Letter E Pocket Chart Activity

Alphabet matching cards for the letter E pair capital E with lowercase e in different fonts and are sized for use in a pocket chart, alongside picture cards for words that begin with E, such as egg, elephant and eagle.
Year levels
Foundation, Pre-school (Early Years)
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Updated Oct 26, 2026

Subject
Phonics, Language Development, English
Topic
Letter E, Letter E Activities
Resource types
Charts
Preparation
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Australian Curriculum content descriptions
AC9EFLY11 — recognise and name all upper- and lower-case letters (graphs) and know the most common…

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This Letter E Alphabet and Picture Cards for the Pocket Chart is a great resource for students to learn or practise associating the letter E with things that begin with the same letter E. After matching E and e, let students decorate these letter E outlines for a hands-on follow-up.

This pocket chart activity is suitable for Pre-school and Foundation students who are learning to recognise the letter E in its capital and lowercase forms, learning the initial sounds of the letter E, as well as students learning to distinguish between the long E and short E sounds at the beginning of a word.

What is Included

  • * 12 Letter E cards in different fonts in colour

  • * 12 Letter E cards in black and white

  • * 7 Picture cards for the short E sound

  • * 5 Picture cards for the long E sound


How to Use

  • * Pocket Chart Activity

  • * Concentration Game

  • * Memory Game
    When using the cards with a pocket chart, the following activities can be done: sorting the capital and lowercase letters, sorting pictures that begin with the short E sound from pictures that begin with the long E sound, combine with other letters to distinguish between beginning sounds. These activities can be done in a variety of locations and ways in the classroom, including those listed below.


When to Use

  • * Literacy Centre Activity

  • * Morning Tub or Basket Activity

  • * Early Finisher Activity

  • * Small Group Lesson

  • * Whole Group Lesson

  • * Table Top Activity

  • * Partner Game
    Skills Assessed

  • * Letter recognition

  • * Beginning Sounds

  • * Distinguishing between long and short vowel sounds

  • * Distinguishing between capital letters and lowercase letters


These letter and picture cards are a low prep activity that provides numerous ways to practise letter recognition and beginning sounds. Students will enjoy using the cards in a variety of different ways.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Match capital E to lowercase e

  • Name pictures that begin with the letter E

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Australian Curriculum (Version 9.0)

Australian Curriculum content descriptions

Australian Curriculum content descriptions

  • AC9EFLY11 — recognise and name all upper- and lower-case letters (graphs) and know the most common sound that each letter represents

Core concepts

  • Letter E

  • Capital and lowercase letters

  • Beginning sounds

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