Alphabet Box - In this lesson, students
can see and touch items that represent the words they have been
learning.
Alphabet Round-Up - Most kids are
familiar with Alpha-bits cereal. In this lesson, students actually
get to play with their food, while learning to spell. Spelling never
tasted so good!
Blending
- They will select letter patterns and know how to translate them into
spoken language by using phonics, syllabication, and word parts.
Bubblegum Blends - As students progress
and become more confident with consonants, they will begin blending them
together. This lesson will bring their attention to which consonants make
up the blends within the new words they have been learning.
Busy Bee Vowels - By participating in the
following activity, students will begin to recognize the letters that
make the short vowel sounds they have been hearing and saying in class.
Classifying
Closed Syllables - Given a definition of a closed syllable student
will auditorily discriminate between closed syllable and non-closed syllable.
Connecting
Sounds with Letters - The Letter 'b' and the sounds it makes which
creates words, naming familiar things in our environment.
Consonant
Blends - Getting kids to blend sounds to make words is an essential
step in learning to read.
First Letter Bingo - The student will
be able to identify the first letter of the word that names a picture
shown by the teacher.
Fishing for Phonics - The game in the following
lesson is a lot of fun and a longtime favorite with kids. It's a great
motivator for students to learn phonics sounds.
Four Corners and a Wall: Matching Vowel Sounds
- This lesson gets students up and moving. It is designed to assist in
helping students practice their long and short vowel sounds as their vocabulary
continues to build.
Fun
With Phonics - Given sufficient materials, students will complete
a chart using a letter assigned by the teacher and present this project
to the class through an oral presentation.
Isolation
- Students will be able to identify particular sound in the beginning,
middle or end of word and be able to distinguish sound by relating that
same sound to another different word.
Jumping Syllables - The following activity
is an excellent way to learn the concept of syllables, by helping students
visualize the structure of words. It's also a great way of burning saved
up energy!
Phonemic
Awareness Through The Letters - To help the students decode words
containing the letter o when it is followed by a consonant and silent
e using the book "Geronimo Stilton".
Phonetic
Awareness and Phonics - Students will decide whether spoken words
have similar feature in the beginning, middle or ending of words.
Phonemic
Awareness - Students will be able to decode words containing the letter
a when it is followed by a consonant and silent e.
Phonics
- Reading of /o/ in words - Given four sets of phonograms depicting
the /o/, the pupil will visually discriminate the letters o consonant
e pattern in the lists of words by underlining the letters which are the
same in all the words.
Phonics
and Paragraph Words - This lesson is designed to help the pupil decode
words containing the letter o when it is followed by a consonant and silent
e.
Phonics
and Two Syllable Words - A list of controlled closed two syllable
words with individual sounds/patterns already learned individual charting
for each student.
Phonics:
Can You - Identify letter-sound correspondence c/k, /d/, /l/, k/k/
Identify short o and phonograms -ot, -op Identify rhyming words Identify
high-frequency words.
Phonics Challenge - This game challenges
students to plan ahead and to try to make the most words with their team.
This activity encourages more advanced reading and spelling students to
help those who are struggling. The whole team works together to be successful.
Phonics
In Sentence Forms - This lesson is designed to help class decode words
containing the letter o when it is followed by a consonant and silent
e, in vocabulary and in sentences.
Phonics
- Reading of /o/ in Words - Given four sets of phonograms depicting
the /o/, the pupil will visually discriminate the letters o consonant
e pattern in the lists of words by underlining the letters which are the
same in all the words.
Plates of Word Families - Students will
have a lot to digest as they filling their plates with word families.
This activity helps students see the similarities between words. Many
of the Dr. Seuss' books are a great way to introduce students to word
families.
Predicting Missing Words - Who better
to grab students' attention with phonetic word patterns, than Dr. Seuss?
This lesson will help students begin to recognize patterns so that they
can better predict the words in a rhyming sentence.
Rhyming Word Relay - It's time to rhyme!
Students will enjoy this fast-paced challenge to come up with more rhyming
words than the opposing teams.
Scavenger Hunt - Listening for phonic
sounds and recognizing which letters make them is important for developing
students' language and literary skills. This lesson encourages students
to think about how phonics is used in their environment.
Stand Up or Sit Down - This is a great activity
that will not only allow students to practice picking out the vowels and
consonants in words, but they also get to move!
Short
e vowel sounds - Identification of the sound of short e in the middle
of words.
Rhyming Dominoes - This is a noncompetitive
game that can be played by the whole class. It is played with pictures
instead of words, so even beginning readers can play.
Teaching
Phonics - This lesson is designed to help the students pronounce new
words.
The Yell of the Silent 'E' - Oh, that timid,
yet supportive, silent letter 'e'… Students will get a better picture
of the role that silent 'e' plays, when they put themselves in its shoes.
Textured Alphabet - The student will be
able to add items that start with the correct sound to a cut out of that
letter.
Vowel
Diphthongs - I will explain that some vowels make a special sound
when they are next to each other and these vowels cannot be sounded out
individually.
Vowel Posters - The student will be able
to cut pictures out of magazines and newspapers that match the vowel sound
on the poster.
Washing Letters - The following letter
recognition activity will give students a better understanding of which
uppercase and lowercase letters belong together. It also helps them practice
beginning sounds.
Who's My Match? - This lesson will have
students thinking about the versatility of vowels by recognizing and acknowledging
the long and short sounds they make.
Consonants-
Create and state a series of rhyming words, including consonant blends.
FIRST AID for phonics-
Focus the child's attention on a flash card with /ow/ on the front. Tell
him this letter combination can have two different sounds.
More Kindergarten
Phonics- The kindergarten/pre-school child is still very much focused
on themselves and their identity. I used this to great advantage a couple
of years ago with the initial sounds of each child's name.
Morning
Message - The Morning Message is a shared reading with emphasis placed
on concepts of print and phonetic principles. A designated student points
to words in the message as it's read, then illustrates a printed copy
of the message.
Musical Chair
Phonics- Students will be able to read words by playing musical chairs.
Phomenic Awareness
Activity- I use this activity daily with kindergarten students. Because
the activity results in the class learning which child will perform the
important function of "Helper of The Day", the children are very attentive
and motivated to decode the name of the lucky person.
Phonemic
Awareness through Music- Students will respond critically to a variety
of works in the arts, connecting the individual work to other works and
to other aspects of human endeavor and thought.
Phonics for Kindergarten-
We take a letter each week. We start the week with a show and tell of
objects beginning with the letter.
Phonics Page-
Divide the class into groups, and then give each group a sheet of bulletin
board paper with a beginning sound at the top of the paper.
Phonics Revision
Game- I play this game with my kindergarten class as a lesson break
during the day and as revision of taught sounds.
Slide
into a Rhyme - Multimedia projects make learning fun for students.
This lesson helps students practice phonetic analysis skills with onsets
and rhymes.
Sound Search-
This lesson is for students working on letter/sound recognition.
The
letter P- Students will be able to articulate simple sentences (expressing
one thought) using present progressive -ing forms. For example, "I am
popping popcorn."
Ugly
Bug/Snuggly Bug - Students demonstrate an understanding of rhyming
words by creating buggy pictures and a sentence containing rhyming words.
Vowel/Phonogram
Match- This is a great idea for reviewing phonograms within words
and utilizing a motivating holiday theme.