ALPHABET GOOP FOR CONSONANCE
What letters did you get? (e.g. D and E)
Write the letter down and the words you get. (ex.)
D
Doll
Dog
E
Eggplant
envelope
Now list which ones are consonants, and which ones are vowels.
Ex. Consonants: doll, dog
Vowels: eggplant, envelope
Now, it’s your turn. Collect the words that come out and write them down on this
chart.
Now, examine the lists, compare what you see. What is different about the two
lists? Why is it different? Tell me why (propose) it is different.
Now, it’s your turn.
Pick up the bag on the desk. Before you dump out the contents, make a guess:
will there be more consonant words or vowel words? Defend your guess.
I think there will be more___________ words,
because_____________________________________________.
Dump out the contents. What are the five items? Now write the words down.
Was your guess right? Give me three reasons (develop) why your answer was
right or wrong.
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Consonants and vowels are important to know when communicating. Imagine that all
of the consonants in our alphabet were taken away, what would be left over? How
would you talk to people. Write about three ways you could communicate without
consonants.
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Now imagine, all of the consonants were returned, but all of the vowels were taken
away how would you communicate? Predict thre ways you could communicate only
using vowels.
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Now compare only speaking with vowels, and only speaking with consonants.
Which would you rather have to use only vowels or only consonants? What are
the pro’s and con’s of using both vowels and consonants?