What's The First Sound?
Learning Goals: Phonemic Awareness, Teacher-Directed, Letter-Sound Correspondance, Group Activity
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On a smartboard (or whiteboard) several blocks of color are shown, and underneath is a photo of a thing that starts with the focus letter.
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Students share the name of the object, and the letter-sound associated with the first letter.
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Educator and students collaboratively make a list of words that start with the focus letter (e.g., E).
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Students then practice writing the letter E.
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Letter-Sound Correspondance can be extended by showing pictures of things that start with that letter, but make a different sound (for example, Elf and Eraser)
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- Smartboard with pre-created photos, or whiteboard with printed photos
- Writing material for students to write letters after game.
- The educator has prepared the game and determined the rules and steps of how to play the game.
- The students had little influence on how the game was played.
- The mystery aspect of blocking the photo of the object prior to showing it and asking students to identify it makes it an exciting guessing game for students.
