- What other variations of "Guess the Covered Word" could you use? (Ex- different skill levels, sight words, etc)
- What activity do you feel provides the best practice of teaching phonics to children?
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Teaching Phonics and Spelling Patterns
After reading this week's reading, I started to think about the activities listed, and how I could incorporate them into my future classrooms. Cunningham and Allington lists a variety of reading activities that use what a student already knows and helps them learn ways to apply it to enhance their learning. The activity, "Guess the Covered Word" is a perfect example of teaching children word recognition. It not only allows the child to think of words they already know, but also makes them think about how words make sense in a sentence. By making this a guessing game, the child is learning important skills and having fun at the same time! The activities listed in the readings are great resources, because they take into account the different learning levels of children and make it compatible for both struggling and advanced students. We see this evident in Clark's article on coaching and how successful this can be for a variety of learners.
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I loved the Guess the Covered Word activity too! I think a variation that would advance the game would be incorporating longer sentences and paragraphs. That way, students can rely on context clues. I think this is a fun game that kids will be excited to participate in.
ReplyDeleteI found a game on pinterest where you write the endings to words and use a spoon with the word beginning on to cover up letters to make new ones. Here is the link.
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I thought the idea of guess the covered word was a very good idea too. I also really like all of the other activities that they mentioned, they are definitely better alternatives to just sounding it out. I think that this will get children excited about learning how to pronounce words. I like the idea of turning it into a sort of jeopardy game, that option sounded the most entertaining and easily modified activity that was mentioned.
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