Cup Game
The cup game allows learners to practice listening to beginning, middle, and end sounds without being distracted by the written form of the words.
2. Give each learner or group three cups labeled with beginning, middle, and end. Provide each group or learner with a chip or a letter to drop into the cup.
3. Call out a word and have learners drop their chip or letter into the right box.
* Practice only the beginning and end sounds with low level beginners.
* Include multiple letter sounds when playing with higher level learners. Also, allow these learners to look for letter tiles to put in the cups.
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Procedure:
1. Teach learners “beginning” (or “first”), “middle”, and “end” (or “last”) and demonstrate how a sound (e.g., /s/) is in the beginning (e.g., say), middle (e.g., pencil), and end (e.g., face).2. Give each learner or group three cups labeled with beginning, middle, and end. Provide each group or learner with a chip or a letter to drop into the cup.
3. Call out a word and have learners drop their chip or letter into the right box.
Variations:
* Provide learners with more chips or letter tiles for keeping score. Their chip/tile will remain in the cup when their answer is correct and be removed if not.* Practice only the beginning and end sounds with low level beginners.
* Include multiple letter sounds when playing with higher level learners. Also, allow these learners to look for letter tiles to put in the cups.