The Word Chaining Game

Carla Miller: Okay. I want everybody to pay attention because I might ask you to read his same word. Okay. Ready? So what word was this one more time, Avery?

Avery: Sat.

Carla Miller: Sat. What did I just do?

Illya: Cat.

Carla Miller: Good. What word did she read?

Hadley: Cat.

Carla Miller: Good. What did I just do?

Hadley: Cap.

Carla Miller: Good. What word was that?

Student: Cap. Nap.

Carla Miller: Nap. Good. I'm going to go to Ilya. Illya, what word was that?

Illya: Nap.

Hadley: Look, I'm changing my vowel in the middle. What word do we have now?

Illya: /n/, /ē/ ... /n/, /ĭ/, /p/. Nip.

Carla Miller: I love how you tapped that word out. Excellent. What word did she just read?

Student: Nip.

Avery: Nap.

Carla Miller: Well, let's tap it together.

Everyone: /n/, /ĭ/, /p/. Nip.

Carla Miller: Excellent. What did I just do?

Avery: /d/, /ĭ/, /p/. Dip.

Carla Miller: Excellent. I'm moving over here to you. What word did he read?

Avery: Dip.

Carla Miller: What word do we have now?

Hadley: Hip.

Carla Miller: Excellent. What word is this?

Student: Hip.

Carla Miller: Hip. Good. I'm going to change my vowel in the middle again. Are you ready?

Student: Hop.

Carla Miller: Excellent. We're going to move right here to Hadley. Hadley, what word was that?

Hadley: Hop.

Carla Miller: What did I just do?

Hadley: Bop.

Carla Miller: Excellent. Illya, what word?

Illya: Bop.

Carla Miller: Okay. What's this word?

Illya: /m/, /ŏ/, /p/... /m/, /ŏ/, /p/... /m/, /ŏ/, /p/. Mop.

Carla Miller: Excellent. I love how you pulled it together at the end.