(a
fun teaching activity to focus on medial short vowel sounds)
| Dear
All,
Here is another tried and true donationware phonics game that is
ideal for the classroom and for home. I've had great success using it as a reward
at the end of a Guided Reading session and many Americans are telling me they
use it as part of their 4 Block literacy sessions. Best of all, the students love
it!
The teaching resource aims to raise student awareness of consonant
vowel consonant (CVC) word patterns through repetition and fun. Feel
free to print out this extremely useful teaching activity and use it with your
students.
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click on the version you want and print.
Phonics
Game Word
Version - 335Kb
Phonics
Game - Acrobat
Version - 182Kb
The rules are in the printed
version of the game. If
you find this educational game effective, email the webpage link to others. In
this way educators all over the world won't have to re-invent the wheel over and
over again. Preparation: Print
the game, laminate them and cut them out.
For storage use seal top bags to
avoid the 'temptations' :) of rubber bands in the classroom. |
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How
to play:
1.
Two, three or four players sit so they are facing each other.
2. Select a
leader to distribute the cards and give five cards to each member of the group,
including themselves.
3. Place all the remaining cards in a pile face down
in the centre. Next flip one card off the top of this pile and place it face up
next to the stack.
4. The dealer reads the card by pronouncing the short
vowel sound of the red letter and then the word e.g. If the card is 'fin'
the dealer says, 'i like in fin'. If the card is 'hot' the dealer says, 'o like
in hot'.
5. The children then look at their cards and take their turn moving
to the left around the circle. If they have cards with the same medial sound as
the one turned over by the dealer they can place one on top of the pile by saying
'i like in thin' or 'i like in tin'.
6. If they do not have a match in their
hand they pick up a card from the facedown pile. If the card they pick up is a
match they can put it straight down, if not, they place it in their hand and the
next player has a turn.
7. If the player does not have a match but has a CHANGE
card in their hand they can change the sound being matched i.e. if say they had
the cards 'clap', 'hat' and 'had' they would place down their CHANGE card and
say "I'd like to change it to 'a like in had'". All the following players
must match
for 'a'.
8. The person who is the first to have no cards left
is the winner.
NB
The power of this game as a learning tool comes from having the children say 'o
like in hot' when playing. Please ensure they keep doing it throughout the learning
sessions.
