With a fly swatter in hand, learners swat the rime-flys with their onset swatter to make, read, and write words by blending the onset with the rime-fly. Scholars blend words, make and write words, and also work to determine if the words they make are real or nonsense.

Concepts

onsets and rimes, phonemic awareness, emergent reading, phonics, early writing, spelling

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Additional Tags

making words, phonics, skills, early writing, onset and rime, early reading skills, blending onset and rime, english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Laminate cards for reuse with minor wear and tear

Classroom Considerations

• Requires a fly swatter and copies of cards and the worksheet

Pros

• The fly swatter adds a unique tool and heightens engagement

Cons

• None

Common Core

RF.K.2.c