The Letter Z
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Welcome to the Phonics Garden! Follow along as Dee and Kala learn all about the letter Z!
Transcript The Letter Z
Let’s join Dee and Kala in the phonics garden and learn all about "The Letter Z". This is the letter Z, it makes the sound /Z/. This is an uppercase Z and this is a lowercase one. They both make the /Z/, zero, and zucchini! Let's practice the /Z/ sound with Kala! "/Z/, Z, /Z/!" Can you spy anything in the garden that begins with the letter Z? " There's a zipper that begins with the letter Z!" Is there anything else in the garden that starts with Z? "There's a zebra that also starts with the letter Z!" Uh-oh! Z is hiding with other letters! Can you help find the letter Z 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 Z, we listened to and made the /Z/ sound! We found words that began with the letter Z and found it in the alphabet! Interested in a challenge? Watch this video again and see if you can find the zigzag, zinnia, and zeppelin hidden in the garden! Comment below when you find them! If you want to practice all your letters again, check out the first letter in the alphabet, the letter A!
The Letter Z 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 a ___
Look again at the picture above. What sound does this word start with?
SolutionThe correct letter is z. This makes the /z/ sound.
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What sound does the letter make?
HintsThe word zap starts with the sound.
Listen to all four sounds again. Which one is the same as the beginning of the word zoo?
SolutionThe correct sound is /z/.
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Find the objects that begin with "z".
HintsThere are 5 items that start with z to highlight.
Listen to this word. Can you find it in the picture?
Listen carefully to the names of the objects.
SolutionThe five items that begin with z are:
- zebra
- zookeeper
- zombie
- zero
- zip
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What is the word?
HintsListen carefully. Does the word end in a z?
What other sounds can you hear?
Here we can see the words with pictures. Use this to help you find the matching pairs above.
SolutionThe words are:
- fizzy
- buzz
- zip
- zap
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Help Kala find the objects that contain "z".
HintsListen to the sound. Which words include this sound?
Say all of the items out loud. In which ones do you hear the /z/ sound?
There are two correct choices.
SolutionMaze and lizard both include a /z/.
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Can you put the words in the correct group?
HintsListen carefully to this word. Do you hear a z in the word?
There are 3 words that contain z and 3 words that do not contain z.
SolutionDizzy, size and puzzle contain z.
Strawberry, car and sheep do not contain z.
