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Default Re: Phonics games?

Here are some games I have taken (with permission) from the You Can Teach TESOL and Recruitment in China : Home TESOL course:

Quick draw – This highly versatile game can be used to practice phonics too. Simply have a number of cards with words containing the sound you wish to practice. You then hold them up to the students and the first to read it gets a point.
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Phonetic Board Games – If you have a bit of time (both to prepare and during class) you can make up a board game in which the students need to role the dice in order to get to the end. On each square, you write a word containing the letter/letter group, and as the students move along they must read out the words they pass.
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Word list – Students work as individuals, pairs or groups to write as many words containing the target language as they can in one minute. To make this more interesting, you can allow your students to write down some that they think may be words, but are not sure. Students get one point for each correct word, minus one point for those that are not English words.

Beat the bomb – The teacher lines up a number of word-cards containing the target sound. While the students aren’t looking, they slip a picture of a bomb under one. The students then move along line reading each words as they go. The aim of the game is to stop as close to the bomb as possible. The closer they get, the more points they get.
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Phonics Mystery Grid – The same concept as the Mystery Grid (covered in the games section of Chapter 2) except now instead of being blank, the grid you draw on the board is filled words containing the target letter/letter group. So instead of the students choosing by saying “A-2.” or “D-4.” They read the word written in the square, after which you reveal the outcome.

Hope these help!
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