Sound Mapping

So, today I want to share with you something I do in my small groups in Reading.

Sound Mapping.

So. What I use this for is for my phonics skills, or for my struggling readers/spellers.

I have done this with 1st, 2nd, and even my 3rd graders...and of course it's great with ELLs...

First, 

I give them a word, and they count out the sounds..

Looky here:

I've even had them use counters to move for those that are more tactile...

THEN, they write the sounds in each box...

(yes, I do nonsense words too)

When I do real words, the next step is to cover the boxes, then they try to write it from memory on the next line.

Then they write it in a sentences. 

I've done this for YEARS, but I just made it cuter, as I was looking at them today and thought they were SO boring...lol

AND I made a teacher cheat sheet so you can know how the sounds go in the boxes...

Click {HERE} to download from TPT.

Let me know what you think - or what do you do with a phonics/spelling/reading intervention??