Phoneme Puzzles Congratulations on your purchase of the Really Good Literacy Center-in-a-Box Phoneme Puzzles a hands-on, engaging activity that builds students phonological awareness skills. Objective Students will segment and blend phonemes in words. This Really Good Stuff product includes: 40Phoneme Puzzles Center Task Card This Really Good Stuff Activity Guide Phoneme Puzzles make segmenting and blending sounds easy and fun for emergent readers. Students put together Puzzle pieces to build a complete picture; each piece representing one phoneme. Through repeated play, students will begin to recognize how words are composed of individual sounds, an important component of early reading and writing instruction. Managing the Center-in-a-Box Display the Center Task Card. Demonstrate how to tidy the center when the activity is complete. Store the center materials in the box and store it with other Centers-in-a-Box. Make sure the selected Puzzle pieces fit together. Matching pieces have the same number on the back. Introducing Phoneme Puzzles Phoneme Puzzles introduce early learners to sound blending and segmentation. Students simply put together the pieces of a Puzzle to build a complete picture, pronouncing each phoneme as they proceed. Included are 10 Puzzles, each of words with two to five phonemes, providing students ample practice with short and long words. The number of pieces for each Puzzle matches the number of phonemes; for example, the Puzzle for brush has four pieces, one for each phoneme /b/ /r/ /u/ /sh/. Each Puzzle, when complete, can be turned over to reveal the word and phonemes. Center Task Card Post this at the literacy center in a visible position. The student or helper can refer to the Center Task Card for instructions. Refer to the shaded section at the top of the Card for center preparation, including needed materials. Model the Activity Introduce your students to the Phoneme Puzzles by selecting the Puzzle pieces of various words. Start with the two-phoneme Puzzles. Name the picture, tapping each piece as you say its sound. Then slide the pieces together as you repeat the name of the picture. Select another two-phoneme Puzzle and have students practice putting it together and blending its sounds. Once students are comfortable with the two-phoneme Puzzles, move on to the longer Puzzles, making sure to tap each piece as you pronounce its phoneme. Really Good Literacy Center-in-a-Box After modeling how to use Phonemes Puzzles, use them as an independent literacy center activity. Select Puzzles that match the level of the students using the center. The two-sided Puzzles, with number codes on the back that tell students they ve made the correct match, allow for self-checking and require little adult supervision. See the complete list of Phonemes Puzzles below. As an extension, have students complete the Phoneme Puzzle Reproducible. Phoneme Puzzles 2 Phonemes 3 Phonemes 4 Phonemes 5 Phonemes 1 eyes 2 hay 3 egg 4 key 5 toy 6 cow 7 owl 8 shoe 9 pie 10 car 11 bed 12 boat 13 bike 14 mop 15 dice 16 shell 17 jam 18 bus 19 dog 20 fish 21 brush 22 snake 23 cloud 24 spoon 25 clown 26 plane 27 nest 28 ladder 29 school 30 zipper 31 grapes 32 plank 33 lizard 34 blimp 35 stream 36 stump 37 umpire 38 wagon 39 rocket 40 rainbow Using the Phoneme Puzzle Reproducible To provide extra practice blending and segmenting phonemes, have students complete the Phoneme Puzzle Reproducible. After putting together the Phoneme Puzzles at the literacy center, students look at each picture and divide it into in its correct number of phonemes. Phoneme Puzzles One to four students Object: To segment words into individual sounds. Materials: Phoneme Puzzles, Phoneme Puzzle Reproducible, Center Task Card Before play, select appropriate Phoneme Puzzles for the group, make a copy of the Phoneme Puzzle Reproducible for each student. 1. Place Puzzle face up in individual stacks in front of students. 2. Students each take a stack of Puzzle pieces and place it in front of them. 3. They put the pieces in order, leaving spaces between each one. 4. Students name the picture and slide the pieces together, tapping with their fingers and saying each sound individually. With the Puzzle complete, they name the picture again and turn it over to see if the numbers on the back match. 5. Students continue taking turns in this way until all the Puzzles are put together. Variations and Extensions: Have students complete the Phoneme Puzzle Reproducible for additional practice segmenting and blending phonemes. Use other pictures or photographs. All activity guides can be found online: Helping Teachers Make A Difference 2009 Really Good Stuff 1-800-366-1920 www.reallygoodstuff.com Made in Guangzhou, China #304083
Phoneme Puzzles Reproducible How many sounds do you hear? Name each picture. Make a line through the picture for each its sounds. Helping Teachers Make A Difference 2009 Really Good Stuff 1-800-366-1920 www.reallygoodstuff.com Made in Guangzhou, China #304083
Graph the Syllables Congratulations on your purchase of Really Good Literacy Center-in-a-Bag Graph the Syllables, a hands-on activity that strengthens your students phonological awareness skills and builds vocabulary. Objective The student will count syllables in words using picture cues. This Really Good Stuff product includes: 32 Picture Tiles 1 File Folder Graphing Mat Center Task Card This Really Good Stuff Activity Guide The ability to count syllables in words is important for phonological awareness. Graphing pictured words by their number of syllables motivates students to learn syllable skills. In this literacy center, students count syllables using familiar images. Managing the Center-in-a-Bag Display the Center Task Card. The Graph the Syllables Mat provides a graph for the activity and folds in half for storage. Demonstrate how to tidy the center when the game is complete. Store the center materials in the bag and hang it alongside other Centers-in-a-Bag. Graph the Syllables provides a simple, noncompetitive method for students to practice counting syllables in words. Before sorting, students learn the concept of syllables using handclaps, finger counting, etc. Introducing Graph the Syllables Introduce the activity to the group by explaining that the set includes Picture Tiles with words that have one, two, three, and four syllables. Included are 32 Picture Tiles that fit these categories. Graph the Syllables can be adapted as an individual or partner activity. Model the Activity Begin by modeling the activity, discussing every step with students. Name all the pictures with the students. Count the syllables in familiar picture words with the group. Randomly select about half of the Picture Tiles, leaving out any that are unfamiliar to your students, and mix them up. Take a Tile, show it to the group, and ask students to name it again. Ask the students how many syllables they heard in the word, such as flower, and clap them out together if necessary. When the students count correctly, place the Picture Tiles face up in the correct number column. Continue until all the Tiles are placed on the Graph. Have students help you count how many pictures are in each column. Record the numbers on the board and review them at the end. Ask students which columns have the most and the least pictures. Center Task Card Post this at the literacy center in a visible position. The student or helper can refer to the Center Task Card for instructions. Refer to the shaded section at the top of the Card for center preparation, including needed materials. Meeting State Standards This type of practice in counting syllables helps students meet grade-level expectations and builds a strong phonological-awareness foundation. Graph the Syllables Activity One or two students Object: Count and graph syllables in words Materials: Selection of Picture Tiles, Graphing Mat 1. Turn all the Picture Tiles face down and mix them up. 2. Count 20 Tiles. Set the rest aside. 3. Student 1 turns over a Tile, looks at the picture, and says the word. 4. Student 2 listens and counts the syllables using his or her fingers. Student 2 says how many syllables the word has. 5. Student 1 places the Picture Tile in the column for that number of syllables. 6. Students continue filling in the Graph in this way, taking turns. 7. When all the Tiles are used, students count how many pictures there are in each column of the Graph, and say which columns have the most and the least pictures. Variation: An individual student works alone to fill in the Graph. All activity guides can be found online: Helping Teachers Make A Difference 2010 Really Good Stuff 1-800-366-1920 www.reallygoodstuff.com Made in Guangzhou, China #304319
Graph the Syllables Picture Tiles 1 Syllable 2 Syllables 3 Syllables 4 Syllables bee duck gum earth mice nurse rug thread butter carrot flower glasses ladder pancake scarecrow window celery coconut flamingo gorilla newspaper pyramid trampoline zookeeper aquarium armadillo binoculars caterpillar cemetery harmonica tarantula watermelon Related Really Good Stuff Products: Syllable Sort (item #304318) Clap-a-Name (item #304309) Helping Teachers Make A Difference 2010 Really Good Stuff 1-800-366-1920 www.reallygoodstuff.com Made in Guangzhou, China #304319
Making Meaning Matchups Congratulations on your purchase of the Really Good Literacy Center-in-a-Bag Making Meaning Matchups, a fun, basic comprehension activity that also develops your students high-frequency-word fluency. Objective Read sight words in context with purpose and understanding, and match the picture pieces to their corresponding text pieces. Meeting Common Core State Standards Making Meaning Matchups aligns with the following English Language Arts Standards: Fluency RF.K.4 Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding. Phonics and Word Recognition RF.K.3.c Read common high-frequency words by sight. Integration of Knowledge & Details RL.K.7 With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the text in which they appear (e.g., what person, place, thing, or idea in the text an illustration depicts). Managing the Center-in-a-Bag 10 Six-piece color-coded, self-checking Matchups have numbers on the backs 4 Die cut frames have holes for self-checking. You may choose to put the Matchups in baggies. You may choose to make copies of the Reproducible and store them in the bag. You may choose to make copies of the Progress Monitoring Sheet. Visit our Web site www.reallygoodstuff.com to download Really Good Stuff Teaching Guides. Model the Activity Begin by modeling the activity, discussing every step with students. Select a Matchup set, whitebackground side up, and a frame, and tell students that they will be reading three short sentences and matching pictures with the sentences to complete the puzzle. This Really Good Stuff product includes: 4 Frames 10 Six-Piece Matchups (30 Sentence Pieces and 30 Picture Pieces, 60 Pieces total) 1 Center Task Card This Really Good Stuff Teaching Guide The workspace frames and color-coded Matchups provide a fun fluency activity for emergent readers. Reading 50 sight words in repetitive context helps students to recognize these words necessary to jumpstart fluency. Students enjoy reading the sentences aloud, matching the picture pieces to the text, and flipping the frame over to see the Matchups self-checking pictures. Read aloud, deliberately tracking as you read a Sentence Piece, and place it in the frame. Invite students to help you find its corresponding Picture Piece to help make meaning of the sentence. Place the Picture Piece next to the sentence. All teaching guides can be found online. Helping Teachers Make A Difference 2015 Really Good Stuff 1-800-366-1920 www.reallygoodstuff.com Made in China #306700
Making Meaning Matchups Making Meaning Matchups Reproducibles For further practice in writing and reading highfrequency words, students may complete the Making Meaning Matchups Reproducible. Track students fluency progress using the Progress Monitoring Sheet. You may choose to add the dates, incorrect words, or number of correct Matchups (out of 3) in the boxes. Center Task Card A helper can refer to the Center Task Card for instructions. Continue until all 6 Pieces are placed. Read aloud, tracking, all three sentences once more. Flip the frame over to check your work. Related Really Good Stuff Products Comprehension Gigglers: Emergent (#306704) Comprehension Gigglers: Beginner (#306585) Question Clowns (#306609) Author s Reasons Race Cars (#306698) Sequence & Retelling Puzzles (#306747) WHuzzles (#306699) Shades of Meaning Shuffle (#306706) This Goes With That (#306744) Punctuation Pirates (#306738) Really Good Literacy Centers Comprehension Set Grades 2-3 (#305493) Really Good Literacy Centers Comprehension Set Grades 4-5 (#305510) Helping Teachers Make A Difference 2015 Really Good Stuff 1-800-366-1920 www.reallygoodstuff.com Made in China #306700
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Sequence & Retelling Puzzles Congratulations on your purchase of this Really Good Literacy Center-in-a-Bag Sequence & Retelling Puzzles, a comprehension activity that builds awareness of illustrations and prepares students for understanding story structure and recounting events. Objective Arrange events in order and retell a story. Meeting Common Core State Standards Sequence & Retelling Puzzles aligns with the following English Language Arts Standards: Key Ideas and Details RL.K.2 With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details. RL.K.3 With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story. RI.K.2 With prompting and support, identify the main topic and retell key details of a text. RI.K.3 With prompting and support, describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text. Text Types and Purposes Anchor Standard 3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences. W.K.3 Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to narrate a single event or several loosely linked events, tell about the events in the order in which they occurred, and provide a reaction to what happened. This Really Good Stuff product includes: 15 Picture Piece Sets 4 Write Again Sequence & Retelling Mats 1 Center Task Card This Really Good Stuff Teaching Guide Students encounter a variety of sequences in literature and informational text as well as in everyday life. Sequence & Retelling Puzzles provides examples of sequences in picture form for students to recognize, arrange, and describe. The picture sequences offer a simple, accessible format for practicing early reading comprehension skills: identifying events in a fairy tale or real-world sequence, identifying and understanding illustrations, and retelling a story using key language. Managing the Center-in-a-Bag The Picture Pieces are numbered in two places on the back. The numbers in the center serve as an answer key for checking the order of the pictures in the sequence. The numbers in the bottom corner, along with the colors and patterns, help you keep the 15 sets separate and organized. You may choose to put four dry erase markers (not included) in the bag. You may choose to make copies of the reproducibles and store them in the bag. Visit our Web site www.reallygoodstuff.com to download Really Good Stuff Teaching Guides. Introducing Sequence & Retelling Have the student work hands-on from the outset. Model sequencing and retelling only if the student has trouble understanding the activity. Select a set of Picture Pieces and put one aside to start with just three. Give the student the Picture Pieces along with a Sequence & Retelling Mat turned to the side with the three boxes. Ask the student to think about the story the pictures tell. Instruct him or her to place the Picture Pieces in order in the numbered squares on the mat, describing the events in the sequence. Provide guidance or have students work in pairs if they need support. Students can act out the sequence if they are confused. You can also have the student describe important details in each picture and explain how the details helped them identify the sequence. All teaching guides can be found online. Helping Teachers Make A Difference 2015 Really Good Stuff 1-800-366-1920 www.reallygoodstuff.com Made in China #306747
Sequence & Retelling Puzzles Read the signal words on the mat to the student, and encourage her or him to use those words in retelling. Check the work. If there is an error, ask questions to help the student discover the error and make a correction. Discuss the logic of the sequence. Finally, have the student use a combination of drawing, writing, and dictation to record the events in sequence on the lines. Center Task Card A helper can refer to the Center Task Card for instructions. Students who are ready can work with four Picture Pieces or work independently for all or part of the activity. Invite ready students to also identify the main idea or topic of the sequence. Reproducibles The Sequence & Retelling Reproducibles provided in this guide serve as extra mats in case you are working with more than four students. You can also have students use the boxes to draw a sequence they think up, such as something that happens at home. There is a Progress Monitoring Sheet so you can keep track of which sequences students have completed and how many pictures they have sequenced correctly. Related Really Good Stuff Products Comprehension Gigglers: Emergent (#306704) Comprehension Gigglers: Beginner (#306585) Question Clowns (#306609) WHuzzles (#306699) Author s Reasons Race Cars (#306698) Making Meaning Matchups (#306700) Shades of Meaning Shuffle (#306706) This Goes With That (#306744) Punctuation Pirates (#306738) Really Good Literacy Centers Comprehension Set Grades 2-3 (#305493) Really Good Literacy Centers Comprehension Set Grades 4-5 (#305510) Helping Teachers Make A Difference 2015 Really Good Stuff 1-800-366-1920 www.reallygoodstuff.com Made in China #306747
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Sequence & Retelling Progress Monitoring Sheet Helping Teachers Make A Difference 2015 Really Good Stuff 1-800-366-1920 www.reallygoodstuff.com Made in China #306747