Letter Sound Activities K.RFS.1d, K.RFS.2c, K.RFS.2d, K.RFS.3a,

For 20 minutes each morning we work on letter sounds whole group since at least 80% of my class has not mastered all letters and sounds. I use 5 different activities, one for each day of the week.

Bingo
Everyone has their own bingo card. I call out words and they use a chip to cover the letter that begins with that word. I put a bingo sheet under the document camera and shine it on the whiteboard. I circle the letter after I call on a student to say what the word begins with. This is a good visual for the kids struggling with recognizing letters.
* After a few weeks I use this same game to work on ending sounds, saying a word and having students put a chip on the letter that correspondences to the last sound in the word.

Objects in a bag
I love the lakeshore alphabet teaching tubs, but this would work with any small items. I place 20 objects that have 3 or 4 sounds that can be heard in the word into a denim bag. We sit in a circle, every student has their whiteboard and marker. Then one child picks something out of the bag. We all say the name of the object and I chop up the word several times slowly. For example if a goat is drawn. I would say /g/ /o/ /t/. Write the sounds you hear in /g/ /o/ /t/. After a minute or so I write it on my whiteboard saying each individual sound. If these aren't the sounds they thought they can erase and write them. Then we put our finger under each sound and say them slowly then quick to blend the sounds. We usually do 8-10 objects in one setting. I write down who got a turn and who needs a turn to pick an item next week.

ABC template
I put this document up on the whiteboard as a visual and each student has their own copy in a page protector sleeve.
I tell them to put their finger on the row with one of the pictures and then say a word that starts with one of the letters in that row. I call a student to identify the beginning sound. For example put your finger on the smiley face. What does pencil start with? Students trace over the p with their dry erase marker.
* I change this to ending sounds after a few weeks. For example what is the last sound in map or what do you hear at the end of the word map.
I let students be the teacher and tell us what icon to put our finger on and make the sound for the letter we should trace. I call the student by their last name and everyone gets a chance to be the teacher. This keeps everyone engaged!

Sorting cards
I use the lakeshore alphabet sounds photo library cards for this activity. However, any picture cards would work. I choose three different letters aNd hand out a picture card that starts with one of those letters to each student. Then they come to the carpet and sit on their card until it is their turn. We sit in a circle and each child has a turn to say the name if the object pictured and sort it into the right category.
* After a few weeks I move on to ending sounds sorts.

Jeopardy games
I have all of my students come to the carpet with their whiteboards to use as a lap board. I pass out a recording sheet to each student (this can be printed of, it's the last slide on the game.). I divide the class into two teams. We play boys vs girls. I call on a boy to pick a category and point value. Everyone writes their answer on their recording sheet. I check the student who's turn it is and award that team the points. Then I call on a girl to pick a question and repeat the process. We usually do half of the game in one sitting and I collect their sheets to hand back out the next week. Click on the link for beginning sounds jeopardy and CVC jeopardy.