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Silly Spoonerisms!

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Looking for a fun activity for your vocabulary lesson? Bring a learning exercise on "spoonerisms" to your fifth grade class. Kids decipher seven phrases that have mixed up the first letter sounds of each word. They then think of their own spoonerisms. Have them work in groups or individually.

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editing, phrases, letter-sound correspondence, phonemes, phonemic awareness, phonics

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editing, letter sounds, phonemes, phrases, Vocabulary, english language arts
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5th - 6th
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English Language Arts
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W.5.5 L.5.5.a

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