Using read alouds to practice phonological awareness activities is a great way to engage your young learners while exposing them to many important skills. here are some great picture books to teach phonological awareness and phonics.
I’ve also added ideas for activities to do with most of the books!
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Did you Take the B From my -OOK? by Beck and Mark Stanton
trick or treat by bill martin jr and michael sampson
tag a bag trick or treat! Have students draw a large trick-or-treat bag, then draw and label the candy inside, changing the beginning sounds.
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kid building trick or treat bag! add candy to a bag that “came from the child’s building.” Tell the children the name of each candy by changing the initial phonemes and ask them to guess which candy it is before showing it to them.
shel silverstein’s runny baby
Make a snotty baby invade the classroom! Print a picture of the snotty baby and hide it in your room. Start your day by changing a few initial letters or syllables in your morning message, then sign it brat! have fun with word games like this, incorporating them into your instructions, children’s names, etc. until you find a snotty baby at the end of the day and things are back to normal.
giraffes can’t dance by giles andreae
the word collector by peter h. reynolds
Have a Word Jar in the Classroom: Decorate an empty jar and let children add words they find while reading that they love to the jar. share a few each week and have the student say what they like about the word.
incorporate math into word activities- count syllables or letters in a word. graph words by the number of letters or syllables.
sort the words into a chart: just like the child sorted the words in the book, make a category sorting chart and have the children brainstorm words for each one or sort premade word cards. for example, categories can be nouns and verbs, words with endings, words that start with a letter.
there is an ant in anthony by bernard most
I also love that the word ant doesn’t always sound like the word insect, for example in the words anthony and elephant. This is a good time to remind students that letters sometimes have alternate sounds, so it’s important to be flexible when reading and try different shapes. ideal for words with a schwa sound, such as machine, salad, wagon.
the hungry thing by jan slepian
don’t forget the bacon from pat hutchins
So long alligator by sally hopgood
Do some greetings in the classroom! Have students brainstorm some ways to say hello and goodbye while writing a list. then invent new rhymes to make a greeting or farewell phrase. here are some examples:
- hello, fly!
- hello bird, yellow bird!
- what’s up, buttercup?
- what are you doing, what chewing?</li
- in a while, I love your smile!
- see you later, little tater!
the tree of the alphabet by leo lionni
alphabet picture books to teach phonological awareness
In addition to the books above, don’t forget to read alphabet books! make your own class alphabet book by having classmates work on 1-2 letters of the alphabet, cutting out or drawing pictures, and labeling.
when reading alphabet books, have students predict what the next page will say based on the letters and the topic!
These are some of my favorite alphabet books:
click, clack, quackity quack by doreen cronin and betsy lewin
d is for dressing upas maria carluccio
d is for dragon dance by ying chang compestine
conclusion
Read alouds were my favorite time of day and they can be especially fun if you make them interactive. invite your students to rhyme, clap, act and talk about the story and you’ll keep them engaged while practicing essential skills. Don’t forget to also read poems with rhymes and alliteration and add some tongue twisters too!
I hope you’ve learned about some new picture books to teach phonemic awareness and phonics! what other books do you know? did i miss your favourite? let me know below!Do you want free activities to accompany the hungry? Sign up below and have them delivered straight to your inbox!
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