Grade: Kindergarten Subject: English Language Arts Unit: Phonemic Awareness SAT: Craft+Structure ACT: English

Sound Writing

When you hear a sound, you can write the letter that makes it! Let's connect sounds to letters.

📖 Sounds Become Letters

Hear It, Write It!

Every sound you hear has a letter that makes it. When you hear a sound, you can write the letter!

/s/ sound
→
S letter

When you hear the /s/ sound (like a snake: ssssss), you write the letter S!

Think About It! Say the sound out loud. Feel how your mouth moves. That's the sound the letter makes!

💡 Sound-Letter Matches

Here are common sounds and the letters that make them!

B
/b/
🏀
ball
C
/k/
🐱
cat
D
/d/
🐕
dog
F
/f/
🐟
fish
G
/g/
🍇
grapes
H
/h/
🏠
house
M
/m/
🌙
moon
N
/n/
🥜
nut
P
/p/
🐷
pig
R
/r/
🌈
rainbow
S
/s/
☀️
sun
T
/t/
🐢
turtle

✏️ Building "cat"

Let's write "cat" by listening to each sound!

/k/
C
/a/
A
/t/
T

C-A-T spells 🐱 cat!

✏️ Building "sun"

Now let's write "sun"!

/s/
S
/u/
U
/n/
N

S-U-N spells ☀️ sun!

✏️ Practice Time!

Hear the sound and pick the letter that makes it!

Problem 1: What letter makes the /m/ sound?

🌙 mmmm... like moon!

Problem 2: What letter makes the /t/ sound?

🐢 t-t-t... like turtle!

Problem 3: What letter makes the /b/ sound?

🏀 b-b-b... like ball!

Problem 4: What is the FIRST letter of "dog"?

🐕 Dog Listen: /d/ - /o/ - /g/

Problem 5: What is the LAST letter of "pig"?

🐷 Pig Listen: /p/ - /i/ - /g/

Problem 6: What letter makes the /f/ sound?

🐟 ffffff... like fish!

Problem 7: What letter makes the /s/ sound?

🐍 sssss... like a snake!

Problem 8: What is the FIRST letter of "hat"?

🎩 Hat Listen: /h/ - /a/ - /t/

Problem 9: What letter makes the /r/ sound?

🌈 rrrrr... like rainbow!

Problem 10: What is the LAST letter of "bed"?

🛏️ Bed Listen: /b/ - /e/ - /d/

🎮 Writing Activities

✏️ Sound Spelling

Try writing these words by listening to each sound!

  1. Say the word slowly
  2. Hear each sound
  3. Write the letter for each sound

Try these: cat, dog, sun, hat, pig, map

🎨 Picture Labels

Draw and write!

  1. Draw a picture of something (like a cup)
  2. Say the word slowly
  3. Write the letters you hear under your picture
  4. Sound it out: c-u-p → CUP!

📝 Missing Letter

Find the missing letter!

  • _ at (What letter makes /k/? → C → CAT!)
  • do _ (What letter makes /g/? → G → DOG!)
  • su _ (What letter makes /n/? → N → SUN!)

👂 Dictation Fun

Have a grown-up say sounds, and you write the letters!

  1. Grown-up says a sound: "/m/"
  2. You write the letter: M
  3. Try 5-10 sounds in a row!
  4. Then try whole words!

✅ Check Your Understanding

If you hear /n/ at the end of a word, what letter do you write?

Which letters spell "top"?

📝 What We Learned

👂

Hear the Sound

Listen carefully to each sound in a word.

✏️

Write the Letter

Each sound has a letter that makes it.

🔗

Connect Them

Link sounds to letters to spell words!

📝

Build Words

Put letters together to make words.

🚀 Next Steps

  • Practice writing letters when you hear their sounds
  • Try spelling simple words: cat, dog, sun, hat
  • Label your drawings with letters you hear
  • Try the Sound Check Workshop to practice finding mistakes!