Kindergarten · Reading and writing · Unit
Hearing Sounds in Words
6 lessonsabout 3 weeks
The unit ends with three more days: a review day, the unit check, and a day to act on what the check showed.
Unit 2 of 4 in the Kindergarten Reading and Writing Scope and Sequence
What's included in this unit
- 6 lessons in teaching order, each with its objective and a teacher note
- 17 practice pages to print, with an easier and a harder page where available
- 3 classroom tools for the projector
- 6 activities and pages that children do on a screen
- 6 check-up pages to collect
- A worksheet maker for every lesson, for the day you need one more page
The whole unit in one file
Print every page of the unit at once, with the teacher guide first. The guide has one page per lesson: the objective, what to hand out, and the teacher note.
The unit file, the teacher guide, and saved pages are included with the Teacher plan.
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Lessons
Lesson 1
Hear the rhyme
Children say two picture words aloud and decide whether they rhyme.
- StandardCommon Core RF.K.2.a
2 class days
- Day 1Teach: Practice on paper (Core page)
- Day 2Practice and check: Practice on paper (Easier page, Harder page) · Practice on screen · Check-up page
Practice on paper
Rhyme or Not?
Rhyming Pairs
Practice on screen
Lesson 2
Clap the syllables
Children say a word and count its syllables by clapping the beats.
- StandardCommon Core RF.K.2.b
2 class days
- Day 1Teach: Syllable Splitter · Practice on paper (Core page)
- Day 2Practice and check: More pages from the maker · Practice on screen · Check-up page
Warm up and teach
Practice on screen
Lesson 3
Beginning sounds
Children say a picture word, hear its first sound, and match it to the letter.
- StandardCommon Core RF.K.3.a
- StandardCommon Core RF.K.2.d
2 class days
- Day 1Teach: Practice on paper (Core page)
- Day 2Practice and check: More pages from the maker · Practice on screen · Check-up page
Practice on screen
Lesson 4
Ending sounds and middle sounds
Children say a picture word, listen for its last sound or for the vowel in the middle, and write the letter for that sound.
- StandardCommon Core RF.K.2.d
- StandardCommon Core RF.K.3.a
- StandardCommon Core RF.K.3.b
2 class days
- Day 1Teach: Practice on paper (Core page)
- Day 2Practice and check: More pages from the maker · Practice on screen · Check-up page
Practice on screen
Lesson 5
Say it slowly: one sound, one box
Children say a word slowly, count its sounds, and put one sound in each box.
- StandardCommon Core RF.K.2.d
- Later gradeCommon Core RF.1.2.d
2 class days
- Day 1Teach: Sound Boxes · Practice on paper (Core page)
- Day 2Practice and check: Practice on paper (Easier page, Harder page) · Practice on screen · Check-up page
Warm up and teach
Practice on paper
Count the Sounds
Sound Boxes
Practice on screen
Lesson 6
Build the word
Children build a three-sound word for a picture from its letters, in the order of its sounds.
- StandardCommon Core L.K.2.d
- StandardCommon Core L.K.2.c
- StandardCommon Core RF.K.3.a
2 class days
- Day 1Teach: Blending Board · Practice on paper (Core page)
- Day 2Practice and check: More pages from the maker · Practice on screen · Check-up page
Warm up and teach
Practice on screen
Unit check: before and after
Two short paper checks made from this unit's own worksheets. Give Check A before you teach the unit and Check B after it, and you can see what changed. Each part belongs to one lesson.
- Part 1: Lesson 2, Clap the syllables (3 tasks)
- Part 2: Lesson 3, Beginning sounds (3 tasks)
- Part 3: Lesson 4, Ending sounds and middle sounds (3 tasks)
- Part 4: Lesson 5, Say it slowly: one sound, one box (2 tasks)
- Part 5: Lesson 6, Build the word (3 tasks)
Not in the check: Lesson 1. Worksheets that cannot be split into single tasks are left out.
Printing a check counts as a download, like any worksheet.
The answer keys and the teacher pages come with the paid Teacher plan.
This is a classroom check of this unit's lessons. It is not a standardized test, and its points are not a grade.