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  • Phoneme Segmentation and Blending

Long Vowel Elkonin Boxes

Elkonin boxes, also known as sound boxes, are used to help students build phonological awareness. Each square or box represents a phoneme, or sound. Use this activity to help students practice separating the sounds in words with long vowels like cake.

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