Explore Syllables, Rhyme and
Phonemes using these fun and engaging Summer Themed Activities.
Analysis of the number of
phonemes used by language shows a clear pattern of less phonemes in use in languages the greater the distance from Africa.
Not exact matches
For younger or less able children this activity could also be done
using just the sounds or
phonemes or for recognising letters and numbers.
You may be coming from a field where you routinely
used terms like «
phoneme» or «ethnologies» in everyday conversation.
They
used words,
phonemes and grammatical structures that are not
used in Jahai.
They then
used a functional MRI and magnetoencephalography to see how the brain behaves when the acoustic stimulus is very clear, or, on the contrary, when it is ambiguous and requires an active mental representation of the
phoneme and its interpretation by the brain.
For instance, «white» can be represented by the
phoneme sequence «W - AY - T» («AY» is
used to represent the sound of the letter «i» in «white»).
and «And what eyes they were», it was
used to build the first map of how the brain processes the building blocks of speech — distinct units of sound known as
phonemes.
The mobile application
uses special English for the first 10 lessons to help adults recognize, then imitate, and finally produce English
phonemes.
The pack includes: 1 - 10 number cards for display 1 - 10 number cards for individual
use Tractor theme 44
phoneme cards 9 Planning time activities (self initiated play ideas) Can you write a list (farm themed border) A printable pack for your role play Farm Shop!
A short story that can be
used for
phoneme spotting.
The pack includes: A long colourful display banner A cute display border with pictures of frogs and lily pads A Power Point about the life cycle of the frog - there are two different versions of this for younger / SEN children and older children Display labels with sentences about the different stages of the life cycle 10 question cards to add to add to displays A game to collect the missing parts of the sequence of a frog growing Life cycle posters showing the full life cycle - these are in colour and back and white Picture dominoes game A collection of songs and rhymes about frogs Spinner game - spin the special spinner and collect the missing parts of the life cycle Topic word cards to add to your display Frog jigsaws to cut out and reassemble Large arrows to add to your display to show the life cycle Large display pictures of the different stages of the life cycle of a frog - these are in colour and also black and white Matching pairs game Large pictures of different plants to
use when creating a pond display Question worksheet - answer the questions about the life cycle Sequence woksheets in black and white and colour Sequence cards showing the different stages of the life cycle Counting worksheet - count how many tadpoles there are in each pond Wordsearches - 2 different life cycle themed wordsearches Word border sheet in colour and black and white - great for poetry writing or adding to the writing area A life cycle of a frog book to make Fact posters showing pictures and information about the different stages Colour photographs of the frog life cycle and different frogs Frog counting cards up to 10 A fact writing woksheet about frogs Large cute frog pictures and lily pads - great to
use for numeracy activities Odd and even frog number line Number maze worksheets - follow the numbers to lead the frog to the lily pad A day in the pond worksheet A number line on frogs
Phonemes on tadpoles Size ordering worksheets Frog colour posters An A4 word mat with words and pictures - great to
use when writing about the life cycle of a frog Number bingo with cute frog pictures
, Large title saying «Pancake day» and «Shrove Tuesday» - great for
use in your dining hall on pancake day or on displays, Large lettering decorated with pictures of pancakes and frying pans saying» Pancake day» and «Shrove Tuesday», A photo recipe to make pancakes - this can be shown on the whiteboard or printed and laminated to make into a book, A number line to 50 with the numbers on pancakes, All the
phonemes from the Letters and Sounds phonics phases on jam pots, Topic words on pancakes relating to Pancake day and pancakes, An A4 wordcard with words relating to Pancake day and decorated with pictures of pancakes - this is great for
use when the children are writing, A game to collect all the pancakes from the frying pan first, A board game to print and make (2 x A4 size) to win the pancake race first!
The pack includes: DISPLAY Display banner Display border Word cards Large coloured pictures - large character and prop pictures to print out and
use on a display Question cards Display lettering - an alternative display title with large letters decorated with skull and crossbones LITERACY A4 word card Parrot alphabet Writing sheets - a set of writing sheets with borders for the children to write on and
use in the writing area Speech bubble worksheets - fill in the speech bubbles to show what the characters are saying Word searches Favourite part if the story - draw and write about your favourite part of the story Writing worksheet - write some sentences about the different pictures on the worksheets What happens next - A collection of worksheets for the children to draw and write what happens next in the story Describing places - describe some of the places mentioned in the story «sh» words - match the «sh» words onto the pirate ship Gold coin initial letter activity - match each letter onto the correct pictures on the cards Acrostic poem Gold coin
phonemes - all of the
phonemes from the Letters and Sounds scheme on gold coins - great to
use in a sand tray NUMERACY Sharks number line Counting worksheets Size ordering - cut and order the pirate ships by size Follow the maze - follow the numbers from 1 - 10 and 1 - 20 to help the pirates reach the Pants of Gold Making 10 - Worksheets to make a total of 10 in each treasure chest Number digit cards from 0 - 10 - each card has a decorated number and the correct number of pirates peeping from behind the number GAMES Matching pants Roll and colour - roll a die and colour the numbered underpants on your sheet Pirate board game - travel across the island and collect the goldcoins but make sure the pirates don't steal any!
The pack includes: · Two long colourful display banners of «Pirates» and «Treasure Island» each decorated with pirate themed pictures · A colourful display border to print out as many times as you need for
use on a display board of any size · An A4 word card - great to
use when writing · Topic words - great to add to display or
use in the writing area · Word and picture flashcards · Pirate posters - pictures of different pirates · Colouring pictures - a collection of pirate themed sheets for children to colour ·
Phoneme coins - all of the
phonemes from the Letters and Sounds scheme on gold coins - great for display or to hide in the sand tray for the children to find the «treasure» · Alphabet coins - lower and upper case letters · Bingo - a pirate themed colourful bingo game to make and play · Skull and cross-bone bunting · Pirate phrases on posters · A pirate profile worksheet - draw your pirate and then decide what characteristics your pirate will have - three different versions of this for differentiation · Songs and rhymes about pirates · Play dough mats - can you make 3 more pieces of treasure, can you give the pirates new hats etc · Colourful treasure to cut out and
use on displays, in the sand tray etc · Board game - move around the treasure island answering questions along the way to try and reach the treasure first - two levels of maths questions are provided as well as blank question cards · Two pirate themed wordsearches · «My pirate adventure» worksheet · Wanted posters for the children to fill in · Writing pages - Four A4 pages with pirate borders for the children to
use when writing · Design a pirate flag worksheet · Search for the treasure game - collect coins along the way to fill your treasure chest · Cut and stick treasure map · Pirate acrostic poem · Speech bubble worksheets - write what you think the different pirates are saying · Counting cards up to 10 - count the number of pirate ships, telescopes etc · Design a pirate ship worksheet · Describe the treasure worksheet · A worksheet for the children to draw and write what they have spotted through the telescope
The tests are designed to test understanding of grapheme -
phoneme correspondences - i.e. their ability to sound out words
using the phonics system - which requires them to read out 20 real words and 20 made up words.
Make up silly words (
using the
phonemes and
phoneme frame) for children to segment and blend Finally ask the children to read the sentence to apply their knowledge.
A short phonics session on digraph ay Starts off with a quick recap of the split digraphs (this can be taken out for later learning) Next slide features a timer
used for a quick recap of learnt
phonemes.
A short phonics session on digraph ie - phase 5 Starts off with a quick recap of the split digraphs (this can be taken out for later learning) Next slide features a timer
used for a quick recap of learnt
phonemes It then moves onto HFW.
I've
used these with children to help them learn
phonemes by creating
phoneme towers.
For each sound, blend, diagraph or dipthong there are 3 or 4 pages: Add the blend or diagraph to the word and connect to the matching picture Clear clip - art (black and white - perfect for colouring) labeling page
using 9 carefully chosen example words / clip - art followed by a fun read and draw page then a cloze page of decoadable sentences which have been carefully sequenced to progressively incorporate words that are consistent with the letters and corresponding
phonemes that have been taught to the new reader / speller in previous pages of the book (plus sight words) Could be made into a 168 page workbook, or of course individual pages can be printed off and photocopied.
Lesson Objective:
Using markers and a work mat as visual aids, children will hear a three -
phoneme CVC word,
use markers to count and order its
phonemes, add a consonant
phoneme to the beginning of the word, and blend the four
phonemes together orally to create a new word with a consonant blend.
Lesson Objective:
Using assorted pictures and one consonant letter card, children will hear the names of each pictured item and match the pictures that begin with the displayed letter card
phoneme to the displayed letter card.
Lesson Objective:
Using five - item picture strips as aids, children will identify the beginning
phoneme of each picture's spoken name and mark the picture that has a different beginning
phoneme from the other four.
Lesson Objective:
Using sound markers and a work mat, children will hear, isolate, and delete the internal consonant sound of a consonant blend in a spoken three -
phoneme word in order to produce a two -
phoneme word.
Lesson Objective:
Using sound markers and a work mat, children will hear, isolate, and add the internal consonant sound of a consonant blend in a spoken, two -
phoneme word in order to produce a three -
phoneme word.
Lesson Objective:
Using markers and a work mat as visual aids, children will hear a two -
phoneme (CV) word,
use markers to count and order its
phonemes, add a consonant
phoneme to the beginning of the word, and blend the three
phonemes together orally to create a new word with a consonant blend.
Lesson Objective:
Using pictures and four consonant letter cards, children will identify the first
phoneme in the name of each pictured item and sort the pictures into four piles by their beginning sounds.
At this level, students have a good grasp on the basics of each
phoneme through the
use of exercises such as minimal pairs, and individual syllable stress.
Moving on to exercises
using minimal pairs will help learners further refine their pronunciation of individual
phonemes.
Lesson Objective:
Using picture cards as aids, children will hear a spoken word, delete its beginning
phoneme, and name the picture of the word that is left.
The purpose of phonics is to quickly develop pupils» phonemic awareness, which is their ability to hear, identify, and
use phonemes (the smallest unit of spoken language), and to teach them the relationship between
phonemes and the graphemes (a letter or combination of letters
used to represent a
phoneme) that represent them.
Use conspicuous strategies and make
phonemes prominent to students by modeling specific sounds and asking students to reproduce the sounds.
Lesson Objective:
Using a work mat with letter sound cards as visual aids, children will build a word stem by matching letter cards to dictated
phonemes, read a word formed by adding a beginning consonant letter card corresponding to an initial dictated
phoneme, and substitute a new initial letter card matching a dictated initial
phoneme to form and read new words.
Phonics teaching involves six phases in which children learn how to read and spell
using progressively harder
phonemes and graphemes — sounds and the letters that represent them.
Lesson Objective:
Using visual aids, children will hear individual
phonemes in a three - sound word, identify and correctly order their corresponding lower - case alphabet letter cards to build the word, read the word, and then swap the initial
phoneme sound cards to produce and read a new word.
Use a «two - color» sample when your child is able to blend two
phonemes together.
Before you
use this list with your child / class, make sure they have mastered segmenting 1 - 3
phoneme words.
Known for his forensic audio investigations and advocacy work, Lawrence Abu Hamdan reflects upon the hybrid nature of accents in Conflicted
Phonemes (2012) and the controversial
use of language analysis to determine the origin of asylum seekers.
Intrigued by his involuntary speech and the idea of an unconsciously - created music composition, Ashley's interest in
using voice and words went beyond their explicit denotation as he believed their rhythm and inflection could convey meaning even if one does not understand the actual
phonemes.
Thin black lines connect these groupings that are
used to represent basic units of speech, or
phonemes.
San bushmen
use over 200
phonemes.