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Five Activities for Engaging Students with Sound/Spelling Cards Jeff Ohmer Senior National Curriculum Specialist McGraw-Hill Education [email protected]

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Five Activities for Engaging

Students with

Sound/Spelling Cards Jeff Ohmer

Senior National Curriculum Specialist

McGraw-Hill Education

[email protected]

THE CARDS

Grade K Alphabet Sound Cards

Grades 1-3 Sound/Spelling Cards

The Cards…

Unique Card Features

Grade K Alphabet Sound Cards

Grades 1-3 Sound/Spelling Cards

Additional Sound Spelling Cards

WHY DO WE HAVE THEM?

The Sound Spelling Cards

• Support for encoding

and decoding

• Helps ALL students

• Independence and

confidence

Biggest Bang for the Buck…

• Post them…

• Use them…

• Refer to them…

USING THE SOUND SPELLING

CARDS…

1. Act Out the Cards

Why it’s good:

• Movement with cards

• Reviews names and sounds

How to do it:

• Point to (or show) card

• What’s the name? What’s the sound?

2. Name the Card/Sound

Why this is good:

• Quick recognition of the cards

• Learn the names

How to do it:

• Point to or show the card

• What’s the name?

3. What’s the Spelling (1-3)

Why this is good:

• Reinforces sounds and spellings

• Reinforces names

How to do it:

• Use individual cards and show the picture

• What’s the sound? How is it spelled?

What’s the spelling?

T: What’s the name?

S: Hen

T: How is it spelled?

S: e, ea

4. What’s the Sound

Why this is good:

• Reinforces spellings with sounds

• Reinforces the use of cards

How to do it:

• Use the individual cards and show the back

• What’s the sound?

What’s the sound?

T: What’s the sound?

S: /k/

T: What’s the name?

S: Camera

5. Riddle Me This?

Why it’s good:

• Reinforces Sounds

• Reinforces decoding/encoding

How to do it:

• Use the cards (or call them out) to build words (using SOUNDS)

• What’s the word?

Riddle Me This?

/h/ /ă/ /t/

Riddle Me This?

/b/ /r/ /ĭ/ /j/

Riddle Me This?

/s/ /ĭ/ /t/ /ē/

Riddle Me Extension…Secret Password

• Just like Riddle Me, but teacher uses

magnets to post a secret word on the

board

• When they come in the room, they have to

figure out the word

• Great way to start the day

Digital Cards

• All cards available digitally

• Stories, spellings, and pronunciations

included

WRAPPING IT UP

Encouraging Student Ownership

• All activities shared can be initiated by

students

• Higher engagement = higher achievement

• Have fun with the cards!

The Sound Spelling Cards

• Valuable tool

• Regular usage

• Direct students to the cards

QUESTIONS/COMMENTS

Five Activities for Engaging

Students with

Sound/Spelling Cards Jeff Ohmer

Senior National Curriculum Specialist

McGraw-Hill Education

[email protected]