The Letter b: Beginning Sounds works on one consonant across three tasks. Kindergarten students dot and blend bat, box, bug, and bus, write b to finish bed, bin, bun, and bag, then copy the sentence "The big bug is in the bag." It practices Common Core RF.K.3.a, the link between a consonant and its most common sound. The answer key explains the dot marking and lists the finished words.
RF.K.3.a
“Demonstrate basic knowledge of one-to-one letter-sound correspondences by producing the primary sound or many of the most frequent sounds for each consonant.”
Every item returns to /b/: blending it in bat and bus, writing it for bed and bag, and reading it three times in the sentence.
Students put a dot under each letter of bat, box, bug, and bus, say the sounds, and blend them into the word.
A bed, a trash bin, a bread bun, and a grocery bag, with frames like _____ e d. Students write b in each.
Students read "The big bug is in the bag." and copy it onto the lines below.
Letter of the week
Use this on the day you introduce b. The layout suits other consonants too, so edit the words for next week's letter.
Model the dots
Do bat on the board first. Students tend to put one dot under the whole word, and the key expects three.
Choral reading
Point to each word as the class reads the sentence aloud. The is the only sight word, so students decode big, bug, is, in, and bag.
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