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Sound Spin
Here is a phoneme segmenting game which incorporates drawing for your more artistic learners. Assemble the spinner using a brad and lay out the picture cards face up. Partners take turns spinning to get either two, three, four, or five....
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Phoneme Identification with Sound-it-Out Chips
Looking for a tangible way to help emerging readers identify phonemes? You've found it! They use chips without letters to segment single-syllable words into first, middle, and last sounds. As you say each sound, scholars place a chip on...
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Phoneme Blending Accuracy (Mico Version)
Which word is Mico trying to say? A puppet helps make phoneme blending fun as you challenge your scholars to blend segmented words. Mico (or a puppet of your choice) has trouble saying words without separating the phonemes. Using the...
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Introduce First Sound Segmenting
Mico is back, and he's ready to test your scholars in initial sounds in single-syllable words. Using a puppet and the picture cards provided (these are great and in full-color), play a game with pre-readers. Hold up three picture cards...
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Middle Sound Segmenting Accuracy
Mico the puppet wants to play a game! Can you figure out which picture card he's thinking of if he only says the middle sound? Choose three picture cards from the extensive library provided here, making sure scholars know what word each...
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Onset-Rime Segmenting Accuracy
Use a puppet (in this case named Mico) to make onset and rime more fun. Mico presents 12 picture cards to kindergartners, all depicting single-syllable words. He pronounces them with segmenting onset and rime, encouraging kids to say the...
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Phonics: Onset and Rime, Rime Closed Sort
Practice onset and rime with this word sort activity. Beginning readers lay out the four picture cards along the top of the chart: fan, cap, tack, and lamp. Then, they flip word cards and sort them beneath the image with the same rime....
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Phonological Awareness: Phoneme Matching, Final Phoneme Memory
Try to match the final sounds in this memory game! Learners place all 24 cards upside down and take turns flipping them to see if the final phonemes match. If they do, remove them; if not, put them back. Partners play until all cards...
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Phonics: Letter-Sound Correspondence, Words Around Us Memory Game
Scholars employ memory and letter-sound skills like the classic game Concentration to succeed at this literacy game. Partners choose from rows of upside-down cards, trying to match letters to images with the corresponding initial sound.
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Introduce Last Sound Segmenting (Mico Version)
What is Mico trying to say? Use a puppet to make this final-phoneme activity more engaging for kindergartners. Using three picture cards at a time (included), they listen to him say a final sound. To which of the three images is he...
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Last Sound Segmenting (Mico Version)
Get your scholars excited about phonemes using Mico the puppet; they use the picture cards to examine three words at a time. Mico says the ending sound of one of the words, and learners determine which of them is a match. You'll want to...
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Introduce Middle Sounds Segmenting (Mico Version)
Mico the puppet offers a phoneme challenge for emerging readers: can they find the object with the middle sound they hear? Use the fantastic set of full-color picture cards to play this game with small groups or even the whole class....
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Introduce Onset-Rime Blending
Mico (or your favorite puppet) helps emergent readers recognize words from segmented phonemes. Explain to learners that he struggles with pronouncing words and needs their help. Model how Mico segments sounds in single-syllable words....
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Physical and Chemical Changes
In this physical and chemical changes worksheet, students use the picture cards to record the differences between physical and chemical changes of the items on the cards. Students complete this for 18 cards.
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What’s the matter?
In this health and communication related worksheet, students analyze how to match up the picture cards to the word cards to symbolize everyday situations.
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Addition & Subtraction 2
In this addition and subtraction worksheet, students solve 4 different types of problems that include adding and subtracting numbers. First, they practice solving a number of addition and subtraction problems. Then, students complete the...
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Picture Cards
For this picture cards worksheet, students cut out, color and match up thirty-six character cards. Students work with a partner to drill each other on the cards.
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Picture Cards
In this alphabet awareness worksheet, students match twenty seven picture cards to twenty seven word cards for mastery of memory retention.