Phonics Sounds Activities
-ack
Jack and Jill
Jack Be Nimble (See: -ick)
Little Jack Horner
See: Nursery
Rhymes.
-all
all; ball; call; fall;
hall; mall; stall; tall; wall
Theme: Eggs
Rhyme: Humpty Dumpty
Math: Shape: Ovals
Craft: Egg Craft
Theme: Fall; Leaves
Literature: Fall Leaves Fall!
by Zoe Hall
-ar
Theme: Stars
Rhyme/Song: "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"
Math: Shape: Stars
Craft: Star Craft
Art: Starry
Night
by
Vincent
Van
Gogh
-at
at; bat; fat; hat; mat; pat; rat; sat
Theme: Bats; Hats
Rhyme: Bat,
Bat, Come
Under My Hat
Literature: Stellaluna
Science: What do bats eat? What time of day do bats sleep? How do
bats sleep?
Dramatic Play: Pretend to eat various foods that the characters ate in
the book. Fly like a bat.
Craft: Bat Craft
-ay
What are some words that have the -ay sound? (bay, clay, day, gray,
hay, lay, May, pay, play, say, stay, way)
Vocabulary Words: day, May, stay, way
Book:
The
Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Music:
Rain,
Rain, Go
Away
Down By the Bay
The Old Gray Mare (See: Nursery Rhymes.)
Activities:
Play Dough
-ell
Theme: Bells; China; Farms
Music: Golden Bells; The Farmer in the Dell
-eep
Theme: Sheep
Rhyme/Song: "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep"; "Little Bo Beep"
Literature: Sheep in a Jeep
Math: Numbers: 3
Craft: Lamb/Sheep
Craft
-est
Theme: Birds; Nest; Family
Literature: The Best Nest;
Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman
Music: Birds
in the Tree, (CS #241a)
Craft: Nest
Craft
P.E.: Pretend to fly like a bird (flap your wings).
-ey
Music:
Hokey Pokey
Long i
/-ice/
A
Cold
Game:
ice
in
every synonym or definition
-ick/-ck
lick; pick; quick; sick; tick; wick
-ick
Theme: Candle
Literature:
Rhyme: Jack Be Nimble
Craft: Jack
Be
Nimble
Candle
Craft
& P.E. Activity
Theme: Me
Literature: Quick as a
Cricket
P.E & Dramatic Play: Act out the different actions in the book.
(e.g. quick, slow, fast, etc.)
Craft: Draw a picture of yourself.
-ight
bright; light; might; night; right; sight
Theme: Star; Night
Music/Poem: "Starlight, Starbright"
-ill
bill; dill; fill; hill; mill; pill; will
Theme: Opposites; Water; Hill
Rhyme/Song: "Jack and Jill"
Math: Opposites: up/down
P.E.: Jump up and down.
-ip
dip; drip; flip; hip; lip; ship; slip; tip
Theme: Columbus Day; Ships
Book: In 1492
Art: View
from the Sea of Kazusa Province by Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese)
-ock
dock; lock; rock; sock; tock
Theme: Clock
Rhyme/Song: "Hickory Dickory Dock"
Math: Time; Up/Down
P.E. & Dramatic Play: Run in place as the "mouse ran up the clock"
and "mouse ran down the clock".
Craft: Clock Craft
Theme: Colors; Birthday
Hello, Red Fox by Eric
Carle
Theme:
Fox In Socks by Dr.
Seuss
-oom
Art: Room
at
Arles by Vincent Van Gogh
-oon
moon; noon; soon; spoon
Theme: Moon
Nursery Rhyme/Song: Hey Diddle, Diddle, the
Cat and Fiddle
Literature:
Goodnight Moon
The Berenstain Bears
On The Moon
Math: Measure using measuring spoons.
-op
Theme: Apples
Literature: Ten Apples Up
On Top! by Theo. LeSieg
Math: ten; 10
Dramatic Play: Pretend to pick apples from the apple tree or off the
ground.
Craft: Apple
Craft
-ow
bow; flow; low; mow; row; tow
Theme: Boat
Song: Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Literature:
-ow
bow; cow; how; now; plow
Theme: Cow; Farm
Literature: Click, Clack,
Moo Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin
-ox
The Fox On the Box (A
Start To Read Book) by Barbara Gregorich
-un
bun; fun; run; sun
theme: Sun
October
Artist: Hokusai
-ip
December
Artist: Vincent Van Gogh
-ar
-oom
