Chopping sounds
From FreeReading
| Activity Type: Build Mastery |
| Activity Form: Standard |
| Grade: K, 1 |
| Group Size: Individual, Pair, Small Group, Large Group, Whole Class |
| Length: |
| Materials: Wooden rulers (one for each child), pictures of an ax (one for each child), tape |
| Goal: Given a word, students will chop out each sound in the word. |
| Items: Words containing three sounds |
What to do
- Prepare axes by taping paper ax heads to the rulers. For best results, use a heavy paper or light cardboard.
- Model the activity. For every letter sound I hear in the word I'm about to say, I will swing this ax in the air. Cat. C, chop! A, chop! T, chop! C-a-t. Now you try.
- Give every child a paper ax and have them chop the sounds in three-letter words. Make sure they chop the air and not each other.
- After the students have chopped three times, they should recode the word. For example, they should say cat after chopping out c, a, and t.
- Help any students who have trouble chopping sounds out accurately. Note the class's performance in an Activity Log.