RIC-6974_Phonological_awareness_skills_Book_3
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PHONEME ISOLATION games and activities<br />
ACTIVITY 13: Listen up!<br />
The children listen to individual words, then pairs of words, trying to isolate the final<br />
sound in the word.<br />
This activity is a good opportunity to get the children to think about words that cannot<br />
be easily depicted in pictures. High-frequency sight words may be considered.<br />
Demonstrate first by saying an individual word such as bad. ‘What sound do you hear<br />
at the end?’ Repeat the word if necessary and emphasise the final sound. Choose a<br />
child to respond, if the answer is correct, have all children repeat the word and the final<br />
sound.<br />
Use the following lists of words as suggestions:<br />
Individual words: nag, can, sat, led, yet, rib<br />
Pairs of words: cut/rut, run/fun, tug/hug, bud/mud, rub/<br />
grub, not/lot, jog/cog, rob/sob, bit/pat, win/ran, big/<br />
tag, lab/rib, get/fit, swim/dam, slam/him, lad/did, rid/<br />
led, wed/glad, rip/nap, drop/snap, cash/wish, tick/tuck,<br />
munch/church, tooth/with etc.<br />
• Isolate the final sound in words<br />
ACTIVITY 14: Colour the final sounds<br />
Use the worksheet on page 132 to consolidate the children’s knowledge<br />
of final sounds in words.<br />
Each child will need one copy of the worksheet and coloured pencils.<br />
The worksheet may be used as an individual, small-group or whole-class activity.<br />
Say the following instructions to the children:<br />
‘Find the picture that ends with the sound /y—long e/. Colour it red.<br />
Find the picture that ends with the sound /er—u/. Colour it yellow.<br />
Find the picture that ends with the sound /oy/. Colour it blue.<br />
Find the picture that ends with the sound /ow/. Colour it green.<br />
Find the picture that ends with the sound /air/. Colour it brown.<br />
Find the picture that ends with the sound /or/. Colour it orange.’<br />
The worksheet may also be used as an assessment activity.<br />
ANSWERS:<br />
red—baby; yellow—mother; blue—boy;<br />
green—cow; brown—chair; orange—door.<br />
NOTE: Difficult final sounds have been chosen to<br />
really test the children’s phonemic <strong>awareness</strong>.<br />
• Isolate the final sound in words<br />
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PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS SKILLS (<strong>Book</strong> 3) ISBN 978-1-925698-54-1 R.I.C. Publications ® www.ricpublications.com.au