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PHONEME ISOLATION games and activities
ACTIVITY 29: The shark game
Use the shark base on page 142 and the game cards on pages 143–147 to play this
game.
Enlarge the shark base and game cards if necessary before photocopying onto
cardboard and laminating for durability.
Use only one set of game cards at a time with the base.
The head of the shark represents the initial sound in words; the body represents the
middle sound; and the tail stands for the final sound in words.
Each game card has
two pictures on it.
The pictures have a
common beginning,
middle or final sound.
The children have to sort
the cards and place them
in the correct position
underneath the shark
body parts on the base.
• Isolating the position of a specific sound in a word
ACTIVITY 30: End to beginning
Play this game in groups of three children sitting in a circle facing each other.
Assign each child a position—first, second or third.
All groups follow the same words given by the teacher.
Provide a word such as map. The first child repeats the word then isolates the end
sound /p/ and says it. The child then gives a word that begins with that sound such
as pot.
The second child isolates the end sound in the word given by the first child—pot—’t’—
then gives a word that begins with that sound, such as ten.
The third child isolates the end sound in ‘ten’—/n/ and gives a word beginning with /n/
such as net.
The game continues in this way
around the circle.
• Isolating the position of a specific sound in a word
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PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS SKILLS (Book 3) ISBN 978-1-925698-54-1 R.I.C. Publications ® www.ricpublications.com.au