Reception English and phonics: Two letters, one sound: c and k

Method. Find the picture whose name starts with the sound /k/.

1. Look at the start of each name. The first letter, or first letters, give the first sound. A grown-up can read each name aloud.
   egg starts with e · sun starts with s · kite starts with k
2. Find the sound /k/. Only one name starts with this sound.
   /k/ is at the start of kite.
3. Write the answer. Use the word written under the picture.
   kite

Check. Say kite slowly, sound by sound. It starts with /k/. ✓

Watch out. Look at the start of the name, not at the end or the middle.

Method. Find the picture whose name starts with the sound /k/.

1. Look at the start of each name. The first letter, or first letters, give the first sound. A grown-up can read each name aloud.
   cup starts with c · dog starts with d · egg starts with e
2. Find the sound /k/. Only one name starts with this sound.
   /k/ is at the start of cup.
3. Write the answer. Use the word written under the picture.
   cup

Check. Say cup slowly, sound by sound. It starts with /k/. ✓

Watch out. Look at the start of the name, not at the end or the middle.

Method. Say the name of the picture. Then find the letter that makes its first sound.

1. Read the name. Read every letter in the name.
   cup
2. Find the first sound. The first letter tells the first sound.
   The first sound is /c/.
3. Choose the letter for that sound. Choose from c, d, u.
   c

Check. The word cup starts with c. ✓

Watch out. Some letters make a different sound in other words. Check the start of this word only.

Method. Say the name of the picture. Then find the letter that makes its first sound.

1. Read the name. Read every letter in the name.
   kite
2. Find the first sound. The first letter tells the first sound.
   The first sound is /k/.
3. Choose the letter for that sound. Choose from k, g, e.
   k

Check. The word kite starts with k. ✓

Watch out. Some letters make a different sound in other words. Check the start of this word only.

Method. Say the name of the picture. Then find the letter that makes its first sound.

1. Read the name. Read every letter in the name.
   cat
2. Find the first sound. The first letter tells the first sound.
   The first sound is /c/.
3. Choose the letter for that sound. Choose from c, a, t.
   c

Check. The word cat starts with c. ✓

Watch out. Some letters make a different sound in other words. Check the start of this word only.

Method. Say the word, sound by sound. Then write one letter, or one group of letters, in each box.

1. Say the name of the picture. A grown-up says the word slowly.
   cup
2. Say each sound in order. Each sound is written as one box.
   c - u - p
3. Write the letters in order. The letters go in the same order as the sounds.
   c-u-p

Check. Read the letters back: c-u-p. They spell cup. ✓

Watch out. Write the sounds from left to right, and leave no box out.

Method. Say the word, sound by sound. Then write one letter, or one group of letters, in each box.

1. Say the name of the picture. A grown-up says the word slowly.
   kit
2. Say each sound in order. Each sound is written as one box.
   k - i - t
3. Write the letters in order. The letters go in the same order as the sounds.
   k-i-t

Check. Read the letters back: k-i-t. They spell kit. ✓

Watch out. Write the sounds from left to right, and leave no box out.

Method. Read the parts in order. Then say the sounds together, faster and faster, to make the word.

1. Read each part, one at a time. Each part makes one sound. Read them from left to right.
   c - a - t
2. Say the sounds, then join them. Blending means joining the sounds together into one word.
   /k/ /a/ /t/
3. Write the word. The blended sounds make the word.
   /k/ /a/ /t/ = cat

Check. Check the picture of a cat. The picture matches the word. ✓

Watch out. Do not say each sound as a separate word. Join them together.

Method. Look at the start of each name. One of them starts with a different sound.

1. Look at the first letter of each name. Read the names as a grown-up points to them.
   kite: k · cat: c · egg: e
2. Find the one that is different. The other names all start with /k/.
   egg is different.
3. Write the answer. Say what the odd one starts with.
   egg (starts with e)

Check. The other pictures start with /k/, so egg is the odd one. ✓

Watch out. Find the sound that most names share first. The odd one is the name that does not match.

Method. Say the first sound of each name.

1. Look at cat. cat starts with the sound /k/.
   cat: /k/
2. Look at kite and egg. kite starts with /k/. egg starts with /e/.
   kite: /k/; egg: /e/
3. Write the two names.
   cat and kite

Check. Cat and kite both start with /k/. Egg does not. ✓

Watch out. Compare the sounds, not the letters.

Method. Look at the first letter of each word.

1. Look at kite. The first letter is k.
   kite: k
2. Look at cat. The first letter is c.
   cat: c
3. Give your answer. Say what is the same and what is different.
   Accept any answer that says no: kite starts with k and cat starts with c. Both make /k/, but the letters are different.

Check. Both sounds are /k/, but the letters are not the same. ✓

Watch out. Two different letters can make the same sound.