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| Name          = Digraph Boxes
| Name          = Digraph Boxes
| Topic        = Language
| Topic        = Language
| Subtopic      = Reading
| Subtopic      = Writing
| image        = [[File:Phonogram Boxes 5.JPG|320px]]
| image        = [[File:Phonogram Boxes 5.JPG|320px]]
| Level        = [[Primary]]
| Level        = [[Primary]]
| Age          =  
| Age          = 4.5
| Preqs        =  
| Preqs        = [[Double Sandpaper Letters]]
| Materials    = two boxes of letters in different colors
| Materials    = two boxes of letters in different colors
}}
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In this activity the child...
This activity teaches the child about English digraphs, sounds that are made with two letters.
== Presentation ==
== Presentation ==
# Take the digraph boxes to a mat.
# Take the digraph boxes to a mat.
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# Take the two letters of the digraphs out of the first box.  Hold them together, one in each hand, to emphasize that they are a unit.
# Take the two letters of the digraphs out of the first box.  Hold them together, one in each hand, to emphasize that they are a unit.
#: [[Image:Phonogram Boxes 2.JPG|270px]]
#: [[Image:Phonogram Boxes 2.JPG|270px]]
# next step
# Place the letters together on  the mat.
#: [[Image:Phonogram Boxes 3.JPG|270px]]
#: [[Image:Phonogram Boxes 3.JPG|270px]]
# next step
# Think of a word that begins with that phonogram.  Use the other color of letters to make the rest of the word.
#: [[Image:Phonogram Boxes 4.JPG|270px]]
#: [[Image:Phonogram Boxes 4.JPG|270px]]
# next step
# Think of a word that ends with that phonogram.
#: [[Image:Phonogram Boxes 5.JPG|270px]]
#: [[Image:Phonogram Boxes 5.JPG|270px]]
# next step
# Make other words with that phonogram as long as the child shows interest.
#: [[Image:Phonogram Boxes 6.JPG|270px]]
#: [[Image:Phonogram Boxes 6.JPG|270px]]


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== Material ==
== Material ==
==Further Reading==
*[[Teaching Montessori in the Home: The School Years]] by Elizabeth G. Hainstock, pages 112, 130-131
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Latest revision as of 19:11, 2 October 2020

Digraph Boxes
Language - Writing
Phonogram Boxes 5.JPG
LevelPrimary
Age4.5
PrerequisitesDouble Sandpaper Letters
Materialstwo boxes of letters in different colors

This activity teaches the child about English digraphs, sounds that are made with two letters.

Presentation

  1. Take the digraph boxes to a mat.
    Phonogram Boxes 1.JPG
  2. Take the two letters of the digraphs out of the first box. Hold them together, one in each hand, to emphasize that they are a unit.
    Phonogram Boxes 2.JPG
  3. Place the letters together on the mat.
    Phonogram Boxes 3.JPG
  4. Think of a word that begins with that phonogram. Use the other color of letters to make the rest of the word.
    Phonogram Boxes 4.JPG
  5. Think of a word that ends with that phonogram.
    Phonogram Boxes 5.JPG
  6. Make other words with that phonogram as long as the child shows interest.
    Phonogram Boxes 6.JPG

Points of Interest

Control of Error

Variations and Extensions

Material

Further Reading