PHONICS: SECOND GROUP OF LETTER SOUNDS

This week we are going to see the second group of letter sounds: c k ck, e, h, r, m mb, d. 

To learn the sound of these three graphemes "c", "k", "ck", we clicked our hands as if they were CASTANETS. 

For letter sound "e", we pretended to be an ELEPHANT and then we sang this song where we had to crack an imaginary egg.  

After that we noticed that "h" is not a silent sound in English, we put a HAT in our heads, at the same time we practice this new sound. 

For "r" sound we pretended to be a DOGGY, ripping a rag. Then we sang this song.  

For "m" sound we TOUCHED OUR TUMMIES and we pretended to be eating a delicious and yummy meal. 

To learn "d" sound we PLAYED THE DRUM. Here the song. 

After learning the new letter sounds we started with their identification. We switched off the lights and we played with torches. Children had to recognize which grapheme represented the sound the teacher was saying. We included the capital letter of the sounds in the cards, due to that's the way children are learning the letters in Spanish Language. 

Then we tried to write some short words, segmenting the sounds, using capital letters too. They had to hear the complete word, and recognize its sounds. We knew that it was very difficult but....it was an incredible success!