Changing Phonemes to Make New Words Worksheets

Related ELA Standard: RF.K.2.E

Core Standard
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It is simply amazing how closely related words are. A simple quick change of a single phoneme can drastically change the pronunciation and meaning of the word. The position of the phoneme also affects the final make up of the word itself. In this section of worksheets will work on adding, deleting, and inserting phonemes.

Changing Phonemes to Make New Words Worksheets To Print:

Change Up! – Find the short a words and brighten them up.

Build a Word – There are five words in this puzzle. Can you find all of them?

Meet the "-ops"! – Sort the words by the presence of a short e.

Switcheroo! – Find the presence of long and short vowels in given words.

Alligator Games – You can actual sit this up as a bean bag toss game.

Short a – Find the words in the puzzle.

Let's Trade! – Circle the pictures with a short i (?).

Letter Swap – Draw a line to match the picture with the word.

Making New Words – Find the words in the puzzle. Then write each word on a line.

Letter Detective – Say the letter at the beginning of each row. Trace the letter. Then circle the picture that ends with the sound of the letter in each row.

The Sea Monster – Say the name of each picture out loud. What sound does it start with? Circle the letter. Then write the letter on the lines.

Ocean of Fun – Say the name of each picture. What sound is in the middle? Circle the correct letter.

Word Families – Find each word in the puzzle. Then write each word on the line.

Letter Trades – Say the name of each picture out loud. If it has a ? sound in the middle, circle it.

Word Math – Find the words in the puzzle.

HOW TO CHANGE PHONEME TO MAKE NEW WORDS?

Phoneme substitution is when a word is converted into new word just by changing the phoneme or sound. Thus, to make a new word by changing a phoneme calls for substituting it with another phoneme. This is a tricky situation for most children initially, but once they learn how to change phonemes, they will be adept at it by means of constant practice. It will take less time to replace one phoneme with another and create a list of words and improve literary development.


Phoneme replacement to make new words should be introduced and practiced only when the child efficiently remembers phonemes of different letters. So before they attempt to make new words using phoneme substitution, they should be trained at phoneme identification and isolation. There are three ways of changing a phoneme to make new words. Let us look at each of the way taking an example word SAND and working our way through it


Replacing Initial Phoneme


If we consider the first phoneme of this word, /s/, and replace it by a /h/ phoneme, the word will change to HAND. This is changing the initial phoneme to make a new word.


Replacing Final Phoneme


Lets concentrate on the last phoneme /d/, and replace it with phoneme /k/, the change in phoneme will change the word from SAND to SANK. Replacing one phoneme with the other completely changes a word and its meaning.


Replacing Medial Phoneme


Lastly, you may choose to replace the middle phoneme, /a/ in this case, with /e/ changing the word to SEND.


All of these examples show how changing phoneme, makes new words. Changing phoneme to make new words can be challenging for children, so it is better to go slow and show patience.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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