Level 3: Sample Activity

Sequence of Sound

Level 3 Activities focus on the sequence of sounds in a word. Attention is directed to specific positions of sounds within a word. This is the foundational base for segmenting sounds independently. When recognition of beginning, ending, and middle sounds is acquired, emergent readers are better equipped to isolate sounds and hear them separately.

Early Literacy Foundational Skills

• Sounds (Phonemes) Isolation

  • listen & detect individual sounds at the beginning of a word

  • listen & detect individual sounds at the ending of a word

  • listen & detect individual sounds in the middle of a word

Sample Activity

GOALS: sound (phoneme) isolation & matching

Materials:

• None

Directions:

Say the word book and ask children, What sound did you hear first? /b/ After the correct response, continue with other beginning sounds. As the children progress, move to the ending sounds of words; Say book. What sound did you hear last? /k/ Repeat with others words having children randomly identify beginning or ending sounds. Have more advanced learners identify the middle sounds of words; Say book. What sound did you hear in the middle? /oo/.

HELPFUL TIPS:

• Always model first until the child is comfortable with this activity.

• Begin with one-syllable words.