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Activity 4 - Missing Vowels
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FISHING FOR PHONICS™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 4 - MISSING VOWELS (continued) 2. Your child must press letter buttons to fill in the missing letters in the word. The letters must be entered in order from left to right. His or her choices are limited to the vowel buttons, which are differentiated as yellow fish buttons in contrast to the pink consonant buttons. Pressing a consonant or blend button will elicit an invalid key sound effect. 3. Each correct letter will replace a blank in the word. When all the vowels are correctly filled in, the fisherman should be pressed to stop the timer. 4. A correct answer will elicit a positive response as well as a reiteration of the correct answer for added reinforcement. 5. An incorrect answer will elicit an encouraging response. Your child will be given another chance as the learning toy repeats the question. After a third incorrect attempt, the unit will reveal the correct answer, and a new question will be asked. How Can You Help? • Remind your child that the vowels in the game Fishing for Phonics™ are all printed on yellow fish. Review the names of the vowels: A,E,I,O, and U. Practice saying the long and short vowel sounds with your child. Remind your child that long vowels say their own names. • While reading books, magazines, signs, etc. to your child, draw attention to the vowels in the words. Have your child tell you what the vowel is in different words. Ask if the vowel says its long or short sound. • Make a vowel booklet using two pages for each vowel: one for the long sound and one for the short. When your child is introduced to new words with vowel sounds, he or she can write the word on the appropriate page. He or she may even wish to draw a picture to go with each word entry. • PLEASE NOTE: Y is also considered a vowel in some cases. However, in introducing the topic of vowels to a Growing Reader, we have simplified the lesson to A, E, I, O, and U, the letters which are always recognized as vowels. 9 MISSING VOWELS