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Phonics: Letter-Sound Correspondence, Letter-Sound Mobile ActivityPhonics: Letter-Sound Correspondence, Letter-Sound Mobile Activity
Publisher
Florida Center for Reading Research
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Grade
K - 1st
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Type
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For Teacher Use
Duration
45 mins
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Year
2005
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Phonics: Letter-Sound Correspondence, Letter-Sound Mobile

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Get creative with phonics by having kids create a letter-sound mobile! Learners practice matching medial sounds to their corresponding vowels using a hanger, hole punch, string, and the provided image and letter cards. Students attach the vowels to the hanger with string and then attach each image below its medial sound letter.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

letter-sound correspondence, phonemes, phonemic awareness, phonics, graphemes, vowels

Additional Tags

medial, phonemes, phonics, vowel, graphemes, letter-sound correspondence, english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Use a longer hanger to fit all the vowels on one mobile 
  • Consider using a circular wire

Classroom Considerations

  • There are five images for each vowel; prepare to assist if strings become entangled
  • Requires gathering hangers and string, and preparing cards

Pros

  • Mobiles create a fun learning display

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RF.K.2.d RF.1.2.c

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