B, C and D: Beginning-Sound Picture Activities
Build a word and match beginning sounds with pictures across six activity pages, with an answer page included.
- Year groups
- Nursery–Reception (Early Years), Years 2–3 (Key Stages 1–2)
- Pages
- 1
- File type
- Subject
- Phonics, Language Development, English
- Resource types
- Worksheets
- England expectations
- Official curriculum expectation · Word reading
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About this resource
This beginning sounds worksheet is a great way for students to learn and practice making new words by adding the initial consonants B, C, or D. This is a great activity for students who are just learning these sounds.
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Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
- Identify a beginning sound from a limited consonant set
- Add b, c, or d to complete a word
- Blend the new onset with the remaining word part
Teaching tips
- Pronounce the word ending with each possible consonant before deciding which creates a known word.
- Ask learners to give another word beginning with each of the three target sounds.
Skills covered
- Initial-phoneme discrimination — b, c, and d are contrasted.
- Word construction — one onset is joined to a supplied remainder.
- Letter-sound mapping — written consonants represent heard beginnings.
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National Curriculum in England
National Curriculum in England expectations
England expectations
England expectations
- Official curriculum expectation · Word reading — read accurately by blending sounds in unfamiliar words containing GPCs that have been taught
Core concepts
Core concepts
- Beginning sounds
- B C D
- Initial consonants
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