Ralphie Rime
FSF - Phonemic Awareness Segment and Blend Onset-Rimes
The purpose of this activity is for the student to practice orally blending onset-rimes into words. You'll need a puppet for this activity.
Warm Up


We are going to teach Ralphie, the puppet, to say words correctly. Ralphie has a funny way of talking. He says words in two parts: first the beginning sound, then the rest of the word.

Our job is to help Ralphie learn how to pronounce words correctly. When Ralphie speaks, I want you to listen to both parts and then put them together.

Listen to how he says this word: /b/.../ee/.

And when we put the two sounds together, we say them without a pause: /b//ee/ becomes bee. Ralphie was trying to say the word "bee."

Move the puppet's mouth for the two parts.


Let's try to do one together. What word is Ralphie trying to say when he says /s/.../ip/? First we say /s//ip/ like Ralphie, then we put it together: "sip."
If Correct: Fantastic. Ralphie was trying to say the word "sip." Let's practice another one.

If Incorrect: Try it again with me: /s/…/ip/, sip.

Correct: sip
Try to get a correct response before proceeding.


Now what if Ralphie said /k/.../at/? What word would he be trying to say?
If Correct: Great. Let's try some more words.

If Incorrect: Say the first sound for me. And what's the second part? Now say them together, really fast.

Correct: cat
Try to get a correct response before proceeding.

Activities


Ralphie says …
What's the word?
/h/.../ug/ Correct: hug
/b/.../ug/ Correct: bug
/d/.../ug/ Correct: dug
/d/.../og/ Correct: dog

/d/.../ay/ Correct: day
/d/.../ad/ Correct: dad
/s/.../ad/ Correct: sad
/l/.../ad/ Correct: lad

/h/.../it/ Correct: hit
/m/.../ad/ Correct: mad
/s/.../it/ Correct: sit
/p/.../ick/ Correct: pick

/f/.../ast/ Correct: fast
/w/.../ig/ Correct: wig
/f/…/og/ Correct: fog
/b/.../ig/ Correct: big

/p/.../ig/ Correct: pig
/s/.../and/ Correct: sand
/s/.../am/ Correct: Sam
/h/.../am/ Correct: ham