Once students are in small groups, the teacher provides “pool noodle phonics” sets, which consist of alternating small rings of vowels and consonant on a paper towel stand or other sort of stick.  Students will rotate the rings and pronounce the words together that they create.  Depending on the age of the students, there could be a written component to this as well.  If students are lower elementary age, the teacher and other adults will circulate to guide students as needed in their pronunciation as they create words.