Letter Sound Accuracy, Sound Toss

Activity Type: Build Accuracy

Activity Form: Game

Grade: K

Group Size: Small Group

Length: 10 minutes

Materials: Picture cards, 1 large poster board, 1 permanent marker, 1 bean bag

Goal: Given a sound, the student can identify words with that begin with that sound (/d/ -> "dog").

Items: All letters learned so far.

What to do

Before introducing the game, prepare the poster board. Use the permanent marker to divide the board into a 4 x 4 grid (4 boxes going down, and 4 boxes going across). Print 16 Picture cards, each with a different beginning sound. Glue one picture into each of the 16 boxes on the poster board.
Lay the poster board on the ground, and stand about a foot in front of it.
Today we are going to do a bean bag toss. When it is your turn, you must stand in front of the board and toss the bean bag onto the board. Watch how I do it. Demonstrate gently tossing the bean bag onto the poster board.
Now, I am going to look at where my bean bag landed? It landed on the picture of a dog. “Dog.” Now I must tell the people in my group what sound dog begins with. I think dog begins with the sound “/d/”. And I know that the “/d/” sound is the letter “d.”
After your toss your bean bag, you must tell your group the first sound of the picture, and what letter makes that sound.
Did I throw the bean bag across the room? No. Did I aim at another person? No. I tossed the bean bag very gently and I aimed at the board. That is how you must throw the bag when it is your turn.
Who wants to try? Call on a student to come to the front and demonstrate.
Allow students to play in a small group.
Observe students. For students who struggle, give them help and make a note in an Activity Log.