2.+Phonics

Phonics connects letters with phonemes as the foundation for reading words.

Letter Naming/Automaticity

 * Chant the chart
 * Name letters for making words center, months and days of the week, etc.
 * Word Wall
 * Magnetic letters on board: move and name
 * Sidewalk chalk
 * Hopscotch with letters
 * Letter find for homework: find at home, street signs, etc.

Lettter-Sound Mapping

 * Rolling dice/cubes
 * Match word to picture
 * Body-coda blending: __ca__ __t__, or onset rime: __c__ __at__
 * Model: help the child hear what it sounds like using a whisper phone
 * Breaking words across fingers
 * Mystery word builders
 * Elkonian boxes- push letters

Blending

 * Match word to picture
 * Body-coda blending: __ca__ __t__, or onset rhyme: __c__ __at__
 * Model- help the child hear what it sounds like
 * Word Sort (nonsense/real)