Last sound segmenting accuracy (Mico version)

Activity Type: Introduce

Activity Form: Accuracy

Grade: K

Group Size: Small Group, Whole Class

Length: 5 minutes

Materials: A hand puppet--ours is called Mico.

Goal: Given a spoken word, the student can say its last sound ( "mat" -> /t/ ).

Items: 12 picture cards (make sure only the picture is visible on each card, not the word)

What to do

Select 12 picture cards for this activity. Any pictures will do. As before, make sure the students know the expected name for each picture by going through the deck, multiple times if necessary.
Lay out 3 picture cards to start the activity. We’ll assume they are coat, egg, and jellyfish, but they can be anything you choose.
Bring out the puppet. Here’s Mico. Today he wants to play a game with you. He’s going to say a sound, and you have to find the word that ends with the same sound. My turn first. This is coat, egg, jellyfish. Point to each picture card in turn. What’s the sound, Mico? Find the word that ends with /t/. What’s that? /t/ like ten. Which word ends with /t/? Coat! Coat ends with /t/: coooat. Say is slowly like I just did. Students: coooat. Can you hear the /t/?
Replace the 3 picture cards with (for example) nose, lock, and igloo. Okay, your turn. This is nose, lock, igloo. What’s the sound, Mico? Find the word that ends with /oo/. What’s that? /oo/ like in mooon. Which word ends with /oo/? Students: igloo. Right! Igloo ends with /oo/: iglooo. Say it slowly like I just did. Students: iglooo.
Continue with other sets of 3 picture cards. Watch for students who are not responding and give them an individual turn.
Once students have mastered the 3-card activity, increase the number of picture cards to 4, then 6, then all 12 pictures, so they are selecting 1 card from 12 on Mico’s direction.