Activity: Circle Sounds

“Circle Sounds” worksheets are provided in Section 10. The learner has to look at the picture, determine what the word is, and circle the letters that make a particular sound. The worksheets are divided into four categories:

Beginning Consonants Ending Consonants
Initial Clusters Final Clusters

For example, the learner may be asked to circle the letters that stand for the initial cluster sound of the word shovel. She would circle “SH.”

More advanced learners may wish to write the words on the worksheets, too.

For less advanced learners, the tutor may want to do this exercise orally as the learner goes through the worksheet. For example, the tutor can ask, “What is the ending sound of the word can?”

Completed Example for Initial Consonant Sounds: