Check out how I use 1 game to hit many phonological awareness skills. These are basic skills needed to build fluent readers. I always focus more on the PA skills than the phonics.
Yes, I use the letters (phonics) to help develop this skill but it’s not the focus.
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How to do phonemic awareness?
- Chose a letter card and tell the picture (cat).
- Say the beginning sound /k/ and the letter name that makes that sound (c.)
- Find the letter to color that matches the sound on the bubble gum boards.
- Ask
- “What is the beginning sound in cat?” Students: “/k/“
- “What letter says /k/ in cat?” Students “c“
- If all bubble gum circles are colored…yell, “Bubble Gum!”
How to do segmenting
Segmenting Phonemes
If the word had 4 or less sounds, but be sure to blend the words back together.
- Segment cat- /k/ /a/ /t/ -then I say each phoneme (sound) /k/ /a/ /t/ and students say “cat.”
- Segment vest- /v/ /e/ /s/ /t/ – then I say each sound /v/ /e/ /s/ /t/ and the students say vest
Check out other phonemic awareness and Segmenting ideas.
Segmenting Syllables
If the word is multi-syllabic, clap the syllables.
- rabbit- 2 claps rab-bit.
- octopus- 3 claps oc-to-pus
How to work with rhyming?
1. Say the word and have everyone say a rhyming word. Say: cat…then they say hat, rat, fat, bat and even encourage “silly” words!
2. Say the word chosen and another word. Students do thumbs up if they rhyme and thumbs down if they don’t rhyme
- cat-sat- Students give thumbs up
- cat-car- Students give thumbs down. If students give a thumbs up say “Rhyming words sound the same at the end so we are looking for words that say at. cat and car start with the same beginning sound.
Check out 5 Fabulous Rhyming Videos for more rhyming fun. Check out fun Videos for Letters and Sounds for videos that make learning letters and sounds engaging!
Make everyday magical,
đź’–Debora from Teach Magically
This is such a fun activity! Thank you so much for sharing about it and for making pages that are easy to differentiate. That is so useful!
You are welcome, Hilary!
That looks so much FUN! Thanks for sharing. I am excited to try it out.
Hope you enjoy it!
awesome
Thanks!
I hope you find many more resources in my blog!
Hugs,
Debora
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