teacher ideas for phonics activities

8/16/2019 Teacher Ideas for Phonics Activities

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Ideas for phonics activities

Compiled by Engku, Maspah, Rashidah, Rubil, Sazlinda, Zunaini, Briana and Ellie.

Mini Books

Lesson Plan:

Prep: Teacher hides sounds around the class on ashcards. Sts ha!e to "nd the sounds theteacher says.

Main activity: Teacher pro!ides a mini book to each group #ith letters in. Students "nd and

stick the pictures that relate to the sounds in the mini book.

Consolidate: Matching sounds and #ords to the pictures.

Activities:

$running dictation. Teacher posts a #ritten passage on the #all, one %or each group. The sts

run up one by one to their passage. They then memorise a part, run back to their group and

tell the group. This is #ritten into the mini book. Then the ne&t student runs to the passage

and so on until their mini book is complete.

$'uess the phonemes( Students each ha!e a mini book #ith sounds in. Teacher #ill )uickly

sho# or *ip+ a ashcard and the pupils ha!e to turn to the correct page in the mini book.

E&ample teacher ashes a picture o% a cat. Students ha!e to "nd the k sound.

Play dough

Lesson Plan

Prep: Rub the sand letters

Main activity:Each student has someplay dough. Teacher sounds aloud a sound e.g. s. Sts

ha!e to make the sound #ith their play dough.

Consolidation( -orksheet. Matching pictures #ith sounds.

Activities

$orm the sounds, letters #ords etc the teacher says. /can be done as group, pair or indi!idual

#ork0

$Students make ob1ects and the other student has to guess the beginning sound/pair or group

#ork02r other students can make the beginning sound.

$Can be used %or spelling or a sound bee.

Dice

Lesson plan

Prep: Teacher hides sounds around the class on ashcards. Sts ha!e to "nd the sounds the

teacher says.

Main activity: Students di!ided into groups o% 3. Roll the dice #ith pictures. Blend the sounds

e.g. p a n. 2ne star is gi!en %or the correct sounds and #ords gi!en. T#o stars gi!en %or

the correct blending o% sounds.


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Consolidation: ill in the missing letterssounds.

Activities

$blending and segmenting

$%orming #ords %rom sounds gi!en #hen dice is thro#n

$construct sentences #ith sounds #ords %rom dice

$match sounds #ith the pictures /4 dice needed one #ith letters and one #ith pictures %or

each group0

$To use #ith a snakes and ladders game

$matching sounds to ob1ects.

Fan

Lesson plan

Prep: Teacher says a #ord %rom a picture card. Students guess the initial sound.

Main activity: Teacher puts bo&es around room #ith parts o% the %an in. Teacher says a sound

and Sts ha!e to go to the correct bo& and "nd the sound, or, each group has a bo& #ith all

parts o% the %an in and look in their o#n bo&.

Consolidation: Match sounds to graphemes

Activities:

$Sts stand in 5 lines. The "rst 5 students ha!e %ans and segment and blend #ords. They then

go to the back and the ne&t Sts step %or#ard.

$Sts segment and blend #ords using %ans

$guess and hold up phonemes on the %an, %rom either ashcard or an action done by the

teacher.

Flashcards

Lesson Plan

Prep: Telephone game. 6i!ide class into 37 groups. 8a!e them get into ro#s. 9t the back o%

each ro# ha!e a bo& #ith letters. 8a!e the :st student in each ro# come %or#ard and sound

out a letter to them. They go back and #hisper the sound to the ne&t person in line. The last

sts goes to the bo& and "nds the sound and holds it up. Rotate.

Main acti!ity( ind your partner. 8and;out letters and pictures to Sts. They must go around

saying only the "rst sound o% the #ord or letter until they "nd their partner. -hen they ha!e

%ound their partner, present pictures and sounds to class.

Consolidation: -orksheet. -hich one doesn+t belong< 2n the board dra# 5 pictures. 9sk sts

to say #hich one doesn+t belong. Cross out picture that doesn+t belong. 8and out #orksheet

#ith same acti!ities.


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