Phonics Wallets

This week as a part of our daily five mini lessons the kids have been given a phonics wallet. We will be using this wallet to practice our letter sounds for the week. Each pocket gets one letter. We then segment the word (c - a - t) while pointing to the dots on the wallet. We then say the whole word blending the sounds together while sliding our finger on the arrow at the bottom of the wallet. After building one word we then build a new word by changing only one letter. For example if we started with hen we would then change it to pen. Changing only the first sound. The words will become more complicated as time goes on. :0)