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where in the world you're teaching. Phonics, it's not always the easiest of
subjects to teach. Most especially when working on skills
such as segmenting. So, today Iwant to share a fun activity
that I use with my students to help practice those segmenting skills.
So, without further ado, let's get started. For this activity, all you're going to
need are some cvc word picture flashcards, and it's really
important that they are picture only, and a whiteboard marker, This activity can be
played online or in the classroom, but in today's example i'll be explaining how
to play in the classroom. To get started position
the class in a semicircle with you the teacher
in the middle. Next, you're going to review the letter sounds with students
using a drilling game such as silly Banana. If you're not sure what Silly
Banana is or what kind of drilling game to use to
practice those letter sounds, then you can check out my video on Silly
Banana linked below. The reason for reviewing letter sounds
at this point is so that students have those sounds fresh in their mind for
this activity. Next, you're going to draw a crossword
grid on the board behind you numbering each line as you do. Now it's
really important that before your class you create your crossword grid to match
the cvc words that you'll be teaching. Make sure
that those grid lines match up with the cvc flashcard pictures and draw numbers
on the back of your picture flashcards. Otherwise, you end up in one of those
situations where you don't know what you're doing and the kids know that you
don't know what you're doing. We've all done that right, let me know in
the comments below. Next, you're going to split the class into two teams and give
each team fun team names. You can add in a bit of
blending practice here by giving each team a cvc word as a name write that
name on the board and have students blend those sounds together and
read them out loud to discover what their team is called. Once the class is
split into two teams and you have the grid on the board behind you,
you can take those picture flash cards and place them face down on the floor
in front of you. Depending on your students English level you may want to
review those words as you place them face down on the floor.
But if you want to keep things challenging then you can just place them
down without reviewing. One student from each team then comes to the front and
plays a game of rock, paper, scissors. The winner of that game gets to stay in
the middle whereas the other student needs to sit back down.
That student at the front then gets to pick a flashcard, say that word out loud
and then needs to segment the sounds within that word.
If they do so correctly, they get to write the letters on the grid.
Of course if your students are not yet strong writers you can help the students
by writing on the grid for them. That team then wins that line and scores
one point. The student in the middle goes back and
sits down, two more students come to the middle,
play rock, paper, scissors and go again. Keep going until the grid has been
completed and you can see which team is the winner.
Now, you can use this activity as practice in the classroom
but you can also follow up by preparing some worksheets with similar grids for
students to complete. In fact, I'll be preparing some
worksheets just like this for the Mooncake English store.
So, if you want to save some time on prep then make sure you check them out linked
below. So, there you have it a fun activity to
get your students practicing segmenting. If you like this video then go ahead and
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in the comments below. If you're looking for more fun ESL game ideas then make
sure you check out some of my other videos
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