Congratulations on your purchase of Really Good Stuff® Beginning SoundsConcentration, a fun learning game. The familiar game of Concentration is a greatway for early learners to practice beginning sounds.

Students enjoy practicing beginning sounds while making picture matches. InBeginning Sounds Concentration, also known as Memory, players try to pair up twopicture cards that represent the same letter sound.

Alphabetic KnowledgeBefore students learn to read they must learn the letters of the alphabet. Theyshould learn the order of the alphabet and practice identifying the letters in writtenform and using tactile letters.

Phonemic AwarenessBefore playing Beginning Sounds Concentration, explore beginning sounds inchildren's literature, songs, and letter-sound books (with pictures of A words, B words, etc.).

Managing ConcentrationBeginning Sounds • Copy the Beginning Sounds

Concentration gameinstructions. Laminate theinstructions for repeated use.

• When using the game at aliteracy center, be sure todemonstrate how to storethe Playing Cards and leavethe center when the activityis complete.

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Sorts are another great way to reinforce beginning sound study. The repetition ofsorting helps students learn to look and listen for beginning sounds.

Review several Picture or Word Cards that represent a few beginning sounds. PlaceCards labeled with the letters and picture cues in the top row of a pocket chart for asmall group demonstration or on a table for a one-on-one lesson. Have students sortthe Picture or Word Cards into the sound categories by placing them in columns.

Meets State StandardsThis type of practice in beginning sounds helps students meet grade-levelexpectations and prepare for standardized testing. Playing Beginning SoundsConcentration also helps students develop early phonics skills, sets a foundation forreading, and provides oral language practice.

Management• Review the rules and discuss appropriate game behavior beforehand.• Demonstrate laying out the Cards and playing a game, including shuffling the Cards

after each round. Also show students where to leave the deck when playtime is over.

Beginning Sounds Card ListHere are the Cards included in the set. Xx has beenomitted because it is rarely a beginning sound.

Letter Picture 1 Picture 2Aa apple alligatorBb ball bedCc cat combDd dog deskEe egg elephantFf fish fanGg goat gumHh hat houseIi igloo insectJj jet jumpKk kite kangarooLl leaf lampMm mouse moon

Letter Picture 1 Picture 2Nn nail nestOo ostrich octopusPp pig pumpkinQq queen quiltRr rose ringSs sun sinkTt tent turtleUu umbrella underVv volcano vestWw wall wormYy yarn yo-yoZz zebra zoo

Beginning Sounds PracticePlayers: Up to 50Materials: Pairs of Beginning Sounds Playing Cards (enough for 1 Card per player)Object: To pair up with your beginning sound match1. Select pairs of Beginning Sounds Playing Cards, shuffle the Cards, and pass

them out to the players. The students should be sitting down, and should notshow their Cards to others until you say, “Go.”

2. When you say, “Go,” the students get up, display their Cards in front of them,and walk around to find their beginning sound partner: apple with alligator, ballwith bed, etc. When partners find each other, they should line up by the wall.(Optional: Students line up in alphabetical order.)

3. When everyone has lined up, have the partners hold up their Cards, say whattheir pictures are, and say which beginning sounds they have.

Beginning Sounds Concentration Game InstructionsPlayers: 2 to 4Materials: Up to 25 pairs of Beginning Sounds Playing CardsObject: To try to remember the location of Cards in order to make beginningsound matches.1. Shuffle the Cards and place them facedown in rows on a table or floor.2. Player 1 takes a turn. He or she flips over two Cards to see if they make a

beginning sound pair. If they do, the player gets to keep the Cards and takeone more turn. If not, the player flips the Cards facedown and the turn isover. The players try to remember the location of the Cards.

3. Player 2 takes a turn, and so on.4. When all the pairs have been found, the player who has the greatest number

of pairs wins the game.5. Discuss any challenges before playing another round.

Congratulations on your purchase of Really Good Stuff® Concentration: EndingSounds, a fun learning game that strengthens your students’ phonologicalawareness skills.

The familiar game of Concentration is agreat way for early learners to practiceending sounds. Concentration: EndingSounds reinforces early readers’ ending-sound knowledge and builds auditorydiscrimination skills. Players try to pairup two picture Cards that have the same endingsound. Through repeated play, they become skilledat identifying and matching ending sounds.

ObjectiveThe student will match ending sounds in words using picture cues.

Introducing Concentration: Ending SoundsConcentration: Ending Sounds provides a fun setting for students to practice

Managing Concentration:Ending Sounds • Review the rules and discuss

appropriate game behaviorbeforehand.

• You can limit the number ofpairs used, depending on thestudents’ abilities.

• Demonstrate laying out thecards and playing a game,including shuffling the cardsafter each round. Also showstudents where to leave thedeck when the game is over.

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matching ending sounds in words using picture cards. Students use their auditorydiscrimination skills to isolate the ending sound of each picture on the Cards andthen find another Card with the same ending sound. Included are 15 ending sounds inone- to three-syllable words.

Modeling the GameBefore having students play Concentration: Ending Sounds independently, modelthe game, discussing every step as you go. Review and name the pictures on theCards, emphasizing their ending sounds by stretching them out, as in paaaw, or bypronouncing them louder. Place the Cards face down in rows on the table. Explainthat the object of the game is to make ending sound matches, and to do so youmust remember the location of the Cards. Turn over two Cards, name the twopictures, and say their ending sounds. If the two Cards have the same ending sound,keep them and start your winning pile. If they do not, return them face down to theiroriginal positions.

Have students take turns looking for ending sound matches. Play until all thematches are made.

Meeting State StandardsThis type of practice in ending sound identification and matching helpsstudents meet grade-level expectations and builds a strong phonologicalawareness foundation.

Concentration: Ending Sounds GameTwo to four playersObject: Match ending sounds in words using picture cuesMaterials: Learning Deck Cards1. Shuffle the Cards and place them face down in rows on a table or floor.

Decide on the order of play.2 Player 1 turns over two Cards, names them, and sees if they make an

ending sound match. If they do, the player keeps the cards and takes onemore turn. If not, the player turns the Cards face down and the turn isover. The players try to remember the location of the Cards.

3. Players take turns in this way.4. When all the matches have been made, the player who has the greatest

number of pairs wins the game.5. Discuss any challenges before playing another round.

Whole Class Ending Sound ActivityUp to 30 playersObject: Pair up with your ending sound matchMaterials: Learning Deck Cards1. Select pairs of Ending Sound Learning Deck Cards, shuffle the Cards and pass out

one Card to each player. Students should name their pictures and say their endingsounds to themselves. They do not show their Cards to others until you say, “Go.”

2. When you say, “Go,” the students get up, display their Cards in front of them, andwalk around to find their ending sound partner: paw with saw, celery with broccoli,etc. When partners find each other, they should line up in front of the class.

3. When everyone has lined up, have the partners hold up their Cards, name theirpictures, and say their ending sounds.

Really Good Learning Deck Cards™

Ending Sound Picture Card 1 Picture Card 2nsngdge/gele (unaccented syllable)et (unaccented syllable)er (unaccented syllable)awowschwalong along elong oshch

unicornlettucelungbadgeneedlerocketfarmerpawcowbananasprayceleryarrowflashcrutch

octagonoctopusswingstagecastleblanketgrasshoppersaweyebrowgorillasubwaybroccolishadowbrushwatch

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