they have learned and applies it to word recognition. This is an important Phonics skill that directly helps with decoding and builds confidence in beginning readers.

Skills & Topics

  • Phonics & Word Skills
  • Alphabets
  • Phonics
  • Alphabetic Principle
  • Sound-Symbol Correspondence
  • Sound
  • Reading Foundations
  • Letter-Sound Correspondence
  • Letter Sounds
  • Letters
  • Decoding
  • Grapheme-Phoneme Correspondence
  • Word Identification

Curriculum Alignment

  • RF.1.2.c: Isolate and pronounce initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in spoken single-syllable words.
  • ELA.1.2.A.ii
  • ELA.1.F.1.2
  • RF.1.2.c
  • AC9E1LY09: segment words into separate phonemes (sounds) including consonant blends or clusters at the beginnings and ends of words (phonological awareness)

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