 |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Teaching Reading in Today's Elementary Schools,
Ninth Edition
Betty D. Roe, Tennessee Technological University
Sandra Smith, Tennessee Technological University
Paul C. Burns, Late of University of Tennessee at Knoxville
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Phonics Strategies and Activities Identifying Sounds
- Have students look into individual mirrors and tell them to look
at the location of their lips, tongue, and teeth, when pronouncing
certain sounds and words. Use these observations to discuss how certain
sounds are produced.
- Create a list of word pairs. Some should have the same number of
phonemes, others different numbers. Pronounce the words pairs, ask
students to identify which pairs have the same number and which do
not.
- Create a list with pairs of words. Some should end with the same
phoneme. Pronounce each word pair and ask students to indicate if
the pair ends with the same sound or a different one.
- Prepare a class picture dictionary. Write the uppercase and lowercase
letter that represents the initial phoneme. Collect pictures for each
of the letter-sounds.
- Create a mobile or collage that features words or pictures of words
that begin or end with a specific sound (phoneme).
- Play a consonant riddle game by presenting the riddle in the following
frame: "I'm thinking of something that rhymes with dish but starts
with /f/. What can it be?
- Use word walls to display words that feature specific sounds or
patterns.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|
|
|