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This collection of worksheets will help your students learn to identify individual phonemes. Activities include counting the number of different phoneme sounds within a given word, identifying the specific phonemes within a given word (represented by a picture clue), filling in blanks with missing sounds (either from their own knowledge or from a supplied list), and matching picture clues with the correct phoneme from a given list. Answer keys have been provided for each worksheet for instructors.

Note for Instructors: Make sure your students understand the difference between syllables and phonemes. A one-syllable word can have many different sounds within it!

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How Many Sounds Do You Hear?

Quietly say the name of each picture. Color in one square for each sound that you hear.

Phoneme Segmentation

Break the words down into their individual sounds. Use the “/” mark to denote each sound. Write each sound in its own box. Only use as many boxes as you need. For example: "arm" = /a/ /r/ /m/

Quiet Now...

Quietly say the name of each picture. In the square, write the number of sounds that you hear.

Breakdown Part 2

Look at the picture and determine the word and the individual letter sounds that you hear. Now chunk the sounds into the boxes.

Breaking Words Down Into Sounds

Break the words down into their individual sounds. Use the "/" mark to denote each sound. Write each sound in its own box. Only use as many boxes as you need.