PR-6218IRE Reading for Success - Book 3

Phonemic awareness
Sound spelling
Phoneme segmentation activities – 2
This activity will help your pupils to transfer the identification of sounds to spelling the words in writing.
Materials
• chart paper • paper
• marker • pencils
1. This activity will likely not be necessary for all pupils, but a few may benefit from it.
2. Gather the pupils together and provide each with paper and pen.
3. Say a word and discuss the individual sounds they hear in the word.
4. Demonstrate on cardboard/whiteboard how the word can be written phonetically, based on the
sounds they hear.
5. Instruct the pupils to try this on their own. Be sure to assist those who are experiencing difficulties.
6. Helping your pupils to use invented spelling will assist them in writing independently, which will lead
to increased ability to spell conventionally over time.
Spelling assistance
When assisting pupils with spelling words, we often say things such as:
• 'Sound it out.'
• 'What sound do you hear next?'
The problem with this is that some pupils have difficulty with phoneme segmentation. Rather than
asking, 'What sound do you hear?' it can be more helpful to say the next sound and ask the pupil what
letter represents the sound. See the scenario below.
Pupil:
Viewing sample
How do you spell dog?
Teacher: Let’s listen to the sounds in dog. The first sound says /d/. What letter makes the /d/
sound?
Pupil: D!
Teacher: Good! Write that down. Now let’s listen to the next sound in dog.
Working with a pupil in this manner will help him or her become aware of individual sounds while
writing independently.
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