Phoneme Fun Part 1: Deleting Phonemes in Initial Blends

Learning Resource Type

Learning Activity

Subject Area

English Language Arts

Grade(s)

2

Overview

In this introductory activity, the teacher will introduce the terms phoneme and blend. The teacher will demonstrate how to delete a phoneme (sound) from the beginning of a spoken word that contains a consonant blend (a group of two to three consonants that retain their sound in a word). 

This activity was created as a result of the ALEX Resource Development Summit.

Phase

Before/Engage
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 2

ELA21.2.9

Demonstrate advanced phonemic awareness skills in spoken words.

UP:ELA21.2.9

Vocabulary

  • Demonstrate
  • Advanced phonemic awareness skills
  • Spoken words

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Phonemic awareness is the ability to identify and manipulate the phonemes (sounds) in spoken words.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Identify individual phonemes in words and manipulate those sounds.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Words are made up of one or more phonemes.
  • They can demonstrate advanced phonemic awareness skills by manipulating those phonemes through additions, deletions, reversals, and substitutions of phonemes.
  • Advanced phonemic awareness skills will help them improve their reading, spelling, and writing.
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 2

ELA21.2.9b

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

UP:ELA21.2.9b

Vocabulary

  • Delete
  • Initial sound
  • Initial blend
  • One-syllable base word

Knowledge

  • Initial means first or beginning sound.
  • A blend is made up of more than one sound.

Skills

  • Delete the initial (first) sound in a one-syllable base word with an initial blend.
  • For example, Say prank. Now say prank, but don't say /p/. (rank)

Understanding

  • Blends are made of more than one sound, and they can delete the first sound to create a new word.

Learning Objectives

Students will demonstrate advanced phonemic awareness skills by deleting the initial sound in an initial blend of one-syllable spoken words. 

Activity Details

1. The teacher will present the slideshow to the students.

2. The teacher will use slides 2 and 3 to explain the terms phoneme and blend. 

  • A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound in a spoken word.
  • A consonant blend is two or three consonants that occur together in a word and that keep their sounds. 

3. The teacher will say, "Today we are going to practice phonemic awareness skills by carefully noticing each of the spoken sounds in words. We are going to be working with words that have consonant blends as their initial sounds. We are going to practice deleting the initial sound of each word." Remind students that initial means first, if needed.

4. The teacher will show slide 4. The teacher should say the whole word star and have students repeat it. The teacher should segment each phoneme in the word star (/s/ /t/ /a/ /r/) while clicking the mouse for each sound. Counters will appear in the Elkonin boxes to represent each sound. The teacher should isolate the initial sound (/s/) and have students repeat it. Then, the teacher should say, "Star without the /s/ is tar" while clicking the mouse to make the initial counter disappear. Students should repeat the word tar. 

5. Repeat these steps for slides 5-9, with the goal of providing less teacher support each time. For example:

Teacher: "Plate"

Students: "Plate, /p /l/ /A/ /te/." (While the teacher is clicking the mouse for counters to represent sound.)

Teacher: Plate without the /p/ is.... (Teacher clicks the mouse to make the initial counter disappear.)

Students: "Late!"

Assessment Strategies

As the students are performing the phonemic awareness tasks during the slideshow, the teacher should be watching and listening to the students' responses. 

Variation Tips

For students who struggle with this activity, the teacher should provide intervention on segmenting initial, medial, and final phonemes. 

For students who excel at this activity, the teacher could provide words that make a nonsense word after the initial phoneme is deleted (e.g. blue => lue, free =>ree). 

Background / Preparation

The teacher will need to copy the Google slideshow and review each of the slides prior to teaching the activity.

Learning Activity (Before)

Phoneme Fun Part 1: Deleting Phonemes in Initial Blends

Learning Activity (During)

Phoneme Fun Practice: Deleting Phonemes in Initial Blends

Learning Activity (After)

Phoneme Fun Finale: Deleting Phonemes in Initial Blends
Phoneme Fun Part 1: Deleting Phonemes in Initial Blends Google Slideshow
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_qVP0VjIh7sCeRUKAFov9QskW4CNK74tbmdU5al…

Approved Date

Owner (Author)

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