Reading readiness can be a fun skill to foster. Scholars manipulate phonemes to change one word into another. They pick picture cards, say the object's name on the card, then change the final phoneme to create a new word. They then find the picture card that represents their new word.

Concepts

phonemic awareness, phonemes, phoneme substitution, emergent reading, phonics, spelling

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Additional Tags

early reading, making words, phoneme substitution, phonemic awareness, phonics, phoneme manipulation, english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Assign the activity to an ELA center rotation

Classroom Considerations

• Plan time to make copies

Pros

• Pictures are drawn in a fun, engaging manner 

Cons

• None