Letter Sound Correspondence with Elkonin Boxes
Pre-K•45 minutes
Learning Objective
I can use Elkonin boxes to match letters with their sounds by connecting them to words I know from my everyday life.
Practice Questions
This lesson includes 2 practice questions to reinforce learning.
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1. Think of a word from your everyday life that has three sounds, like "cat." Use Elkonin boxes to segment the sounds in that word. What are the sounds, and how would you place them in the boxes?
2. If you were to create a new word using the sounds from "sun" and "book," what would that word be? Break it down into its sounds and explain how you would use Elkonin boxes to represent it.
Educational Video
Elkonin Boxes Video 1 (Phoneme Segmentation Activity)
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