The Letter A
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Welcome to the phonics garden! Let's learn about the letter A with Dee and Kala!
Transcript The Letter A
Let’s join Dee and Kala in the phonics garden ... and learn all about… "The Letter A". This is the letter A, it makes the sound /a/ or /a/. This is an uppercase A... and this is a lowercase one. They both make the /a/ and /a/ sounds. like in ... apple , ... acorn , ... and ant ! Let's practice the /a/ sounds with Dee and Kala! "/A/ A, /A/!" "/A/! A, /A/!" Can you spy anything in the garden that begins with the letter A? "There's an apron (...) that starts with the letter A!" Is there anything else in the garden that starts with A? "There's an avocado (...) that ALSO begins with the letter A!" Uh-oh! A is hiding with other letters! Can you help find the letter A in the alphabet? Point to the letter when you find it! Did you also point here? You did some great work in the phonics garden! Today we learned all about the letter A, ... we listened to and made the /a/ sounds... we found words that began with the letter A (...) and found it in the alphabet! Interested in a challenge? Watch this video again and try to find the ANCHOR, ALLIGATOR and AXE hidden in the garden! Comment below when and where you find them! Want to learn more? Check out the next letter video in the alphabet, the letter B!
The Letter A exercise
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Which one is the correct letter?
HintsListen carefully to the sound, play it again and think about what you can hear.
This is an ___.
Look again at the picture above. What sound does this word start with?
SolutionThe correct letter is a. This makes the /a/ sound.
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What sound does the letter make?
HintsThe word arrow starts with the sound.
Listen to all four sounds again. Which one is the same as the beginning of the word apple?
SolutionThe correct sound is /a/.
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Find the objects that begin with a.
HintsThere are 4 items that start with /a/ to highlight.
Listen to this word. Can you find it in the picture?
Listen carefully to the names of the objects.
SolutionThe four items that begin with a are:
- anteater
- arrow
- antelope
- abacus
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What is the word?
HintsListen carefully. Which sound do you hear at the beginning?
Listen carefully. Which sound do you hear at the end?
Here we can see the words with pictures. Use this to help you find the matching pairs above.
SolutionThe words are:
- tap
- bat
- sack
- cap
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Help Kala find the objects that begin with a.
HintsListen to the sound. Which words begin with this sound?
Say all of the items out loud. In which ones do you hear the /a/ sound at the beginning?
There are two correct choices.
SolutionAlpaca and apple start with /a/.
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Can you put the words in the correct group?
HintsListen carefully to this word. Do you hear a at the beginning or in the middle?
Think carefully about the first sound that you hear, is it a or a different sound?
There are 2 words that begin with a and 4 words that have a in the middle.
SolutionAstronaut and add have a at the beginning.
Hat, lamb, fan and crab have a in the middle.
