Using word boxes is simple and can be done with a blank template or simply drawn on a whiteboard.
Word boxes (also known as "Elkonin boxes" or sound boxes) are a visual graphic organizer used in reading intervention. A word box is created by dividing a rectangle with vertical lines, where the number of boxes corresponds to the number of sounds (phonemes) in a word, not necessarily the number of letters. For example: ( ) would have 3 boxes. Fish ( word box
Practice with a word box for 10-15 minutes a few times a week. Using word boxes is simple and can be
Guide the student to place letter tiles or write the letters that represent each sound into the corresponding box. word box