Each sheet has 10 dominoes. Each domino is color coded as follows:
Dotted green: represents beginning consonant (b), blend (br) or digraph (sh).
Yellow: represents a vowel sound that is heard or said
Black: represents a vowel that is silent
Red: represents ending consonant or digraph
Note: To compensate for students having red/green color blindness, green is dotted line/red is solid line
Since the dominoes should become manipulative, following are several alternatives:
Office supply stores have 8.5 x 11
magnetic sheets. I have seen Avery packages of 5 for approximately
$12. So figure about $2.00 - $2.50 per sheet. Print directly
onto these sheets and then cut the dominoes.
Office supply stores have business
card magnets. I have seen a set of 25 for approximately $6.00.
They come in bigger lots also. So figure about $.20 per magnet or
$2.00 per sheet. Print the domino sheet on normal paper, cut and
apply to the business card magnet (glue stick, rubber cement or some are
self adhesive - but if you get misaligned, difficult to move the paper).
Office supply stores have different
weight of poster board or thick foam boards. Print the domino
sheet on normal paper, use a spray adhesive to attach the sheet to the
board and cut the dominoes. This may be the most cost effective method,
but also more time consuming. Hmmm, could the student help?
You may also want to laminate the domino pages before appying, except for option #1 where you would laminate after printing but before cutting.
Printing instructions: select File - Page Set Up; select Landscape; clear out header and footer (or insert your own; set margins to .46. You may want to Print Preview to determine if you need to adjust your settings.
Examples For Using Dominoes:
Sample QuickTime Movies
Short Vowel
Long Vowel
Consonant Substitution
Domino Sheet Name | Contains |
Sheet 01 | Initial consonants: b l p h m r Ending consonants: t d n p |
Sheet 02 | Initial consonants: t s d w Ending consonants: l g k m hard s soft s |
Sheet 03 | Initial consonants: hard c Blends: br cr gr dr fr pr tr wr str |
Sheet 04 | Blends: bl cl fl gl pl sl sc sk sm sn |
Sheet 05 | Blends: sp st sw Initial digraphs: ch sh wh
Ending digraphs: ch sh
|
Sheet 06 | Short vowels: a e i o u Long vowels: a e i o u |
Sheet 07 | Silent vowels: a e i o u Long vowels: a e i o u |
Sheet 08 | R Controlled Vowels(1): ar er ir or ur Blank Dominoes
|
Sheet 09 | aw sound family (as in saw) aw au all alk alt ew sound family (as in blew) ew ue ute oo
|
Sheet 10 | ow sound family (as in cow) ow ou ouse R controlled vowels (2): air are ear eer ire ier Diphthong: oi
|
Sheet 11 | Irregular Vowel Families: ay ow old ance Diphthong: oy oi Blanks
|
Layout 01 | Grids for short Grids for long vowel with silent e |
Layout 02 | Grids for short Grids for long with double vowel |
Layout 03 | Grids for short vowel |
Layout 04 | Grids for long vowel with silent e Grids for long with double vowel |