Onset and Rime Activities With the Short A Vowel Sound

As teachers, we know that repetition is key when it comes to students’ phonemic awareness and learning different onset and rime patterns is no different. That’s why an experienced early years teacher has designed this digital activity focusing on onset and rime words that contain the short A vowel sound. Here is a list of some of the words that are embedded in this interactive activity:

• tap
• cab
• pad
• ram
• rat
• tag
• bag
• fan

In this engaging interactive activity students will do the following:

• Drag and drop each image to sort by the rime correctly.
• Drag and drop each image to match the onset and rime provided on a slide.
• Drag and drop the correct rime to complete each word.
• Move the correct onset and rime to match the word.
• Drag and drop the circles to cover the onset in each word.
• Drag and drop the circles to cover the rime in each word.
• Type the correct rime to finish a word.
• Sort words into the correct rime heading.

Why Interactive Activities Support Onset and Rime Development

Using interactive activities like this resource are a fantastic way to support your students onset and rime development because of their engaging style, embracing active learning. The multisensory nature of the activities listed above caters to different learning styles within your classroom and reinforces the connection between sounds and letters. Finally, the interactive activities included in this slide deck allow for repetition. This repetition is key to mastering phonetic skills. 

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Use the drop down menu to choose between the PowerPoint version of this resource or the Google Slide version. Use this in edit mode to utilise the interactive features.

This resource was created by Lindsey Phillips, a Teach Starter Collaborator.

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