Sound Tracker - A Free Phonemic Awareness Activity

HANK THE TANK
FREE DIGITAL SOUND TRACKER FOR PHONEMIC AWARENESS PRACTICE

Check out my FREE Sound Tracker on Boom Cards. It's a phonemic awareness activity from my Hank the Tank Activity Book just released. In celebration of the book release, I will offer a free activity each month for the rest of 2023 in my newsletter (Sign Up HERE) and a special discount on the Activity Book from October 6 - November 30 during the IDA and ASHA conferences. I will be speaking at both events! See details for IDA below coming up next week. During the sale, the Activity Book will be available for $18.99 (regular price $22.99) on Amazon.

 The Activity Book is 163 pages packed full of activities for decoding, phonological awareness, morphology, sentence structure, cognitive flexibility, written language, and more. A special code inside the paperback Activity Book allows access to 50+ easy-to-print downloadable PDF activity pages.

The Activity Book is based on Hank the Tank, a decodable chapter book, available now in hardcover, paperback, and e-book formats at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. You may also order the chapter book from your favorite local bookstore. 

The Sound Tracks activity pictured at the top of this blog post is an example of one of the activities from the Activity Book. It includes 4 word lists. The first list may be found below. It can be used with letter tiles or cards or you may use it with the digital sound tracker above which is available for FREE on Boom Cards HERE.

Directions:
1. The teacher says the first word.
2. The student repeats the word and uses letters to construct the word while saying each sound.
3. The student then reads the entire word they have constructed.
4. The teacher then says another word with one sound changed.
5. The student says the new word, makes the sound change saying each sound, then reads the entire word.

LIST 1
ash
rash
trash
track
tack
stack
stuck
struck
truck
trick
tick
chick
lick
lit
it

 

This chapter book was designed for older students (grades 4 and up) and adults who would benefit from controlled reading practice. Specific modifications are provided for grades 2-6+. Books in the series may be used to complement any reading program but were specifically designed for teachers implementing the Science of Reading in their instruction. There are also tips for parents on how to use a strategy called Pair and Share reading. The adult reads the Background Information, and the student reads the story, which is the portion written as a controlled text. Because of the focus on specific sound patterns, this book also allows children with articulation disorders to work on words in a story context with a speech-language pathologist. The higher-level vocabulary used in the background information section also makes this book appropriate for students in general education. Lists are provided for target sound words as well as two different levels of vocabulary.

For more information about the series and to find the Scope and Sequence, visit www.wordtravelpress.com.  

 

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