During many guided reading sessions, I would plan a warm up activity that works on a skill my kindergartners need. Sometimes that’s working on alphabet identification, isolating beginning sounds or even segmenting and blending orally.
Here are 9 materials to work on isolating ending sounds with kindergarten students.
These printables and games are all free and while I didn’t make them, I do recommend them! They stayed tucked away in my clutter-free filing cabinet until group time.
I hope that these can be helpful as you differentiate for your kinders. But be sure that they have the skill of segmenting and blending onset and rime orally first.
Ending Sounds Free Printables
1. This is by far my go-to resource that I used during group lessons to work on isolating individual letter sounds. While it works for sounds in all three positions of CVC words, using the Traffic Light CVC Word Cards gives flexibility.
2. Use structured word cards to help break words into their individual sounds. Using these Feelin’ Crabby cards, students move along a game board which gives purpose to all of the practice. I would just make students identify aloud the ending sound (the sound produced, not the letter name).
3. Handy printable cards like in the Ending Sound Clip Activity reminds me a lot of the camping beginning sounds printable. We’d use it in the same way. Instead of a clip, I would have students place a bingo chip on the correct letter.
4. Use this Ending Sound Letter Stamping worksheet with stamps of with a pencil. They simply write in the letter to identify the ending sound.
5. I like the concept of the Ending Sound Gingerbread Match since it involves sorting without being a cut and paste activity. Use it again and again.
6. Use these Lucky Ending Sound Letter ID as quick check-ins (or as a pre-assessment). Instead of using them with scissors and glue, I’d have manipulative letters like magnets out to keep it fun.
It’s a handy list and should cover you! It doesn’t take too many repetitions in small groups for kinders to get this skill. Keep in mind that identifying/producing the ending sound and identifying the ending lound by naming the letter are two different skills {wink}.
Ending Sound Games Online
Here are my favorite online ending sound games that you may have seen on Cool Kindergarten or in my Computer Reading Center.
7. Kinders find the correct ending sound while fishing with Garfield.
8. Identifying the odd one out with flying kites is a fun interactive game online.
9. Painting the ending sounds gives lots of focused practice on this skill at a different level.
If you love these online games, you’ll love the Computer Reading Center even more since it covers so many reading skills!
I hope that you can use one or some of these ideas with your kinders in small groups!
Want to get your hands on more free games and activities to use in your guided reading groups? Check out these 6 Alphabet Identification resources to start.
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