Congratulations on your purchase of the Really Good LiteracyCenter-in-a-Box™ Phoneme Puzzles–a hands-on, engagingactivity that builds students’ phonological awareness skills.

ObjectiveStudents will segment and blend phonemes in words.

This Really Good Stuff® product includes:• 40 Phoneme Puzzles• Center Task Card• This Really Good Stuff® Activity Guide

Phoneme Puzzles make segmenting and blending sounds easyand fun for emergent readers. Students put together Puzzlepieces to build a complete picture; each piece representing onephoneme. Through repeated play, students will begin to recognizehow words are composed of individual sounds, an importantcomponent of early reading and writing instruction.

Managing the Center-in-a-Box™• Display the Center Task Card.• Demonstrate how to tidy the center when the activity

is complete.• Store the center materials in the box and store it

with other Centers-in-a-Box™.• Make sure the selected Puzzle pieces fit together.

Matching pieces have the same number on the back.

Introducing Phoneme PuzzlesPhoneme Puzzles introduce early learners to sound blending andsegmentation. Students simply put together the pieces of aPuzzle to build a complete picture, pronouncing each phoneme asthey proceed. Included are 10 Puzzles, each of words with two tofive phonemes, providing students ample practice with short andlong words. The number of pieces for each Puzzle matches thenumber of phonemes; for example, the Puzzle for brush has fourpieces, one for each phoneme—/b/ /r/ /u/ /sh/. Each Puzzle, whencomplete, can be turned over to reveal the word and phonemes.

Center Task CardPost this at the literacy center in a visible position. The studentor helper can refer to the Center Task Card for instructions.Refer to the shaded section at the top of the Card for centerpreparation, including needed materials.

Model the ActivityIntroduce your students to the Phoneme Puzzles by selectingthe Puzzle pieces of various words. Start with the two-phonemePuzzles. Name the picture, tapping each piece as you say itssound. Then slide the pieces together as you repeat the name ofthe picture.

Select another two-phoneme Puzzle and have studentspractice putting it together and blending its sounds. Oncestudents are comfortable with the two-phoneme Puzzles, moveon to the longer Puzzles, making sure to tap each piece as youpronounce its phoneme.

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After modeling how to use Phonemes Puzzles, use them as anindependent literacy center activity. Select Puzzles that matchthe level of the students using the center. The two-sided Puzzles,with number codes on the back that tell students they’ve madethe correct match, allow for self-checking and require little adultsupervision. See the complete list of Phonemes Puzzles below. As an extension, have students complete the Phoneme PuzzleReproducible.

Phoneme Puzzles2 Phonemes 3 Phonemes 4 Phonemes 5 Phonemes

Using the Phoneme Puzzle ReproducibleTo provide extra practice blending and segmenting phonemes,have students complete the Phoneme Puzzle Reproducible. Afterputting together the Phoneme Puzzles at the literacy center,students look at each picture and divide it into in its correctnumber of phonemes.

Phoneme Puzzles One to four studentsObject: To segment words into individual sounds.Materials: Phoneme Puzzles, Phoneme Puzzle Reproducible,Center Task CardBefore play, select appropriate Phoneme Puzzles for thegroup, make a copy of the Phoneme Puzzle Reproducible foreach student.1. Place Puzzle face up in individual stacks in front of

students. 2. Students each take a stack of Puzzle pieces and place it

in front of them. 3. They put the pieces in order, leaving spaces between

each one. 4. Students name the picture and slide the pieces together,

tapping with their fingers and saying each soundindividually. With the Puzzle complete, they name thepicture again and turn it over to see if the numbers onthe back match.

5. Students continue taking turns in this way until all thePuzzles are put together.

Variations and Extensions:• Have students complete the Phoneme Puzzle Reproducible

for additional practice segmenting and blending phonemes.• Use other pictures or photographs.

Phoneme Puzzles

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1 eyes2 hay3 egg4 key5 toy6 cow7 owl8 shoe9 pie10 car

11 bed12 boat13 bike14 mop15 dice16 shell17 jam18 bus19 dog20 fish

21 brush22 snake23 cloud24 spoon25 clown26 plane27 nest28 ladder29 school30 zipper

31 grapes32 plank33 lizard34 blimp35 stream36 stump37 umpire38 wagon39 rocket40 rainbow

Phoneme Puzzles Reproducible

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How many sounds do you hear? Name each picture. Make a line through the picture for each its sounds.

Congratulations on your purchase of the Really Good Literacy Center-in-a-Bag™ Spanish Phoneme Puzzles, a hands-on, engaging activity that builds students’ phonological awareness and phonics skills.

ObjectiveSegment and blend words with three to five sounds.

Meeting the StandardsSpanish Phoneme Puzzles (Rompecabezas de fonemas) aligns with the Common Core State Standard for Spanish Language Arts below. For alignment with other state standards, please refer to our Web site’s Standards Match.

Conciencia fonológicaDF.K.2.d Separan y pronuncian los sonidos iniciales, medios y finales (fonemas) en palabras monosilábicas de tres fonemas (consonante-vocal consonante, o CVC). Incluyen palabras que terminan con /l/ y /r/ (ejemplo: sal, sol, mar, por).

Phonological AwarenessRF.K.2.d Isolate and pronounce the initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in spoken single-syllable words.

This Really Good Stuff product includes:• 30 Phoneme Puzzles• Center Task Card• This Really Good Stuff Instructional Guide

Spanish Phoneme Puzzles makes segmenting and blending phonemes, or sounds, easy and fun for emergent and early readers. Students put together puzzle pieces to build a complete picture, each piece representing one sound. Through repeated practice, students will begin to recognize how words are composed of individual sounds, an important component of early reading and writing instruction.

Managing the Center-in-a-Bag™• Visit our Web site www.reallygoodstuff.com to download

Really Good Stuff Instructional Guides.• Separate the puzzles into colored sets (three-piece puzzles

have green backs, four-piece puzzles have purple backs, five-piece puzzles have orange backs) and store in zippered plastic bags.

• Make sure the selected puzzle pieces belong together. Matching pieces have the same number on the back.

• Display the Center Task Card.

Introducing Spanish Phoneme PuzzlesSpanish Phoneme Puzzles introduces early learners to blending and segmenting phonemes in words. A phoneme is a sound segment in a word; for example, “ojo” has three phonemes: /o/j/o/. Phonological awareness instruction shows students how the sounds they hear in spoken language are represented in print. Teaching sounds along with letters helps students see how phonemic awareness relates to reading and writing. Phonemic awareness instruction is most effective when students are taught to use letters to represent phonemes. As students develop phonemic awareness, they will use their knowledge of letter sounds to decode and spell words.

Spanish Phoneme Puzzles includes 30 puzzles—10 each of words with three, four, and five phonemes. The number of pieces for each puzzle matches the number of phonemes; for example, the puzzle for “ojo” has three pieces, one for each sound—/o/j/o/. Each puzzle is two-sided—the front shows a pictured word and the back shows the letters.

To practice isolating and hearing individual sounds in words, students start on the picture side. They slide together the pieces to complete a picture, pronouncing each sound as they proceed, and then flip over the pieces to reveal the letters and read the word. To practice building words, students start on the other side. They pronounce each letter and put them in the order needed to make a word. They check their work by flipping over the pieces to see if the picture is complete. A correctly built word equals a complete picture.

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Rompecabezas de fonemas (Spanish Phoneme Puzzles)

All instructional guides can be found online

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Model the ActivityIntroduce your students to Spanish Phoneme Puzzles by selecting the puzzle pieces of various words. Start with the three-phoneme puzzles. Name the picture, tapping each piece as you say its sound. Then slide the pieces together as you repeat the name of the picture.

Turn over the pieces by flipping them bottom to top to reveal the letters on the other side. Read the word with your group, tapping each piece as you pronounce each sound.

Select another three-phoneme puzzle and have students practice putting it together, blending its sounds, and reading the word on the back. Once students are comfortable with the three-phoneme puzzles, move on to the longer puzzles, making sure to tap each piece as you pronounce its sound.

After modeling how to use the puzzles, make them an independent literacy center activity. Select puzzles that match the level of the students using the center. The two-sided puzzles allow for self-checking and require little adult supervision. See the next column for a complete list of Spanish Phoneme Puzzles. As an extension, have students complete the Spanish Phoneme Puzzle Reproducible (Rompecabezas de fonemas Reproducible).

Spanish Phoneme Puzzles

Center Task CardPost this at the literacy center in a visible position. The student or helper can refer to the Center Task Card for instructions. Refer to the shaded section at the top for center preparation, including needed materials.

How to Use the Spanish Phoneme Puzzle Reproducible (Rompecabezas de fonemas Reproducible)To provide extra practice blending and segmenting sounds, have students complete the Spanish Phoneme Puzzle Reproducible. After putting together the Phoneme Puzzles at the literacy center, students look at each picture, divide it into its correct number of sounds, and write the letters that represent those sounds on the lines below. (See below for sample taken from the reproducible activity.) They can check their work by looking back at the puzzle pieces from the activity.

Rompecabezas de fonemas (Spanish Phoneme Puzzles)

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1. /o/j/o/2. /p/e/z/3. /o/ll/a/4. /o/s/o/5. /s/a/l/6. /d/o/s/7. /o/ch/o/8. /p/a/n/9. /o/r/o/10. /a/l/a/

3-Phoneme Puzzles(green)

11. /n/i/d/o/12. /f/l/o/r/13. /t/e/ch/o/14. /ll/a/v/e/15. /l/u/n/a/16. /u/v/a/s/17. /c/a/s/a/18. /p/i/ñ/a/19. /m/e/s/a/20. /p/o/z/o/

4-Phoneme Puzzles(purple)

21. /b/a/r/c/o/22. /a/r/a/ñ/a/23. /r/e/g/l/a/24. /c/o/n/ch/a/25. /l/i/b/r/o/26. /ch/i/c/l/e/27. /l/a/p/i/z/28. /g/a/t/o/s/29. /o/r/u/g/a/30. /g/l/o/b/o/

5-Phoneme Puzzles(orange)

Flip the puzzle pieces from bottom to top to reveal the letters.

Rompecabezas de fonemas Reproducible

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