Price: 300 points or $3 USD
Subjects: ela,foundationalSkills,phonologicalAwareness
Grades: 1
Description: A playful parrot-themed adventure with song to the tune of "The Farmer in the Dell." Goal: Students will practice substituting one phoneme (sound) in a word to create a new word, developing foundational phonemic awareness skills crucial for early reading success. How It Works: Students listen to a fun, interactive song to the tune of The Farmer in the Dell: "The parrot squawked out 'mat,' oh what a noisy bird! He changed the /m/ into a /ch/, and this is what I heard..." The parrots offer a word based on the substitution prompt (e.g., one says "chat," the other says "match"). Students click the parrot with the correct new word based on the phoneme substitution. Skill Benefits: Phoneme substitution is a high-level phonemic awareness skill that helps students: Recognize how changing one sound in a word can create a completely new word. Build decoding and encoding skills (essential for reading and spelling). Strengthen their understanding of sound-letter relationships. Improve auditory discrimination and vocabulary development. This skill is crucial for beginning readers and directly supports their ability to read unfamiliar words by applying sound manipulation strategies. TEKS ELA.1.2.B.iv: "Demonstrate and apply phonetic knowledge by manipulating phonemes within base words. OAS 1.2.PA.2: "Students will replace individual phonemes to make new words."