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Literacy Activities
Grade 1, Week 1Beginning and Ending Sounds & Long and Short Vowel Sounds
Day Topic Pages
Day 1 Beginning sounds 2–3
Day 2 Ending sounds 4–5
Day 3 Beginning and ending sounds 6–7
Day 4 Long and short vowel sounds 8–9
Day 5 More long and short vowel sounds 10–11
The Answer Key for this week’s lessons can be found at:
hand2mind-link.com/L1-AK-W1
Printable Answer Key
© hand2mind, Inc. hand2mind.comGrade 1 Literacy, Week 1, Page 2
hand2mind-link.com/L1W1D1
Watch the Day 1 LessonDay 1
Every letter makes a sound.
Say the picture name. Write the letter that makes the beginning sound.
en
ug
at
est
ox
ake
amp
one
© hand2mind, Inc. hand2mind.comGrade 1 Literacy, Week 1, Page 3
Day 1 (continued)Choose a letter in your name. Write 3 words that start with the sound that letter makes.
My name is
I found 3 words that start with the letter from my name
© hand2mind, Inc. hand2mind.comGrade 1 Literacy, Week 1, Page 4
Watch the Day 2 Lessonhand2mind-link.com/L1W1D2Day 2
Every letter makes a sound.
Say the picture name. Write the letter that makes the ending sound.
sea
ru
ja
nes
pain
be
ca
ca
© hand2mind, Inc. hand2mind.comGrade 1 Literacy, Week 1, Page 5
Day 2 (continued)Choose one of the following letters:
Make as many words as you know with that sound.
Beginning Sound Words Ending Sound Words
r p t b n m s
© hand2mind, Inc. hand2mind.comGrade 1 Literacy, Week 1, Page 6
Watch the Day 3 Lessonhand2mind-link.com/L1W1D3Day 3
Every letter makes a sound.
Say the picture name. Write the letter that makes the ending sound. Draw lines to connect
words with the same last letter.
bow
do
pi
ha
ca
mai
fi
pi
© hand2mind, Inc. hand2mind.comGrade 1 Literacy, Week 1, Page 7
Day 3 (continued)Say the picture name. Write the word
and circle the ending sound.
© hand2mind, Inc. hand2mind.comGrade 1 Literacy, Week 1, Page 8
Watch the Day 4 Lessonhand2mind-link.com/L1W1D4Day 4
The vowels are a, e, i, o, u.
Vowels can make a short vowel sound or a long vowel sound.For example, bat has a short /a/ vowel sound,
cake has a long /a/ vowel sound.
Cut out each picture at the bottom of this page. Say the picture name out loud. Then glue the picture
in the long or short area of the chart.
Short Vowel Long Vowel
© hand2mind, Inc. hand2mind.comGrade 1 Literacy, Week 1, Page 9
Day 4 (continued)Look at each picture. Write the word.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
© hand2mind, Inc. hand2mind.comGrade 1 Literacy, Week 1, Page 10
Watch the Day 5 Lessonhand2mind-link.com/L1W1D5Day 5
The vowels are a, e, i, o, u.
Vowels can make a short vowel sound or a long vowel sound.For example, bat has a short /a/ vowel sound,
cake has a long /a/ vowel sound.
Draw a circle around the words with a short vowel sound. Draw a square around the words with a long vowel sound.
a
e
i
o
u
© hand2mind, Inc. hand2mind.comGrade 1 Literacy, Week 1, Page 11
Day 5 (continued)Select a vowel (a, e, i, o, or u). Write as many words with that
vowel as you can. Circle the vowel in each word.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.