ple, /b/ /b/ bag ④ Repeat steps ②-③ until a student forgets a word or makes a mistake Then start over if time allows Sit on the Chair! Take a Guess • Materials: target sound cards (one set/class), chairs • Grouping: two teams • Instructions: ① Put one target sound card on each chair ②H ave one student from each team come to the front and stand behind the chairs ③ Call out a target word ④ The first student who sits on the correct chair gets a point for their team ⑤ Repeat steps ②-③ The team with more points wins the game Speed Phonics • Materials: flashcards (one set/class), whiteboard, markers • Grouping: two teams • Instructions: ① Choose one student from one team to come up to the whiteboard ②S ecretly, show the student a flashcard so that the other students cannot see it ③ The student should draw a picture of the flashcard word on the whiteboard ④ The other students will guess which word was drawn The first team to correctly guess that word gets a point for their team ⑤ Choose another student from the other team and repeat steps ②-④ with a new word The team with more points wins the game ⓒ 2015 Photocopiable Touch a Sound Write the Letters • Materials: flashcards (one set/class), whiteboard • Grouping: two teams • Instructions: ① Write the target sounds on the whiteboard ②H ave one student from each team stand near the whiteboard ③ On the count of three, show them a flashcard with the picture side facing the students and have them run to the whiteboard ④ The first student to touch the correct sound gets a point for their team ⑤ Repeat steps ②-④ The team with more points wins the game • Materials: paper, pencil • Grouping: two teams • Instructions: ① Say a target word and have students write down the target sound on the paper ②W hen they have written the target sound, students should hold up the paper above their heads to show they have finished ③ The student who raises their paper first and is correct gets a point for their team ④ Repeat steps ①-③ The team with more points wins the game Whisper Word Race • Materials: whiteboard, markers • Grouping: two teams • Instructions: ① Have the students stand in two lines ②H ave the first student from each team come and stand next to you ③ Tell the students a target word quietly and have them whisper the word to the next student in each of their lines Then the students whisper the words down the line ④ When the last student in each line hears the word, they run to the whiteboard and write the word ⑤ The first student who writes the word correctly gets a point for their team ⑥ The student who was first in line goes to the back of the line ⑦R epeat steps ②-⑥ The team with more points wins the game • Adaptation: To make the game more challenging, whisper more than one word at a time to the students Whiteboard The first students Teacher Sample Classroom Layout Speed Phonics ⓒ 2015 Photocopiable ... at a time to the students Whiteboard The first students Teacher Sample Classroom Layout Speed Phonics ⓒ 2 015 Photocopiable