Find the Mystery Word
Use the word wall within the classroom. The goal of this activity if for students to listen to the teacher for sound clues, put the sounds together and name the word from the word wall. At the beginning of the year, use easy clues. Later, try giving the sounds in a mixed order.
Change Hen to Fox
Instruct the students to write hen on the top of their paper. Have them change hen to pen on the next line. Have them to continue to change words using this sequence: pen to pet to pit to sit to six to fix to fox. Have them discuss how changing one letter creates a new word each time. You can do this with other words and harder words as the year goes on.