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Onset and Rime
Flip Books
Onset:Thebeginningsoundofaword.
Rime:Theendsoundofaword(OldEnglishfor‘rhyme’)
Fourflip‐bookscanbemade,byprintingthisset:
1. Consonant‐Vowel/Consonant(CVC)eg.bat(pages1520)
2. Consonant/Consonant‐Vowel/Consonant(CCVC)eg.clip(pages2127)
3. Consonant‐Vowel/Consonant/Consonant(CVCC)eg.junk(pages27)
4. Consonant/Consonant‐Vowel/Consonant/Consonant(CCVCC)eg.trunk(pages814)
Howtomake:Printontowhite,orcolouredcard.Cutalongthelines,laminateandbindtogetheracrossthetopofeachset(spaceatthetopofeachonset/rimehasbeenprovidedtoallowforbinding).Theonsetshouldbeontheleft,andtherimeontheright.
Howtouse:Theflip‐bookscanbeusedtogivespecificinstructionbytheteacherorteacheraide,toassistwithspellingandtoidentifyrhymingwords.Eitherfliptheonset,ortherime,andaskthechildrentoreadaloud.Alternatively,studentscanusetheseasanindependentactivityduringaliteracyrotation.Notallcombinationsaretruewords,however,itisgoodpracticeatblendingsoundstogether.(NB‘uck’hasbeenomitteddeliberatelyintheCVCCwordstoavoidanobviousswearword.‘ick’hasbeenleftin,youmaychoosetoremoveit.Ifyouremovetheserimes,teachingoftherimeswillneedtobetaughtspecificallyatanothertimetoensurewordssuchas‘luck’,‘duck’,‘lick’and‘kick’canbespeltcorrectly.OthercombinationsarealsomissingsimplyduetothevastnumberofpossiblecombinationsintheEnglishlanguage.‘ut’hasbeenincludedinplaceof‘uck’,tobeincludedintheCVCflipbook.)
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