BEGINNING SOUNDS What are Beginning Sounds? Beginning sounds are the letter sounds you hear at the beginning of a word. Listen carefully as you say each picture word aloud. Listen to the sound of the first letter. B is the sound you hear at the beginning of bug and ball. You make the b sound when you say bad, big, blue. D is for dog and deer. You make the d sound when you say dig, drop. F is for frog. You make the f sound when you say fun, fit. © Copyright NewPath Learning. All Rights Reserved. Permission is granted for the purchaser to print copies for non-commercial educational purposes only. Visit us at www.NewPathLearning.com.
H is for horse. Say hide, hop. J is for jar. Say jump, jug. K is for keys. Say keep, kid. L is for log. Say love, land. M is for men. Say my, may. © Copyright NewPath Learning. All Rights Reserved. Permission is granted for the purchaser to print copies for non-commercial educational purposes only. Visit us at www.NewPathLearning.com.
N is for 9 nine. Say no, nice. P is for pig. Say pick, pat. R is for rabbit. Say rat, ring. S is for soap. Say sing, sit. T is for 10 ten. Say top, tan. V is for vest. Say vote, vine. © Copyright NewPath Learning. All Rights Reserved. Permission is granted for the purchaser to print copies for non-commercial educational purposes only. Visit us at www.NewPathLearning.com.
W is for water. Say wait, wind. Y is for yarn. Say you, your. Z is for 0 zero. Say zoo, zap, zigzag. Special Beginning Sounds Here are some special beginning sounds you should know. C has two sounds. A hard c sounds like the letter k. Say cat, cot, cut. G has two sounds. A soft g sounds like the letter j. Say gym, gentle, geode. A hard g sounds like the beginning of girl. Say get, got, gap. © Copyright NewPath Learning. All Rights Reserved. Permission is granted for the purchaser to print copies for non-commercial educational purposes only. Visit us at www.NewPathLearning.com.
X has two sounds. Sometimes it says its own name. X-ray Sometimes it sounds like the letter z. xylophone Q is never alone. It always has u for a helper: queen. Say quit, quick, quiet. Vowels Here are the vowel sounds you should know. A is for apple. Say add, attic, and. E is for eggs. Say end, enemy. I is for igloo. Say inch, into. © Copyright NewPath Learning. All Rights Reserved. Permission is granted for the purchaser to print copies for non-commercial educational purposes only. Visit us at www.NewPathLearning.com.
O is for ox. Say on, odd, otter. U is for umbrella. Say up, upon, under. Try this! Choose a beginning sound for each picture. 1] __ish a] c b] b c] f d] m 2] __oat a] t b] b c] d d] r © Copyright NewPath Learning. All Rights Reserved. Permission is granted for the purchaser to print copies for non-commercial educational purposes only. Visit us at www.NewPathLearning.com.
3] __est a] w b] e c] b d] n 4] __and a] h b] b c] f d] s 5] __ake a] b b] d c] l d] x © Copyright NewPath Learning. All Rights Reserved. Permission is granted for the purchaser to print copies for non-commercial educational purposes only. Visit us at www.NewPathLearning.com.