- Write every letter of the alphabet on the ends of 26 craft sticks. Use additional craft sticks and write common letter combinations such as "er" or "ing" on the ends. Stick the ends that have the letters into an opaque jar. Have children take turns pulling a stick out of the jar. Each player must make the sound of the letter or the letter combination he pulls from the jar. If he is unable to say the sound, the stick gets put back. If he knows the sound, he keeps the stick. Players take turns pulling sticks and sounding out the letters. The player with the most sticks wins the game.
- Write common suffix letter blends such as "-at," "-ing" and "-ed" onto index cards. Also create some index cards with single letters and some prefixes such as "sh-," "ch-" and "tr-" on them. Write a word on the board or a piece of paper. Then ask children to go and find the cards that have the letters and blends to complete the word. For instance, write the word "cat" and then ask a player to locate the "c" card and the "-at" card to form the word "cat."
- Help students create their own phonics game out of index cards. Have each player write a specific set of letters and blends on index cards. Then stand in front of the players and say a sound out of the set of index cards. Players must hold up the card that corresponds with the sound that is said. The player with the most correct answers wins the game.
- Assign each student a letter or letter blend. Then hold up a card with a word on it or write a word on the board. The students who are assigned the letter or the letters that make up the word need to stand up and say their sounds. Have the students say their sounds in the correct order so they can hear how their sounds, when used together, create a word.
Another game is to give players one minute to gather as many items as they can carry. Have them bring them back to their desk or table and then ask them to sound out the names of the items and write their phonetic sounds down on a piece of paper.
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