Phonological awareness activities

Practice phonological awareness with these easy to use, self directed phonics activities and an engaging original game. Rhyme, syllables, sounding out and onset and rime are all covered in this pack which has been designed with older students in mind (seven+). It does not contain cutesy pictures and is able to be independently completed, used with a partner or in a small group. Phonic practice made fun!

Words chosen are ones that students need to be able to sound out and go beyond the simple CVC or CVCC/CCVC make up. A focus is on CVVC, CCVCC and CCVVC words which encourage students to recognise phonemes.

What this resource includes:

• 180 word cards- 35 different word families. Majority of families have 5 matching words however, a few have words that make the same sound but have a different spelling (includes: ack, ain, ake, ale, all, ame, an, ank, ap, ash, at, ate, aw/oor/oar, ay, eat/eet, ell, est, ice, ick, ide, ight/ite, ill, in, ine, ing, ink, ip, it, ock/oak, oke, op, ore/oor, ot ,ug, ump, unk
• 2 ‘Boom Bam Pow’ game boards - 1 colour version, 1 black and white
• 2 ‘Boom Bam Pow’ game cards - 1 colour version, 1 black and white
• 1 ‘Boom Bam Pow' game instruction
• 6 syllable recording pages - each page has placement for either 1, 2 or 3 syllables - 3 colour versions, 3 black and white
• 4 ‘how many syllables’ activity pages - 2 colour versions, 2 black and white
• 10 sound recording pages - each page has placement for either 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5+ sounds - 5 colour, 5 black and white
• 4 ‘how many sounds’ activity pages - 2 colour, 2 black and white
• 2 ‘word mapping’ activity pages - 1 colour, 1 black and white ***ADDED NOV 2021***
• 2 words that rhyme recording page - 1 colour version, 1 black and white
• 2 onset and rime activity page - 1 colour version, 1 black and white
• Teacher notes with a suggestion on how to use/set up each activity

This resource is recommended for use in Years 2 to 5 but may be used in earlier grades if assisted or for revision in higher grades. I have successfully used these in a range of learning situations. The teacher notes and game instructions give details on how each component may be used.

Feedback

• I use this with students in my class that have learning difficulties and they enjoy the activities.
• I love how you can mix this game up based on the students need. Syllables, rhyming, spelling, anything!
• Love it! PA is such a crucial skill for early readers and this is an awesome resource.

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