Caught, off, robin. The /o/ sound if the focus of an activity that asks readers to identify and highlight the /a/ sound in a list of words. The exercise is designed to develop the awareness skills needed to detect the vowel sounds in words. 

Concepts

phonemic awareness, beginning reading

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Some learners with dyslexia benefit from reading materials printed in dark brown ink on beige paper rather than the stark black ink on white paper
• Introduce only a few words at one time to reduce stress
• Laminate the cards to permit reuse

Classroom Considerations

• The exercise is ninth in a series of 16 resources designed to develop the awareness skills needed to detect the vowel sounds in words 

Pros

• Attached to the resource is a scrabble game featuring the /o/ sound
• Only one sound is features on each card in the series

Cons

• None

Common Core

RF.K.2.a RF.1.2.a