Virginia SOL K.FFR.3.B

ELAKindergartenFoundations for Reading

The Standard

Identify common letter-sound correspondences

Virginia Standards of Learning for English · Phonics and Word Analysis: The student will apply phonetic principles to read and spell words

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students connect familiar uppercase and lowercase letters with their common sounds. They say a sound when shown a letter and choose a letter when they hear its sound.
What Mastery Looks Like: Given a familiar uppercase or lowercase letter, the student says its common sound. The student also matches a spoken sound to the letter that represents it.
Common Misconceptions: Students may say the letter name instead of its sound. They may confuse similar letters such as b and d, or expect one letter to always make the same sound.
How to Assess It: Show m, s, t, p, a, and f one at a time. Ask the student to say the common sound and name a word that begins with it.

Lesson moves

Give students magnetic letters and picture cards, then have them place each picture beside the letter that matches its beginning sound.
Ask, "What letter begins sun, sock, and sandwich, and what sound do you hear?" Have students explain their answer.
Play letter sound bingo by calling sounds while students cover the matching letters on their boards.
Take a classroom print walk and have students find labels or signs that begin with a chosen letter sound.

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