Kindergarden Unit 2 Assessment and Remediation Guide

Kindergarten | Unit 2 Assessment and Remediation Guide 99

Phonemes—Games

Isolate Beginning Sounds

Give Me a Word

• Gather a collection of any variety of blocks (e.g., unit blocks or locking cubes).


• Tell students you will provide a sound and want them to say a word that starts
  with that sound. For example: “Give me a word that starts with /s/.” (If students
  struggle to think of a word, prompt them to look around the room for objects
  that start with the target sound.)


• As students provide words that start with the target phoneme, give them a
  block. With each block students get a turn to place it, building a collective
  structure as the game continues.


• Variation: Challenge students by restricting the game to specific categories
  such as names or food words.
  Give Me the Sound
  This is a variation of Give Me a Word (above).


• Gather a collection of any variety of blocks (e.g., unit blocks or locking cubes).


• Tell students you will provide a word and want them to say the sound at the
  beginning of the word. For example: “Give me the sound at the beginning of
  sun.” (If students struggle to identify the beginning sound, repeat the word with
  the beginning sound drawn out: “sssssssun.”)


• As students provide beginning sounds, give them a block. With each block
  students get a turn to place it, building a collective structure as the game
  continues.
  Beginning Sound Sorts


• Use copies of the Starting Sounds Cards to prepare picture cards.


• We recommend the images are photocopied onto card stock to allow for reuse.


• Provide students with sets of picture cards for two beginning sounds (e.g., /m/
  and /f/). Model the placement of cards into two piles according to the beginning
  sound. As students become comfortable with the concept of sorting, they may
  be able to work independently. A variation is Speed Sort, in which you time
  students so they can race against themselves to get a “record” time.