As part of the basal program our district has adopted, there are phonics lessons each day and part of the lesson plan involves reading a chart full of words that contain the phonic rule we are studying for the week. Nothing too exciting right?
That is until you spice things up a bit by using your voice. I made these little puppet type things using clip art I googled. The student of the day gets to choose two of them and we read the words on the chart changing our voices according to the sign they hold up.
For example, lion=loud and mouse=quiet (and also usually a little squeeky). :)
hare=fast and turtle=slow
For some reason my students find it a lot more appealing to read when there voices are funky. It keeps them involved and entertained, which means they are engaged in learning and I am a happy camper!
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