Phonics: Within-Words Activities

Within-Word Stage Activities



Double Consonants Activity:
Double Consonant Bingo: Players pick double or single letter cards and try to create complete words on bingo cards. The teacher will create large bingo cards in order to fit the words on the board, and each word will have a beginning and ending. The student must complete the words on the board using the bingo cards. Spread the cards face down, so the players can put them back if they can’t use them. A dictionary will be handy to check spelling. The first student to get Bingo with their letter cards is the winner.

R Controlled-Vowel Activity:
Students are given 10 minutes to come up with as many words that they can in each of the following categories: ar, er, ir, ur, and or. They may work in pairs and use a dictionary. After they compile their list, they will read it aloud to the class. The students with the most (and correct) words in each category is the winner.

Homophones Activity:
Students are to define homophones, make a list of commonly used homophones, and use them in a complete sentence. Then, in pairs, they are to create picture cards using magazine cutouts, etc., with their homophones list, and correctly match the picture to the correct homophone. This can be done in pairs, or presented to the class as a group activity.