Develop phonological awareness using this partner activity, where scholars segment words into phonemes. Using Elkonin Box picture cards, pairs practice orally segmenting sounds and physically representing the phonemes using counters. Partner A says the word in phonemes, and Partner B repeats the phonemes as they place a chip for each below the picture. 

Concepts

sounding out words, decoding words, phonemic awareness, phonemes, phonics

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Additional Tags

phoneme, phonics, phonological awareness, elkonian boxes, make words, sound out words, segment words, english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Challenge pupils to use the provided template to create their own Elkonin Box

Classroom Considerations

• Set aside time to prepare picture cards and gather counters

Pros

• Moving chips brings a kinesthetic approach to learning
• Each picture has the exact number of phoneme boxes below it
  

Cons

• None

Common Core

RF.K.2.d RF.1.2.c