Blending Sounds to Read Words- Multisensory Activity
Summary
TLDRThis educational video introduces a multi-sensory activity using colored strings to assist students with blending and segmenting phonemes. The activity involves touching the string while saying each sound, helping students blend sounds into words and segment words into individual sounds. This tactile approach is particularly beneficial for students struggling with phonics, enhancing their reading and spelling skills.
Takeaways
- đ The activity is designed to assist students who struggle with blending phonemes.
- 𧩠Essential skills for reading and writing include phoneme blending and segmenting.
- đ A multi-sensory tool like a piece of string can help students understand blending.
- đȘą Students touch each color of the string while saying the corresponding sound.
- đ The process involves moving their fingers along the string while blending sounds.
- đ This activity can be used even before introducing a blending board.
- đ Phon segmenting is the reverse process of blending, focusing on separating sounds in a word.
- đ¶ An example given is the word 'dog', where students slow down the word to hear individual sounds.
- đ€Č The string tool can be used to physically represent the slowing down of word pronunciation.
- đšâđ« This simple tool can be a beneficial aid for students with difficulties in blending and segmenting.
Q & A
What is the main focus of today's activity in the Multi-sensory Monday video?
-The main focus of today's activity is to help students who have difficulty with blending phonemes, which is essential for reading and writing.
What is the issue with students who get stuck when blending phonemes?
-Students who get stuck when blending phonemes have trouble combining individual sounds into a whole word, even though they know the individual letter sound relationships.
What is the simple activity suggested to help students with blending?
-The suggested activity involves using a piece of string, specifically three colors tied together, to help students physically and tactilely blend the sounds together.
How does the string activity help with blending sounds?
-The string activity helps by having students touch each color segment while saying the corresponding sound, thus blending the sounds together as they move their fingers along the string.
What is the purpose of using three colors of string in the activity?
-Using three colors of string represents the three separate phonemes that need to be blended together to form a word, providing a visual and tactile cue for the blending process.
Can this string activity be used for students who are ready for a blending board?
-Yes, even for students ready for a blending board, the string activity can be used to practice blending three sounds together in a tactile manner.
What is phon segmenting and how is it different from blending?
-Phon segmenting is the process of breaking down a word into individual sounds, which is the opposite of blending where sounds are combined to form a word.
How does the string activity assist with phon segmenting?
-For phon segmenting, students slow down the pronunciation of a word while pulling the string, which helps them hear the individual phonemes more clearly.
Why is it beneficial to use a multi-sensory tool like the string for phonics activities?
-A multi-sensory tool like the string provides a tactile experience that can help students better understand and remember the process of blending and segmenting phonemes.
Are there any specific students who would particularly benefit from this string activity?
-Students who struggle with blending or segmenting phonemes, or those who have difficulty transferring these skills to reading and writing, would particularly benefit from this string activity.
Outlines
đ Multi-Sensory Phonics Activity
This paragraph introduces a multi-sensory activity designed to assist students with blending phonemes. The activity involves using a piece of string with multiple colors tied together, which students manipulate while pronouncing sounds to help them blend the sounds together. The string serves as a tactile tool, aiding in the blending of individual sounds into words. The paragraph also touches on the importance of phonics blending and segmenting skills for reading and writing, and suggests that even advanced students can benefit from this activity to practice blending sounds.
Mindmap
Keywords
đĄBlending
đĄPhonological Awareness
đĄSegmenting
đĄMulti-sensory
đĄString Activity
đĄTactile Learning
đĄLetter Sound Relationships
đĄReading Comprehension
đĄStruggling Students
đĄEducational Tools
đĄLiteracy Development
Highlights
Introduction to a simple multi-sensory activity for students struggling with blending phonemes.
The challenge of students getting stuck when asked to blend phonemes.
Importance of blending and segmenting skills for reading and writing.
Using a piece of string as a multi-sensory tool to aid in blending sounds.
Method of using colored string to help students blend sounds by touching knots.
Technique of moving fingers along the string while blending sounds.
The progression from slow blending to faster blending until the word is read.
Application of the string tool even for students ready for a blending board.
Introduction to phon segmenting as the opposite of blending.
Using the string to slow down a word to help with phon segmenting.
The benefit of slowing down words to hear individual phonemes.
Addressing students' difficulties with blending by using the string tool.
Addressing students' difficulties with segmenting by using the string tool.
Recommendation to use three colors of string tied together for this activity.
The string tool as a simple yet effective method for phonics blending and segmenting.
Transcripts
hi everyone and welcome to multi-sensory
Monday today's activity is a very simple
activity that can be used to help with
students who have trouble with blending
have you ever had a student like
this they see the blending board they
know all their letter sound
relationships they go w a
and then they just get stuck you ask
them to blend it together you tell them
okay bring it all together and read that
word
wag and they're stuck what that student
needs help with is blending
phonemes as I'm sure I've mentioned
before the underlying skills of phon
blending and segmenting are essential
for students to be able to transfer that
to letters and use it with reading
writing so what can you do to help that
student who's stuck just saying each
phon like I mentioned the activity is
very
simple all you'll need is a piece of
string well this is actually three
colors of string that have been tied
together we have green yellow and red
what you want to do is have the student
use the string to help them get a sense
of what it means to blend the those
sounds together so while they're
touching the first piece of string they
say the first sound as soon as they hit
that knot they say the second sound and
then when they hit the other one they go
on to the third sound and just like
their finger is going to be touching the
string the whole time they have to make
sure that they're saying the sound the
whole time so they're starting to blend
those sounds together they're going to
start to move quicker and quicker until
they can blend together the word so it
would look something something like this
let's go back to our example that you
saw on the blending board earlier they
would go
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w
w
wag
wag and having this multi-sensory tool
gives them something tactile that they
can do and is an excellent
representation of what you want them to
do with the sounds you can use this even
four students are ready for the blending
board you can simply give them three
sounds and together you can practice
pulling on the string as you blend those
sounds
together now the other skill that
students are going to need to be
successful in reading and spelling is
phon segmenting this is the exact
opposite of what we were just talking
about we were just talking about
bringing sounds together to read a whole
word now we're going to be talking about
taking a word and pulling the sounds
apart to help with this you can once
again use your handy dandy piece of
string little bit different procedure
though this time you're going to give
the students a whole word let's use the
word dog and what they're going to do is
they're going to start to slow down
saying the word dog as they pull the
string and by slowing that word down it
will help them hear the individual
phones so it would look something like
this d
a d
a and as you can tell it's much easier
to hear the three separate sounds d
a after the word has been slown down so
if you have students who are having a
little bit of trouble blending and you
notice that on that blending board
they're stuck on just saying the three
separate sounds or if you have students
who need a little bit of help segmenting
they need to be able to hear the
individual sounds in a word go ahead and
get yourself three colors of string tie
them together and try out this really
great simple tool for phoning blending
and segmenting
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