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Word Chains Activity

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    Updated:  04 Nov 2024

Explore phoneme manipulation with simple words using this word chain activity.

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    Editable:  Google Slides

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    Non-Editable:  PDF

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    Pages:  13 Pages

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    Years:  F - 1

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teaching resource

Word Chains Activity

  • Updated

    Updated:  04 Nov 2024

Explore phoneme manipulation with simple words using this word chain activity.

  • Editable

    Editable:  Google Slides

  • Non-Editable

    Non-Editable:  PDF

  • Pages

    Pages:  13 Pages

  • Curriculum
  • Years

    Years:  F - 1

Explore phoneme manipulation with simple words using this word chain activity.

Word Chains to Explore Phoneme Manipulation

This word chain activity has been created by an experienced teacher and has been designed to assist students in their phonemic awareness journey. Word chaining is a great phonics activity that will help your students develop their phonemic awareness by getting them to make small changes to words in a sequence. In this printable word chaining activity, students will work in pairs to match the picture cards to the word cards in a line connecting the words with links, for example,

  • tag → rag → wag → bag

Word Chaining Activities for Phonemic Awareness

In the sequence above, only the first phoneme is changing. This is a great starting point and you can build up to getting your students to change the middle or end sounds of words. Word chaining activities like this one help students to::

  1. Recognise how sounds connect to letters.
  2. Improve their decoding (reading) and encoding (spelling) skills.
  3. Build confidence in manipulating sounds within words, an essential skill for early literacy.

It’s a highly effective strategy for reinforcing phonemic awareness and promoting a stronger understanding of the relationship between sounds and letters.

Download this Phoneme Substitution Activity Today!

Get students substitution phonemes today by using the dropdown menu to choose either the editable Google Slide version of this resource or the easy to print PDF version.


This resource was created by Samantha Rose, a teacher and a Teach Starter collaborator.


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