Extend practice by having students sort the cards into
piles by vowel sounds. [“oe” “ee” “ou” ]

Have students sort the deck of cards into piles by letter patterns.
[oa, ea, ough, o, ee, ow, y, ey, e, e-e, ie, ]

Have students define words.

Give a synonym for words.
[foe/enemy, boast/brag]

Give an antonym for words.
[foe/friend, frown/smile, sour/sweet, messy/neat]

Give an association for words.
[ball gown, messy room]

Find any multiple meaning words.
[so, coast, road, dough, stroke, mouse, loaf, brief]

Are there any idioms that are used with the words in the deck?
[sea change, smoke and mirrors, get my goat, eat crow, beam me up]

Take 2 or 3 words and produce an oral sentence.

Take 2 or 3 words and produce a written sentence.

Count the number of sounds in each word.
[happy: 4 sounds; dough: 2 sounds; grieve: 4 sounds]

Blend the sounds in the words.
[s-c-ou-t = scout]

Segment the word into its component sounds.
[throw = th-r-ow]

Spell the word.