Scholars employ memory and letter-sound skills like the classic game Concentration to succeed at this literacy game. Partners choose from rows of upside-down cards, trying to match letters to images with the corresponding initial sound.

Concepts

memorization, initial sounds, phonemes, phonemic awareness, phonics, letter-sound correspondence, graphemes

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Additional Tags

initial sound, memory game, picture cards, letter-sound correspondence, initial phoneme, english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Have the cards readily available for early finishers to play 

Classroom Considerations

• Requires copies—print, cut, and laminate cards for reuse

Pros

• Includes extension and adaptation ideas

Cons

• None

Common Core

RF.K.3.a