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The Letter Y
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.3.A

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Welcome to the Phonics Garden! Follow along as Dee and Kala learn all about the letter Y.

Transcript The Letter Y

Let’s join Dee and Kala in the phonics garden and learn all about "The Letter Y". This is the letter Y, it makes the sound /Y/. This is an uppercase Y and this is a lowercase one. They both make the /Y/ sound like in yawn, yellow, and yoga! Let's practice the /Y/ sound with Kala! "/Y/, Y, /Y/!" Can you spy anything in the garden that begins with the letter Y? " There's a yo-yo; that starts with the letter Y!" Is there anything else in the garden that starts with /Y/? "There's some yogurt that also begins with the letter Y!" Uh-oh! Y is hiding with other letters! Can you help find the letter Y 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 Y, we listened to and made the /Y/ sound! We found words that began with the letter Y and found it in the alphabet! Interested in a challenge? Watch this video again and see if you can find the yarn, the yak, and the yacht in the garden! Comment below when you find them! If you want to learn more, check out the last letter in the alphabet, the letter Z!

The Letter Y exercise

Would you like to apply the knowledge you’ve learned? You can review and practice it with the tasks for the video The Letter Y.
  • Which one is the correct letter?

    Hints

    Listen carefully to the sound, play it again and think about what you can hear.

    I like to eat _______.

    Look again at the picture above. What sound does this word start with?

    Solution

    The correct letter is y. This makes the /y/ sound.

  • What sound does the letter make?

    Hints

    The word yes starts with the sound.

    Listen to all four sounds again. Which one is the same as the beginning of the word you?

    Solution

    The correct sound is /y/.

  • Find the objects that begin with y.

    Hints

    There are 5 things that start with y to highlight.

    Listen to this word. Can you find it in the picture?

    Listen carefully to the names of the objects.

    Solution

    The five things that begin with y are:

    • yoga
    • yacht
    • yeti
    • yellow
    • yoyo
  • What is the word?

    Hints

    What other sounds can you hear?

    Here we can see the words with pictures. Use this to help you find the matching pairs above.

    Solution

    The words are:

    1. yum
    2. yuck
    3. yes
    4. yell
  • Help Kala find the objects that begin with y.

    Hints

    A yak is like a cow. A yolk is the middle of an egg.

    Listen to the sound. Which words begin with this sound?

    Say all of the items out loud. In which ones do you hear the /y/ sound at the beginning?

    There are two correct choices.

    Solution

    Yak and yolk start with /y/.

  • Can you put the words in the correct group?

    Hints

    Listen carefully to this word. Do you hear y at the beginning?

    Think carefully about the first sound that you hear, is it y or a different sound?

    There are 2 words that begin with y and 4 words that do not.

    Solution

    Year and yolk have y at the beginning.

    Sun, pan, car and pear do not.