Segmenting & Counting Phonemes- Pizza Toppings

Segmenting & Counting Phonemes

Pizza Toppings

We are working hard in kindergarten to master every standard before the end of the year!

Why not throw a little fun into learning by making pizzas? 

My kids absolutely LOVED this phoneme counting activity! 

All you need to get started are three things:

1. Tan & yellow construction paper.
2. Two color counters
3. Picture cards

 I actually made the pizza mats for each student while we were sitting at the teacher table together. They liked the activity so much, that I laminated them to use again and again. 

 Start by using simple, two and three phoneme pictures. The students sound out the word, and then place a "pepperoni" on their pizza for each sound they hear.

 

Build up to segmenting four, five and six phoneme words.  Once the students have placed their "pepperoni" on their pizza, be sure to have them go back and tap out and blend the sounds in the word.

 This is the perfect intro activity to use before my Pizza Toppings unit. Once the students understand the concept, this activity can be placed in an independent work station.

 There are seven different pizzas with matching topping slices.
 

 

  I found these cute little pizza boxes at Shakeys to use for storing the pizza slices.

 The students name the picture, then tap the sounds out on the correct pizza slice, and place it on top of the picture. 

 Look how engaged they are!

 When they are finished, I ask them to trade pizzas with a partner and check each other's slices to see if each pizza was built correctly.

There are also five corresponding “Pizza Toppings” worksheets. These are perfect for independent work or assessment! This unit includes 26 pages of FUN with words and sounds!

You can purchase my Pizza Toppings Unit separately, or as part of my larger bundle, Fun With Phonemes. 

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