With teacher assistance, respond when called by first sound of his/ her name (e.g., “Whose name begins with ‘BBBB’?”). With teacher assistance, substitute beginning sound of a word to say a new word or nonsense word (e.g., cat, hat, mat, sat; Heather, weather, meather, seather). With teacher assistance, identify the first letter in a word or name that s/he is attempting to write (e.g., “What sound does cat begin with?” “KKKK” “Yes, a K does make that sound. So, does a C.”)