GradeMap

Kindergarten · English Language Arts · Unit 2 of 8

First Sounds

What sound does it start with?

What your child practises

Hearing the first sound in a word (b in bus) and linking it to its letter. Say the words out loud together and stretch out the first sound.

BC Curriculum learning standard: Phonological awareness: beginning sounds; letter–sound relationships (sound-symbol correspondence)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Which one starts with “g”?

    • 🎸guitar
    • 💍ring
    • 🔨hammer
    Show answer

    🎸 guitar

    Hint: Say it slowly: guitar. It starts with guh, the sound of g.

  2. Question 2

    Which letter does it start with?

    🎻_iolin
    • v
    • m
    • w
    Show answer

    v

    Hint: Say it slowly: violin. It starts with vvv, the sound of v.

  3. Question 3

    Which one starts with “w”?

    • 🪟window
    • 🍕pizza
    • 🎸guitar
    Show answer

    🪟 window

    Hint: Say it slowly: window. It starts with wuh, the sound of w.

  4. Question 4

    Which letter does it start with?

    🐟_ish
    • f
    • d
    • h
    Show answer

    f

    Hint: Say it slowly: fish. It starts with fff, the sound of f.

  5. Question 5

    Which one starts with “h”?

    • 🚪door
    • 🔨hammer
    • 🦭seal
    Show answer

    🔨 hammer

    Hint: Say it slowly: hammer. It starts with huh, the sound of h.

  6. Question 6

    Which one starts with “b”?

    • 🦶foot
    • 🚌bus
    • 🎻violin
    Show answer

    🚌 bus

    Hint: Say it slowly: bus. It starts with buh, the sound of b.