Color by Beginning Sounds

Students can practice recognizing the beginning sounds in words with this coloring activity. The bold, colorful, and easy to recognize images will assist students in completing this activity independently. Students will be able to choose their own colors when completing this activity.

What is Included

• There are 15 worksheets where students will color each image according to its beginning sound. Some pages include 4-5 random letters together and some include 4-5 letters with similar sounds where students can practice distinguishing between similar sounds.

How to Use:

• Students will choose 4-5 different colors depending on the worksheet being used. They will look at the letters and choose one color for each letter to represent. Students will color the crayon next to the letter the desired color, then color the images that begin with that letter the color they chose.

Where to Use:

• Literacy Centers - These beginning sound worksheets can be placed inside a literacy center for students to work alone or with a partner to complete.

• Morning Work - These worksheets can be used as a morning activity for students to complete while waiting on classmates to arrive to class.

• Small Group Activity - Students who need extra help identifying sounds in words can be put in a small group to get further practice with this skill.

• Independent Work - Students can work independently to complete these worksheets at their tables or desks.

• Sub Plans - These worksheets are great to include in a sub folder.

• Homework - These worksheets are great to send home with students so parents can see what students are working on.

These no prep worksheets are a great print and go activity for teachers to give to their students. The easy prep leaves more time for other classroom activities. Answer keys are included.

Skills Assessed:

With these worksheets, teachers can assess a student's ability to identify beginning sounds in words and distinguish similar sounds.