The first letters phonics battle game.

 

The first letters phonics battle game.
Subject	Vocabulary, alphabet order, letter names, and phonics.
Richard’s comments.	Really simple. Really flexible. What more could you want? Really excellent.
Group size:	Classes of up to about eight should allow everyone to get involved.
Team teaching game?	You should be able to handle this on your own.

 

Materials		Phonics strip. A list of letters in order for reference. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z  Vocabulary cards.
Game set up.	Go through the letters and rehearse phonics sounds with the students. Lay out the alphabet strip for everyone to see. Go through the vocabulary you are going to use. Identify the first letters, identify and rehearse the phonics sounds.

 

Playing rules.	The teacher shuffles the vocabulary cards, lays them out face down and each student chooses one. Identify the vocabulary the first letter and its sound.
Each student identifies the letter position on the vocabulary strip while saying the vocabulary, the first letter and the letter sound. Nearest first letter to ‘Z’ wins the game. You can use the ‘ABC song’ instead of the letter strip. Drawn rounds go to a second letter. Play as many rounds as you desire.
Variations.	You could just play with letters if you want to concentrate on phonics.