Awesome A Worksheet Pack
Aa
Awesome A Explorer
Zaner-Bloser
Headline to Baseline Tracing • IAS K.W.2.1 & K.RF.1
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Uppercase A (Headline to Baseline)
HEADLINE MIDLINE BASELINE 1 2 3
1. Slant left 2. Slant right 3. Across
Lowercase a (Midline to Baseline)
HEADLINE MIDLINE BASELINE 1 2
1. Circle back 2. Pull straight down
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Sound Anchor
A is for Apple
Short sound: /ă/
Zaner-Bloser 4 Keys
Shape • Size • Spacing • Slant
1 Uppercase A: Trace from the Headline down to the Baseline Start at green dot on Headline ()
2 Lowercase a: Circle back & pull down from Midline to Baseline Start at Midline ( green dot)
3 Zaner-Bloser Letter Pairs Aa: Big A tall, little a short Notice A touches Headline, a stops at Midline
🔎 Letter Spotter
Circle every uppercase A and lowercase a:
A B a D a c A e a
Zaner-Bloser Manuscript • Indiana Standards: K.W.2.1 (Print Formation) & K.RF.1 Page 1 • Letter A Formation
/ă/
Short /ă/ Sound Safari
Phonics
Phonemic Awareness & Sound ID • IAS K.RF.3.1
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🐊
Sound Anchor
Letter A makes the short /ă/ sound!
Listen for /ă/ at the start of: alligator, apple, ant.
Mouth Cue: Jaw drops down • wide open!
1 Say each word. Color the picture ONLY if it starts with the /ă/ sound: 6 Picture Cards
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apple
☀️
sun
🐊
alligator
🐜
ant
🦆
duck
👨🚀
astronaut
2 Help Andy Alligator reach the Apple Tree! Color only stepping stones with the /ă/ sound:
START 🐊
🐜 ant
🐷 pig
🪓 axe
🔔 bell
⚓ anchor
GOAL:
Delicious Apples 🍎🌳
3 Sound Check: Does it begin with the /ă/ sound? Circle YES or NO
⚓ anchor
YES NO
☕ cup
YES NO
🤸 acrobat
YES NO
Indiana Standards: K.RF.3.1 (Letter-Sound Correspondence) • K.RF.2.4 (Phoneme Isolation) Page 2 • Letter Sound /ă/
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Letter A Explorer Review
Application
Zaner-Bloser Practice & Review • IAS K.RF.2.4 & K.W.2.1
Name:
Date:
1 Color-Code Letter Sort:
A = Red a = Green Other = Yellow
A
m
a
t
A
a
s
a
A
p
a
A
2 Write lowercase a from Midline to Baseline: Stay under the midline
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pple
🐜
nt
🪓
xe
🐊
lligator
3 Read the sentence, trace it on the guidelines, and draw an ant: Emergent Reader
Read: "I see an ant."
Trace on the guidelines (Headline to Baseline):
Draw an ant here! 🐜
Use colors!
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Zaner-Bloser Letter A Star
Check off your handwriting superpowers!
Write A Write a Say /ă/
Zaner-Bloser Manuscript • Indiana Standards: K.RF.2.4 (Word Building) & K.W.2.1 Page 3 • Explorer Review
