Smiley-Face Phonemes

Smiley-Face Phonemes
Objective:
The students will identify and isolate target phonemes.
Materials:
•  Smiley-face stickers
•  Word list for the teacher
Lesson:
Review phoneme segmentation: e.g., “Can you tell me all the sounds you hear in cat? /c/ /a/ /t/.”
Then have the students isolate specific phonemes in words by identifying the initial, medial, or
ending sounds of a few example words. Then,
1.  Give a smiley-face sticker to each student. Tell them to place the stickers on their
thumbs.
2.  Select a target phoneme sound: “The sound we will be listening for is /s/.”
3.  Tell the students to give a thumbs-up signal when they hear the /s/ at the
beginning of the word (initial phoneme).
4.  Read the words from a word list or say random words aloud, having the students
give a thumbs-up signal if the word contains the sound at the target placement.
Adaptations:
Adapt for any phoneme sound and any target phoneme placement (initial, medial, or final)
that the students are studying.