The game Sound Checkers is played. The rules for this game are identical to checkers except, before moving to a square, the player must say the sound of the letter combination taped to that square. Students are asked to orally segment words read aloud by tapping after each syllable. For example, the trainer might read aloud the word hospital. The student is asked to identify all letters as either a consonant or a vowel.
Students provide the word corresponding to the picture, and then parse the word into syllables.
Next, they read the word in distinct syllables, and then as a whole. In this game the complex graphemes of ch, sh, th, and wh are reviewed. The object of this game is to be the first to get to the finish. On each square is a picture of something which is spelled with sh, th, ch, or wh. Players advance by spinning a spinner which lands on either sh, th, ch or wh.