Vowel Teams and Diphthongs Skill Explainer

Vowel Teams and Diphthongs Elkonin Boxest

Elkonin boxes, also known as sound boxes, are used to help students build phonological awareness. Each box represents a phoneme, or sound. Use this activity to help students practice separating the sounds in words with vowel teams like paint and diphthongs like coin.

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