Matching Letters to Beginning Sounds - Snowman

• Students will read and complete three-letter CVC words by identifying the missing letter.
• Students will apply phonics knowledge to decode unfamiliar CVC words.
• Students will strengthen letter-sound correspondence through hands-on spelling practice.

This 3 letter words worksheet focuses on CVC words (consonant-vowel-consonant), the first real words most children learn to read. Students look at a picture, identify the word, and fill in the missing letter to complete it. Working with missing letters in 3 letter words builds two skills at once: phonics (hearing individual sounds) and spelling (writing the correct letter). These CVC words worksheets are a key step in the journey from knowing letter sounds to actually reading.

Have your child say the picture name out loud first, stretching the word slowly to hear each sound. Then ask them to figure out which letter is missing and write it in. If they get stuck, help them sound out the word one letter at a time. This worksheet works well as a quick warm-up activity or a focused phonics practice session.

This standard is all about breaking apart simple words into their individual sounds. By filling in missing letters, students demonstrate that they can hear each sound in a word and match it to the right letter.