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Same First Sound is a free printable Kindergarten English worksheet on sorting words by the sound they begin with, aligned to Common Core standard RF.K.2. It prints 3 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Same First Sound

RF.K.2

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Sort each word into the right column.

1.Sort each one: Starts like sun or Starts like map or Starts like bed?

Sort: man, six, soap, mat, bell, bat

Starts like sunStarts like mapStarts like bed
2.Sort each one: Starts like sun or Starts like map or Starts like bed?

Sort: salt, mud, sail, ball, bus, moon

Starts like sunStarts like mapStarts like bed
3.Sort each one: Starts like sun or Starts like map or Starts like bed?

Sort: box, banana, sit, seven, milk, monkey

Starts like sunStarts like mapStarts like bed

LessonPrint · RF.K.2 · Set 6 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Same First Sound

Set 6. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. bat — Starts like bed 2. bell — Starts like bed 3. man — Starts like map 4. mat — Starts like map 5. six — Starts like sun 6. soap — Starts like sun
  2. 2.1. ball — Starts like bed 2. bus — Starts like bed 3. moon — Starts like map 4. mud — Starts like map 5. sail — Starts like sun 6. salt — Starts like sun
  3. 3.1. banana — Starts like bed 2. box — Starts like bed 3. milk — Starts like map 4. monkey — Starts like map 5. seven — Starts like sun 6. sit — Starts like sun

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RF.K.2 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.