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Letter A Sound Worksheets

Here are free printable letter A sound worksheets

There’s:

  • a beginning sound coloring worksheet
  • a phonics worksheet where kids need to identify the syllable that has a short A vowel sound

The letter A worksheets are perfect for kindergarten or 1st grade students working on letter sound recognition.

Letter A Beginning Sound Worksheet

The first page is a fun letter A coloring page for kindergarten. 

After sounding out each word, children can color all the items that begin with a short A sound or a long A sound. 

Young learners will only need some crayons to color the apple, avocado, alligator, ax….

A free printable letter A sound coloring worksheet for kindergarten.  The black and white printable has 18 images.  9 of the images begin with a short A sound, and 3 of the images begin with a long A sound.  Kids need to color the images whose initial sound is a short A vowel sound or a long A vowel sound.

The alphabet coloring worksheet has 18 images of various items.

The initial sound of 9 of the objects begins with a short letter A sound. And 3 of the items begin with a long A sound.

Letter A Phonics Worksheet

Here’s another alphabet worksheet to give kids some extra practice with the short A sound.

It’s perfect for 1st graders learning or reviewing the letter sounds.

A free printable letter a sound phonics worksheet perfect for 1st grade students. There's 12 black and white images of objects and kids need to sound each word out, and identify which syllables contain a short A sound. Kids will mark an X in the box representing that syllable.

In this letter A phonics worksheet, children will need to identify which syllable or syllables in each word contain a short letter A sound. 

For example: PINE AP PLE

After sounding the word out, kids will hear a short A sound in the 2nd syllable.

There are 3 boxes below the image of the pineapple, each representing a syllable. In this example, kids would put an X in the second box.

Kids might find it helpful to lightly clap while saying each syllable.

Printable Letter A Sound Worksheets

The free printable letter a sound worksheets can be downloaded below. 

An answer page is included in the pdf to make things easy for teachers and homeschooling parents.

Are you working through the letters of the alphabet? Here are the letter B worksheets.

A is for alligator! Here’s another fun letter A activity where kids can learn to draw a cartoon alligator in 9 easy steps.

Answer Keys

The answer keys for the letter A sound worksheets can be viewed below. The answers are also included in the PDF.

Letter A Beginning Sound Worksheet Answer Key

The answer key for the beginning sound worksheet:

The answer key for a printable letter A beginning sound worksheet. It shows which of the 18 images should be colored. Twelve images should be colored, 9 that begin with a short letter A sound and 3 with a long A sound. Kids need to color the image of an astronaut, ant, ax, avocado, apple, alligator, ambulance, abacus, and Africa. They also need to color the alien, apron, and acorn.

Twelve pictures should be colored, 9 that begin with a short A sound and 3 with a long A sound. Kids need to color:

  1. Africa
  2. astronaut
  3. ant
  4. ax
  5. ambulance
  6. avocado
  7. apple
  8. alligator
  9. abacus
  10. acorn
  11. alien
  12. apron

Letter A Phonics Worksheet Answer Key

Here is the answer key for the letter A phonics worksheet:

The answer key for a printable letter A phonics worksheet. It shows which syllables in certain words have a short A sound. Kids need to put X's in the box that represents those syllables. There should be an X in the 1st box of rabbit, tractor, cactus, glasses, flamingo, ladder, and matches; the last box of umbrella, pizza, and zebra; the middle box of pineapple; and all 3 boxes of banana.

Diane

Friday 15th of October 2021

thank you so much, I am helping my 5 years old grandson and those are fabulous. thanks again

katie marke

Thursday 2nd of September 2021

Thank you for these! I have something to print for my preschool classes today.