59 Roll, Rhyme and Race!
Samantha D'Amico
Strategy Overview
- “Roll, Rhyme, and Race” is a game used to help develop students’ phonological awareness skills.
- Using this game with students is an effective strategy because it is engaging, hands-on, and invites students to be active participants in the learning process.
- Rhyming helps to develop students’ phonemic awareness because it requires students to listen to the sounds within words and to identify word parts (Resources for Early Learning, n.d.).
Strategy in Action
Players take turns rolling the dice. Players say the word associated with their number rolled, according to the key located on the side of the game board. Then, the student finds the nearest rhyming word and moves their game piece to that space. Whoever reaches the trophy space first wins the game. It is suggested that the teacher teaches this game in small groups. Then, as students get accustomed to the rules, this activity can be used in a center.
References
Department of Early Education and Care. (n.d.). Having fun with phonemic awareness. http://resourcesforearlylearning.org/educators/module/20/28/136/
