Phonics Centers

Choose from these options when doing your phonics centers. You should do 2 centers from the list below. The phonics centers should be focused on reinforcing the relationship between the written symbol/letter (grapheme) and the corresponding sound (phoneme).

NOTE: WTW=Words Their Way: Word Study for Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling Instruction by Donald R. Bear, Marcia Invernizzi, Shane Templeton, and Francine Johnston

To use the CDinsert CD. If it does not open automatically, then go to My Computer, click on CD-Rom drive, then select this icon:

Once it opens, then click on Stages. You should see the stages displayed on the left side of the screen.

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Emergent Stage

Beginning Consonants

Any of the Follow the Path Games

Letter Name Alphabetic Stage--go to Beginning Blends and Digraphs to find:

Beginning Blends and Digraphs

S-blend BINGO

Shopping Game

Gruff Drops Troll Game

Same Vowel Word Families

Word Family Go Fish

Different Vowel Word Families

Follow the Families Board Game-if you do this one, then you need to add a list of words for each word families that students can use to refer to when playing as a way to check each other.

Short Vowel Sorts and CVC Words

Hopping Frog Game

Long-Short Vowels

Any of the Concentration Gamesjust be sure you have 20 sets/pairs (ex. Cane/pane=one set)

Select Games

Turkey Feathers

Flip-It

Long // and short //

Racetrack

Common Patterns

Treasure

Syllables and Affixes Stage

Games

Double Scoop

Dinosaur Take A Card

Feed the Alligator

Linked via Calendar Page--Resources for Word Recognition

Go to Phonics, select Examples of Games and Centers #2, then scroll down to:

Center #6Freddy, the Hopping, Jumping, Diving Frog

Center #7The Apple and the Bushel

WTW-Book

Chapter 4

Initial Consonant Follow the Path-p. 133

Chapter 5

Initial Sound BINGO-p. 168 (If you this one, then you need to do another center to equal 20 words)

Gruff Drop Troll at the Bridge-p. 168 (also on CD)

Beginning and End Dominoes-p. 170

Go Fish-p. 175

Hopping Frog-p. 176

Chapter 6

Train Station-p. 200

Turkey Feathers-p. 201 (also on CD)

Racetrack-p. 202 (also on CD)

Letter Spin (p. 205)

Jeopardy-on p. 207

Word Study UNO-p. 213

Chapter 7

Double Scoop-p. 236 (also on CD)

Freddy, the Hopping, Diving, Jumping Frog-p. 237 (also lined above via EDCI 424 web pages)

Slap Jack-p. 238

The Apple and the Bushel-p. 241 (also linked above via EDCI web pages)

Other Notes:

1. It is recommended that you select centers from the ones that are noted above. If you opt to do something different, then you need to be very sure that the centers address phonics. Refer also to the next sectionthings you should not do.

2. You can do your own variations of BINGO or Concentration games, but you should be careful that the center addresses phonics.

3. The centers should be interactive.

4. Each should have directions.

5. Each should have a self-checkyou will probably have to create a self-check for these centers, so dont forget to do this.

6. You should include 20 words per center unless it is a Concentration Center, then do 20 pairs.

7. For bonus centers, you can do any of the options below from either column. Each bonus center should have a set of directions, self-check, and any relevant parts needed to do the center.

You should NOT do:

1. Activities from Chapter 4 (except for Follow the Path)we covered much of these activities as part of our early childhood centers as well as sight words.

2. Sortsyou can have the sorting activity as part of the center, but it can not ONLY be a sort.

3. Worksheets of any kind

4. Word searches

5. Crossword puzzles

6. Rhyming words

7. Sight Words

8. Flip books

9. Word wheels

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