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Guess the Covered Word

Created by Lynn Tagliaferro

Before students arrive, write four sentences on chalk board, using students names, following a similar word pattern, and end with various words with initial sounds and length.

Use an item to cover the last word, such as a magnet or sticky note.Andrew likes to play tag.Brenda likes to play hopscotch.Eduardo likes to play jacks.Carl likes to play cards.

Guess the Covered Word

Andrew likes to play tag.Brenda likes to play hopscotch.Eduardo likes to play jacks.Carl likes to play cards.

Andrew likes to play tag.

games sports cars jokes

Andrew likes to play tag.

tag trucks

Andrew likes to play tag.

GREAT JOB!

Continue to use same procedure for the other three sentencesBrenda likes to play hopscotch.Eduardo likes to play jacks.Carl likes to play cards.

Class, I am so proud of you, understanding how the game works. The next slide contains sentences with the 2 sounds of c and the sh, ch, th, and wh digraphs. The sentences also include single consonants; including various sentence patterns for all.

There is one Rule that I must follow I can only show you all the letters up to the first vowel.Lets begin!

Latvia likes baby chicks.Juan gave his pet rat a piece of cheese.Michael saw a shark at the beach.Renee is getting a dog on Thursday.Whales are Stephens favorite mammal.Katelyn has a furry cat.

AnswersChicks, cheese, shark, Thursday, Whales, cat

Teaching and Reviewing Blendsbr, dr, sk, sp, str, trAnna brings her brother to school.Michael likes to drink from a straw.Mark flew his kite in the sky.Joline can spell cat.Elisa can jump on her trampoline.

Awesome jobAnswersbrings, brother, drink, straw, sky, spell, trampoline

TeachingEnglish Language LearnersWhen teaching ELL students begin with sounds that are almost the same.Consonants in Spanish and English have similar sounds - p, b, t, k, m, n, f, s, and y.

Other Strategies to Use in Cross-checking: Writing paragraphs related to science or social studies. cover the words and follow the same procedure as we have done in this lesson.

Cover words in a big book, using the same procedure as shown in this lesson. Help you student verbalize the strategy they are using to decode the covered word (Cunningham, 5th Edition, 2011, p. 70-71.)

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I hope this demonstration has helped you in using this strategy in teaching Phonics.

References

Cunningham, P. M. & Allington, R. L. (2011). Classrooms that work: They can all read and write. Boston, MA: Pearson