Letter D: Beginning-Sound Picture Sort
- Grades
- Preschool–Kindergarten
- Pages
- 6
- File type
- Subject
- Phonics, Language Development, ELA
- Resource types
- Activities
- Ontario expectations
- B2.3 — identify
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About this resource
This letter D beginning-sound sort uses dinosaur picture cards and two volcano mats. Name each picture, listen for its initial sound and place it on the correct mat.
The six-page PDF contains three activity pages, plus a cover, thank-you page and credits.
Begins With D volcano mat
Does Not Begin With D volcano mat
Eight dinosaur picture cards: dog, doughnut, dolphin, duck, bat, football, rainbow and peanut
Print the three activity pages, cut out the cards and laminate if desired. Use the sort for literacy centres, small-group practice, morning work or a file-folder activity. Magnets may be added for use on a baking tray.
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Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
- Identify whether a pictured item's name begins with the letter D's beginning sound
- Sort picture cards into two categories, 'Begins With D' and 'Does Not Begin With D,' based on a shared beginning sound
Teaching tips
- Model one card on each mat before students begin their own sorting
- Have students say each picture's name aloud before placing it, so the letter D sort checks listening for the sound rather than reading ability
- Have students explain out loud why a card belongs on the 'Does Not Begin With D' mat, not just place it correctly, to confirm they are attending to the sound rather than guessing
Skills covered
- Initial-sound classification — name the picture and decide whether its first sound is /d/.
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Ontario curriculum
Ontario curriculum expectations
Ontario expectations
Ontario expectations
- B2.3 — identify, read, and spell most common grapheme-phoneme correspondences of consonants and vowels , with automaticity
Core concepts
Core concepts
- Beginning sounds
- Letter D
- Picture sorting
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