Beginning and Ending Sounds Worksheet

Students choose between similar words to complete sentences, attending to beginning and ending sounds as well as meaning.
Grades
Grades 1–2, Elementary
Pages
1
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Updated Jul 28, 2021

Subject
ELA, Language Development, Phonics, Vocabulary
Topic
Beginning Sounds, Ending Sounds
Resource types
Worksheets & Printables, Worksheets
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The Beginning and Ending Sounds Worksheet asks students to complete ten sentences by choosing between two printed words. Students compare word forms and use sentence meaning to select the best fit.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Use initial and final sounds to distinguish similar words

  • Apply sentence context when choosing between word options

  • Read the complete selected sentence for meaning

Teaching tips

  • Have students read both possible sentences aloud before marking a choice.

  • Underline the letters that differ in each pair to connect sound and spelling.

Skills covered

  • Beginning-sound analysis

  • Ending-sound analysis

  • Contextual word selection

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What clues help students choose the word?

They can compare the printed words’ beginning and ending sounds, then read each choice in the sentence to decide which makes sense.

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Curriculum

Standards, concepts & topics

Standards

  • RF.1.3.b
  • L.1.4

Core concepts

  • Initial sounds

  • Final sounds

  • Sentence context

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