St. Patrick's Day Beginning Sound Sort

This beginning sound sort is a great hands on activity for recognizing the most common sound of each letter of the alphabet. This is an easy and fun activity to give students who need practice with recognizing the beginning sound of each letter from amongst other letter sounds or for those students who need extra practice distinguishing between the initial sounds in words.

To complete this sorting activity, students will look at the pictures inside the gold coins and place the coin into the correct pot according to that picture's beginning sound.

This sorting activity includes 12 pages that contains

• There are twenty-six pot mats that each have one letter of the alphabet on the pot, in both its capital form and its lowercase form.

• There are 52 gold coin pieces for students to match with the correct pot. There are also pictures for X in the initial position and X in the final position depending on which sound is taught.

This beginning sound sort can be used in the following ways

• Literacy centers

• Fine motor centers

• File folder activity

• Add magnets to the picture cards for a baking tray activity

• Small group activities

• Morning work

• Emergency sub plans

If making a file folder game, the teacher will place one or two mats on either side of the folder and use hook and loop fasteners to sort the gold coin pictures.

Skills assessed with these initial sound sort

• Initial Sound of the each letter of the alphabet

• Ability to sort the picture cards on to the correct mat

This beginning sounds sorting activity is a low prep activity. All a teacher needs to do is to print the pages, cut out the picture cards and laminate the pages and cards if desired. The activity is easy to set up and to put away and store.

This download includes a PDF with 12 usable pages.