Tactile/Vowel Combinations

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Title: Spelling with Sand

Have the teacher say a word.... example rain... The students will have to write out the vowel combination in shaving cream. This same activity can be used using sand. This gives the students a chance to not only make the vowel combination, but it works on their listening skills also.

Title: Vowel Hunt
Idea: Use a sheet of paper with a line down the middle in order to make two columns. Write a word at the top of both columns that have the same two vowels, but make different sounds. (For example bear and real.) Using a newspaper, scissors, and glue, find as many words as possible that have the same combination of vowels. Glue them onto the corresponding column.
Resource: http://www.teach-nology.com/

Title: Popsicle Stick Combinations
Idea:
Have different vowel combinations written on popsicle sticks (such as ai, ay, au, ie, ea, etc).  Then have some popsicle sticks that just have various consonants on it such as r, n, b, etc.  Throw all the popsicle sticks together and then have the student make words using the consonants and the vowel combinations (examples: b - r - ai   -d,  p - ai - n  -t, b-  oo - k)

Resource:

Title: One-for-One Match
Idea: Materials Needed:
Flash cards with words using vowel combinations the students should know.
tactile letters, such as scrabble letters.
Activity:
Have students match the tactile lettters to the printed letters. Have children follow this format for each word: SAY the word, SPELL the word, SAY the word again. As children say the word they should be listening to the sound each letter or combination of letters make. When they spell the words (pronouce the letters'names) children should simultaneously trace the correct formation of the letter.
Again, children should say the word and listen for the sound that each letter makes.
Resource: http://www.wclm.com/parts/articles/MM4042.pdf