
Roll a Die, Match the..
Skills: Alphabet, Phonological Awareness, Phonics, Decoding
Students roll the die and match the letters/words on the die to letters/words on the cards. Possible matching combinations:
- Upper case and lower case
- Picture and starting/ending letter sound
- Rhyming words
- Compound words
- Set up appropriate matches for students’ skill level and practice needs Support students in turn-taking and engaging in the activity
- Extend the activity by adding new cards to match
- Ask students to generate other matches that are not on the given cards
- Repeat the students’ answers for reinforcement
- Remind students to “stretch out the words” that require segmenting
- Dice with covered sides, 1 letter/image/word choice on each side
- Cards with letter/word/image that match the dice sides
