Phonics Phun!
September 09, 2016
"Get those littles to read!"
Phonics is such an important foundational skill that students need. Phonics allows children to be able to read and the ability to read then allows them to take even more ownership of their learning.
A strong foundation of the phonemic sounds is imperative!!
Phonics is a big focus in my classroom. We do many different activities to constantly reinforce the skills the students have learned.
Each week we learn a new phonics sound. To introduce the phonics sounds, I share with the students a story. For example, the story of Nat the alligator who LOVES apples!
After that story, we add our new phonics sound to our phonics board.
Then we come up with a phonics chant that incorporates movement (something we as a class come up with to help us remember the sound) and words to help us remember the sound. We also create an anchor chart with words that we can think of that have that vowel sound.
Then each morning for the remaining days of the week, the students walk in and begin working on their Phonics Interactive Notebooks.
You can get the short A Phonics Notebook freebie here.
During the week, typically during literacy stations/Daily 5, the students hunt for words in their books and/or around the classroom. They need to find 10 words throughout the week. Depending on the week, this is sometimes a fast finishers activity. I love these word hunts because they begin to see the sounds in their world around them and the hunts are also super easy to differentiate.
During the week, typically during literacy stations/Daily 5, the students hunt for words in their books and/or around the classroom. They need to find 10 words throughout the week. Depending on the week, this is sometimes a fast finishers activity. I love these word hunts because they begin to see the sounds in their world around them and the hunts are also super easy to differentiate.
During literacy stations/Daily 5, students also have an opportunity to complete games and puzzles based on the the phonics sound of that week AND the previous phonics sounds we have learned.
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