READING and WRITING OPTIONS 

Writing Options: Word Work

Begins With, Ends With

Objective:

Students match pictures to beginning and ending sound cards.   Activity Source:  Florida Center for Reading Research

Materials:

Pocket Chart

Pointers

Begins With, Ends With Picture Cards & Letter Cards:   .doc    .pdf 

[print, cut pictures part, cut letter strips apart, laminate, trim lamination]

When to Introduce:

After students have had exposure to listening for, identifying, and naming beginning sounds in words (Writer's Workshop, Word/Letter work). 

How to Introduce:

Gather students at the pocket chart.

Distribute picture cards to students.

Demonstrate how to display the "begins with, ends with" letter cards in the pocket chart [alphabetically].

Calling one student to the front at a time, have them place their cards into the pocket chart.

Demonstrate how to read each picture "name of the picture" and how to emphasize the beginning and end sound for each picture.

Show the class the container/drawer/bin where the activity will be stored.

Have students place their cards into the drawer.

Differentiating:

Have students spell the words for each picture they've placed:  .doc    .pdf

Storage Ideas:

The activity is stored in a vinyl [plastic] pencil case

I've purchased these pencil cases Target, Wal-Mart, Office Max, Office Depot, Walgreen's, etc.

The container is labeled with a sticker that indicates where the item belongs (pocket chart corner), and with a title, and picture of what the activity is.

The pencil case is then stored in it's own drawer of a Sterilite storage unit that is located on a shelf next to the pocket chart.