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Lesson Plan

Phonics Puzzle

Introduce your class to the way words are formed using individual letters with this hands-on activity. Students will practice important prereading skills, while having fun making silly new words.
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Learning Objectives

  • Students will be able to understand that individual letters combined together with a vowel makes a word.

Introduction

(10 minutes)
  • Gather students into a circle.
  • Place the basket in the middle of the circle.
  • Pick out three pieces and put them together to show your students how they fit together.
  • Identify the short sound of each vowel in your basket.
  • Review sounds of different consonants in your basket.
  • Now show the students how to put the pieces together to make a word.
  • Sound out the word, one letter at a time.