PR-6216IRE Reading For Success - Book 1

Phonics
Make a word
Activity sheets
Photocopy page 64. Have pupils cut out the letters at the bottom of the page. Practise identifying the
letters and the corresponding sounds. Then follow the directions below to have pupils make words with
the letters. You may want to practise making the words with the letter cutouts the first time. Then repeat
the directions again while pupils both make the words with the letters and write the words on the
worksheet.
Directions: Use the letters to make the word at. (If pupils have difficulty making the words, segment the
sounds of the words; for example, /a/ … /t/.)
Change the word at to an.
Now, add a letter to change an to ant.
Change one letter to change ant to and.
Change and switch the letters around to change and to Dad.
Change one letter to change Dad to pad.
Change one letter to change pad to pat.
Change one letter to change pat to pan.
Switch the letters around to change pan to tan.
Change one letter to change tan to tap.
See if you can use the letters to make your own word. (Possible words include: tad and nap.)
Draw a letter
Write each letter of the alphabet on the tip of a craft stick, one letter per stick. On the letters that are
vowels, colour the tip of the craft stick red. You may want to colour on the opposite side of the craft stick
from where you wrote the letter. Place the craft stick with the writing side down in a cup. This game can be
played with any number of players; however, fewer than four works best. The first pupil reaches into the
cup and draws one red-tipped craft stick (vowel) and two non-coloured craft stick (consonants) from the
cup. He/she uses the three craft sticks to try to make a
word. For example, if the pupil draws the letters a, h
and t the pupil could make the words at and hat. One point
is awarded for each word the pupil is able to make. The next
pupil then takes a turn. Continue until a pupil reaches a
predetermined number of points.
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