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Phonics: Letter-Sound Correspondence, ActivityPhonics: Letter-Sound Correspondence, Activity
Publisher
Florida Center for Reading Research
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Grade
K - 1st
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Type
Activities & Projects
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
30 mins
Instructional Strategies
Collaborative Learning
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Year
2005
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Phonics: Letter-Sound Correspondence,

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What a fun way to practice medial sound-letter correspondence! This alphabet activity has pupils flip cards, determine the medial sound, and place it on one of the train cars if it matches.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

letter-sound correspondence, phonemes, phonemic awareness, phonics, the letter i, the alphabet, graphemes

Additional Tags

alphabet, i, phonemes, graphemes, letter-sound correspondence, medial sound, english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  •  Do this with any letter

Classroom Considerations

  • Cut out and set up the train images and write the target letter on the engine—laminate and use dry-erase markers for reuse 

Pros

  • All the parts are provided to conduct 

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RF.K.3.a

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