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Chop those sounds

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Activity Type: Build Accuracy
Activity Form: Game
Grade: K, 1, 2
Group Size: Small Group
Length: 10 minutes
Materials:
Goal: Given picture cards, students will be able to identify the phonemes of corresponding words.
Items: Initial, medial, and ending sounds

What to do

  1. Form a small group. Show your students pictures, sounding out the corresponding words.
  2. Model how to "chop" the sounds of the words. While holding up a picture of a cat, gently strike your left shoulder with the side of your right hand and say /c/, the initial sound in the word cat.
  3. Gently strike your left forearm with the side of your right hand and say /a/, the medial sound.
  4. Gently strike your left wrist with the side of your right hand and say /t/, the ending sound.
  5. Guide students in chopping sounds for other picture cards. Begin with simple, three-phoneme words and move on to more difficult words with blends and four or more phonemes.


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