Rompecabezas de fonemas (Spanish Phoneme Puzzles)
Congratulations on your purchase of the Really Good Literacy
Center-in-a-Bag™ Spanish Phoneme Puzzles, a hands-on,
engaging activity that builds students’ phonological awareness
and phonics skills.
Objective
Segment and blend words with three to five sounds.
Meeting the Standards
Spanish Phoneme Puzzles (Rompecabezas de fonemas)
aligns with the Common Core State Standard for Spanish
Language Arts below. For alignment with other state
standards, please refer to our Web site’s Standards Match.
Conciencia fonológica
DF.K.2.d Separan y pronuncian los sonidos iniciales,
medios y finales (fonemas) en palabras monosilábicas
de tres fonemas (consonante-vocal consonante, o CVC).
Incluyen palabras que terminan con /l/ y /r/ (ejemplo: sal,
sol, mar, por).
Introducing Spanish Phoneme Puzzles
Spanish Phoneme Puzzles introduces early learners to blending
and segmenting phonemes in words. A phoneme is a sound
segment in a word; for example, “ojo” has three phonemes:
/o/j/o/. Phonological awareness instruction shows students how
the sounds they hear in spoken language are represented in
print. Teaching sounds along with letters helps students see how
phonemic awareness relates to reading and writing. Phonemic
awareness instruction is most effective when students are
taught to use letters to represent phonemes. As students
develop phonemic awareness, they will use their knowledge of
letter sounds to decode and spell words.
Spanish Phoneme Puzzles includes 30 puzzles—10 each of words
with three, four, and five phonemes. The number of pieces for each
puzzle matches the number of phonemes; for example, the puzzle
for “ojo” has three pieces, one for each sound—/o/j/o/. Each puzzle
is two-sided—the front shows a pictured word and the back shows
the letters.
Phonological Awareness
RF.K.2.d Isolate and pronounce the initial, medial vowel, and
final sounds (phonemes) in spoken single-syllable words.
This Really Good Stuff product includes:
• 30 Phoneme Puzzles
• Center Task Card
• This Really Good Stuff Instructional Guide
Spanish Phoneme Puzzles makes segmenting and blending
phonemes, or sounds, easy and fun for emergent and early
readers. Students put together puzzle pieces to build a complete
picture, each piece representing one sound. Through repeated
practice, students will begin to recognize how words are composed
of individual sounds, an important component of early reading and
writing instruction.
Managing the Center-in-a-Bag™
•Visit our Web site www.reallygoodstuff.com to download
Really Good Stuff Instructional Guides.
•Separate the puzzles into colored sets (three-piece puzzles
have green backs, four-piece puzzles have purple backs,
five-piece puzzles have orange backs) and store in zippered
plastic bags.
•Make sure the selected puzzle pieces belong together.
Matching pieces have the same number on the back.
• Display the Center Task Card.
To practice isolating and hearing individual sounds in words,
students start on the picture side. They slide together the pieces
to complete a picture, pronouncing each sound as they proceed,
and then flip over the pieces to reveal the letters and read the
word. To practice building words, students start on the other
side. They pronounce each letter and put them in the order needed
to make a word. They check their work by flipping over the pieces
to see if the picture is complete. A correctly built word equals a
complete picture.
All instructional guides can be found online
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Rompecabezas de fonemas (Spanish Phoneme Puzzles)
Model the Activity
Introduce your students to Spanish Phoneme Puzzles by
selecting the puzzle pieces of various words. Start with
the three-phoneme puzzles. Name the picture, tapping each
piece as you say its sound. Then slide the pieces together
as you repeat the name of the picture.
Turn over the pieces by flipping them bottom to top to
reveal the letters on the other side. Read the word
with your group, tapping each piece as you pronounce
each sound.
Flip the puzzle pieces from bottom to top to reveal
the letters.
Select another three-phoneme puzzle and have students
practice putting it together, blending its sounds,
and reading the word on the back. Once students are
comfortable with the three-phoneme puzzles, move on to
the longer puzzles, making sure to tap each piece as you
pronounce its sound.
Spanish Phoneme Puzzles
3-Phoneme Puzzles
(green)
1. /o/j/o/
2. /p/e/z/
3. /o/ll/a/
4. /o/s/o/
5. /s/a/l/
6. /d/o/s/
7. /o/ch/o/
8. /p/a/n/
9. /o/r/o/
10. /a/l/a/
4-Phoneme Puzzles
(purple)
11. /n/i/d/o/
12. /f/l/o/r/
13. /t/e/ch/o/
14. /ll/a/v/e/
15. /l/u/n/a/
16. /u/v/a/s/
17. /c/a/s/a/
18. /p/i/ñ/a/
19. /m/e/s/a/
20. /p/o/z/o/
5-Phoneme Puzzles
(orange)
21. /b/a/r/c/o/
22. /a/r/a/ñ/a/
23. /r/e/g/l/a/
24. /c/o/n/ch/a/
25. /l/i/b/r/o/
26. /ch/i/c/l/e/
27. /l/a/p/i/z/
28. /g/a/t/o/s/
29. /o/r/u/g/a/
30. /g/l/o/b/o/
Center Task Card
Post this at the literacy
center in a visible position.
The student or helper can
refer to the Center Task Card
for instructions. Refer to the
shaded section at the top for
center preparation, including
needed materials.
How to Use the Spanish Phoneme Puzzle Reproducible
(Rompecabezas de fonemas Reproducible)
To provide extra practice blending and segmenting sounds,
have students complete the Spanish Phoneme Puzzle
Reproducible. After putting together the Phoneme Puzzles
at the literacy center, students look at each picture,
divide it into its correct number of sounds, and write
the letters that represent those sounds on the lines
below. (See below for sample taken from the reproducible
activity.) They can check their work by looking back at the
puzzle pieces from the activity.
After modeling how to use the puzzles, make them an
independent literacy center activity. Select puzzles that
match the level of the students using the center. The twosided puzzles allow for self-checking and require little adult
supervision. See the next column for a complete list of
Spanish Phoneme Puzzles. As an extension, have students
complete the Spanish Phoneme Puzzle Reproducible
(Rompecabezas de fonemas Reproducible).
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Rompecabezas de fonemas Reproducible
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© 2016 Really Good Stuff® 1-800-366-1920 www.reallygoodstuff.com Made in China #307395
Helping Teachers Make A Difference ®
© 2016 Really Good Stuff® 1-800-366-1920 www.reallygoodstuff.com Made in China #307395