Sounds of the letters - A

The alphabet rap for the letter a

a says a
a says a

Alligator
Alligator

a-a-a

The focus with our work with Orton Gillingham approach in Kindergarten is to have the children recognize the sound of the letter a when they are given a set of words that have the short a sound in them.  This is called auditory discrimination.  A beginning non reader will now have the short a sound availible to them to see and locate in words as the connection to the letter is made. 

They are not expected to be able to read or spell these words below but they are given to you as an example of the words we use in lesons to help the children hear the sounds.  Being able to hear and recognize the sounds in words is an expected skill that children in K will learn.

afghan

astronaut

agree

apprehensive

actor

absent

addition

snack

combat

fact

branch