Activity for Phonics Reading Models

Treasure Hunt
1. Hide words around your classroom to make a treasure hunt for phonics sounds. 2. Use words and sounds that your class needs to review. 3. Hand each student a card with a phonics sound on it. 4. Tell the students to hunt for a word that uses the phonics sound on the card. 5. They may want to shape their hands into binoculars to go on this hunt. 6. When they find the right word in the classroom, they should call you over and tell you their sound and the word that they found to match it. 7. Gather the cards back up and redistribute them for another round. 8. For a twist, use small boxes in which to hide the words they need to match with their phonics card.

Activity for Phonics Reading Models

Relay Race
1. Write phonics sounds on the board and let your students come to the board for a phonics relay race. 2. Divide your class into four teams and write four different sounds on the board in front of the teams. 3. Draw lines between each sound. 4. At your mark, the first person from each team should go to the board and write a word that uses the same sound that you wrote on the board. 5. When finished, that student gives the marker to the next person in line to go to the board and write a different word for the team. 6. When the last person writes a word for their phonics sound, the game is over. 7. If a team member has trouble thinking of a word for the team's sound, allow teammates to help out.