Phonemic Awareness & Phonics Halloween Party

Phonemic Awareness & Phonics Halloween Party

What's your favorite candy?

The Quiz: what are the phonemes in each candy and is the candy spelling regular or irregular?

Halloween Party Prep

• Phonemic awareness = the perception of the individual sounds in words, as in the phonemes in "splash" are /s/ /p/ /l/ /a/ /sh/

• Phonics = 1) knowledge of spelling system, as in the phoneme /ay/ can be "ai" in "train" 2) a way of teaching decoding by emphasizing phonics patterns

• Phonics regularity = when a word is spelled in a manner consistent with most other words, as in each letter-sound in "that" is common in many other English words

• Phonics irregularity = when a word is spelled in a manner inconsistent with most other words, as in the "ai" in "mountain"

Poll

Rate your knowledge of the phonemes in words?

• Almost always right

• Mostly right

• Still confused

• What are phonemes?

Multiple Choice

What are the phonemes in Milk Duds?

• /m/ /i/ /lk/

  /d/ /u/ /d/ /z/

• /m/ /i/ /l/ /k/

  /d/ /u/ /d/ /z/

• /m/ /i/ /l/ /k/

  /d/ /u/ /d/ /s/

• /m/ /i/ /lk/

  /d/ /u/ /ds/

Multiple Choice

What are the phonemes in Twizzlers?

• /tw/ /i/ /z/ /l/ /er/ /z/

• /tw/ /i/ /z/ /l/ /er/ /s/

• /t/ /w/ /i/ /z/ /l/ /er/ /z/

Multiple Choice

Is Milk Duds spelled regularly?

• yes

• no

Fill in the Blank

What phonemic awareness skill is being practiced?

Multiple Choice

Is Twizzlers spelled regularly?

• yes

• no

Open Ended

What are the 2 ways to spell the /s/ sound in Reese's Pieces?

Multiple Choice

What are the phonemes in Skittles?

• /s/ /k/ /i/ /t/ /l/ /z/

• /sk/ /i/ /t/ /l/ /z/

• /sk/ /i/ /t/ /lz/

Fill in the Blank

What phonemic awareness skill is being practiced?

Multiple Choice

What are the phonemes in Twix?

• /t/ /w/ /i/ /x/

• /t/ /w/ /i/ /ks/

• /t/ /w/ /i/ /k/ /s/

Multiple Choice

Is Twix spelled regularly?

• yes

• no

Multiple Choice

What are the phonemes in Crunch? (Nestle)

• /c/ /r/ /u/ /nch/

• /cr/ /u/ /nch/

• /cr/ /u/ /n/ /ch/

• /c/ /r/ /u/ /n/ /ch/

Fill in the Blank

What phoneme awareness skill is being practiced?

Fill in the Blank

Can you blend these sounds to hear a candy? What's the candy?

Multiple Choice

What are the phonemes in Starburst?

• /s/ /t/ /ar/ /b/ /er/ /s/ /t/

• /st/ /ar/ /b/ /er/ /s/ /t/

• /s/ /t/ /ar/ /b/ /er/ /st/

• /st/ /ar/ /b/ /er/ /st/

Multiple Choice

Is Starburst spelled regularly?

• yes

• no

Multiple Choice

Is Air Heads spelled regularly?

• yes

• no

Fill in the Blank

Can you blend the sounds you hear to make a candy? What's the candy?

Open Ended

What are the 2 ways to spell the /ee/ sound in Hershey Company?

Watch for 2 phonemic awareness skills being practiced

Poll

Rate your knowledge of the phonemes in words?

• Almost always right

• Mostly right

• Still confused

• What are phonemes?

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