ALEX Learning Activity

Phoneme Fun Finale: Deleting Phonemes in Initial Blends

A Learning Activity is a strategy a teacher chooses to actively engage students in learning a concept or skill using a digital tool/resource.

  This learning activity provided by:  
Author: Hannah Bradley
System:Dothan City
School:Carver Magnet School
  General Activity Information  
Activity ID: 2733
Title:
Phoneme Fun Finale: Deleting Phonemes in Initial Blends
Digital Tool/Resource:
Make It, Find It, Keep It from the Florida Center for Reading Research
Web Address – URL:
Overview:

In this activity, students will demonstrate the advanced phonemic awareness skill of manipulating phonemes. Students will work with a partner, using picture cards to delete phonemes in initial blends. This activity can be extended by having students count the phonemes in each word and sorting the picture cards based on the number of phonemes in each word.

This activity was created as a result of the ALEX Resource Development Summit.
  Associated Standards and Objectives  
Content Standard(s):
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 2
9. Demonstrate advanced phonemic awareness skills in spoken words.

a. Add, delete, and substitute phonemes at the beginning, end, or middle of a spoken word made up of up to six phonemes and produce the resulting word.

Examples:
Addition - Say bell. Now say bell, but add /t/ to the end of bell. (belt)
Addition - Say block. Now say block, but add /t/ to the end of block. (blocked)
Deletion - Say fin. Now say fin, but don't say /f/. (in)
Deletion - Say range. Now say range, but don't say /j/. (rain)
Substitution - Say strap. Now say strap, but change /a/ to /i/. (strip)
Substitution - Say bleed. Now say bleed, but change the /ē/ to /ā/. (blade)

b. Delete the initial sound in an initial blend in a one-syllable base word.

Example: Say prank. Now say prank, but don't say /p/ . (rank)

c. With prompting and support, delete the medial and final sounds in blends in one syllable base words.

Examples: Say snail. Now say snail, but don't say /n/. (sail)
Say wind. Now say wind, but don't say /d/. (win)

d. Apply phoneme chaining that changes only one sound at a time to show addition, deletion, substitution, and resequencing of sounds from one word to the next.

Examples: bit, bet, bat; sat, sit; pit, pat

e. With prompting and support, reverse sounds within a word by saying the last sound first and the first sound last.

Examples: fine, knife; cat, tack; park, carp
Learning Objectives:

Students will demonstrate advanced phonemic awareness skills by deleting the initial sound in an initial blend of one-syllable spoken words. 
  Strategies, Preparations and Variations  
Phase:
After/Explain/Elaborate
Activity:

1. The teacher will assign students to work in pairs.

2. Students will divide the picture cards based on the icon in the bottom right corner. Cards with squares will be placed face down in a stack in the center of the partners. The cards with stars will be placed face up in rows.

3. One student will draw a card from the square deck and say the name of the picture. The student will delete the initial phoneme in the word they just said (for example, swing would become wing).

4. The student would look at the star cards to select the card of the new word and then keep the match (for example, the picture card showing a swing and the picture card showing a wing).

5. The other student would take a turn, following the same procedures, and continue until all matches are made.
Assessment Strategies:

The teacher will observe each student's participation in the game to determine if students are able to accurately delete the initial phoneme in the blend. The teacher could utilize a tracking sheet to determine which students were able to perform this skill independently.
Advanced Preparation:

  • The teacher will need to print, copy, and cut the picture cards. The cards can be laminated for longevity.

  • Prior to students beginning the activity, the teacher could say the name of each picture so students do not have questions when they begin working with a partner. The word list is available at the bottom of each page.
Variation Tips (optional):

Teachers can have students count the phonemes in each of the words and record their answers on page 5 of the resource.

Students could sort the picture cards based on the number of phonemes in each word.
Notes or Recommendations (optional):

Corresponding activities are available here--

Part 1- Phoneme Fun Part 1: Deleting Phonemes in Initial Blends

Part 2- Phoneme Fun Practice: Deleting Phonemes in Initial Blends

There are additional phonemic manipulation activities available here.
  Keywords and Search Tags  
Keywords and Search Tags: blend, deleting, initial, phoneme, phonemic awareness, phonological awareness