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Deletion
Deletion
What are DELETION tasks?
DELETION is your child’s ability to listen to words and take away a sound in a word to create a new word. For example, if you ask your child to say the word 'boat' and take away the /b/ sound, the word 'oat' remains!
What do DELETION tasks have to do with READING & WRITING?
Learning how to take away parts of words is important for children to learn about sound patterns within words. They begin to hear ‘chunks’ that may sound the same, or recognize smaller words within a big word. Your child may know how to write a word (e.g. ‘sand’), and then discover that by taking off a sound they are able to make a new word (e.g. you can take away /s/ from the beginning of sand to make the word and).
What can I do at Home:
Play the ‘take away’ or ‘minus’ game (also reinforcing math concepts!): have your child delete a sound within a word and hear the new word (e.g., coat - /c/ sound = oat; bat - /b/ sound = at; card - /d/ sound = car etc.)
Follow activities on your PA Deletion Calendar
Take the beginning off a word (e.g., Say ‘soap’. Say it again, but don’t say /s/ --> ‘oap’)
bat
gum
lake
mice
neat
teach
wait
Take the ending sound off a word (e.g., Say ‘cart’. Say it again, but don’t say /t/ --> ‘car’)
moon
rake
hive
sheep
bite
boot
note
Take the beginning sound off a word that starts with a consonant blend (e.g., Say ‘stop’. Say it again but don’t say the /s/ sound --> ‘top’)
clock
sweet
play
clap
stop
clip
block
*FUN TIP* Use your hands, blocks or pencils to represent the sounds in a word and take one away to show the sound that is being deleted.
IN A SONG
IN A SONG
To the tune of “Farmer in the Dell”:
Let’s change a word
Let’s change a word
Let’s say “seat” and take away ‘s’
Now we have “eat”!
IN A BOOK
IN A BOOK
While reading a picture book, have your child point to a picture and label it. Then ask them to say the word again but without one of
its parts!
RWYE Word Deletion Post Final.pdfReading With Your Ears
Reading With Your Ears
Click here for more information and ideas to support Word Deletion Skills!
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PA Calendar- Sound Deletion.pdfPA Deletion Calendar
PA Deletion Calendar
RWYE Sound Deletion Post.pdfReading With Your Ears
Reading With Your Ears
Click here for more information and ideas to support Sound Deletion Skills!
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