"Practicing Letter Sounds: A Cut and Paste Picture and Writing Activity" features worksheet pages that contain different activities.

In one activity, students cut out pictures. Then they paste the pictures into columns according to their beginning letter sound. For example, students would paste a picture of a lock in the "l" column and a picture of a doll in the "d" column. The correct number of empty boxes is included in each column so students can glue each image in the squares.

In other activities, students cut out words and organize them according to their vowel sound. For example, students would place the word "free" in the long "e" column and "jet" in the short "e" column.

Activities with images have an additional page where students can write the beginning letter of each picture before tracing the letters in the rest of the word. There is also an activity where students must find and circle a word in a long line of jumbled-up letters.

Being able to identify letter sounds, whether it's the beginning letter of a word or the different vowel sounds, is an important skill for reading, writing, and speaking. Students should be exposed to different activities that ask them to identify letter sounds to build mastery.

For example, students could write the first letter sound for the pictures on a worksheet. You could also ask them to write the last letter sound in each word.

Students can cut out pictures and group them according to different letter sounds. One example could include grouping images according to whether they have the short or long "i" sound, like in "pig" or "kite."

Exposing students to a variety of different types of activities is key. The more they practice identifying different letter sounds in different words, the more proficient they will become.