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Kindergarten Reading & Writing · World 4: Sound Safari · Level 25
Middle Sounds
Hear the middle sound in a three-sound word.
Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.
What children learn in Level 25
- Short words often have three sounds: a start, a middle, and an end. Cat: /k/ /a/ /t/.
- The middle sound of cat is /a/. Listen: /k/ /a/ /t/.
- Sun: /s/ /u/ /n/. The middle sound of sun is /u/.
- Cat and map have the same middle sound: /a/!
- Try it with a grown-up! Say pig slowly, one sound at a time. Which sound is in the middle?
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards:
- K.F.PA.6.a — Isolate and pronounce initial, final, and then medial sounds in spoken words with three phonemes.