Letters and Sounds

Letters are the building blocks of words. Each letter has a name and can make sounds.

We use letter sounds to read and spell words.

Consonants and vowels work together in every word.

We can find letters on signs, in books, and on labels.

Rhyming words have the same ending sound, like cat and hat.

When we see a letter we can say its sound. That helps us remember.

We put letters together to make words. Word families share patterns.

The first letter of our name is special. We write it with a capital.

We listen for the sounds in words. That helps us read and spell.

Letters can be big (uppercase) or small (lowercase). We use both.

When we see a new word we try to say each sound and blend.

We use the alphabet from A to Z. We can sing the alphabet song.

We reviewed how letters and sounds help us read and spell.

Every letter has a name, like B for 'bee'.

Letters make sounds that we blend to read words.

We put letter sounds together to read a word.

A, E, I, O, U (and sometimes Y) are vowels. Every word has at least one.

We use a capital letter at the start of a sentence and for names.

Practicing a little each day helps us learn letters and sounds.

The English alphabet has 26 letters.