Sound Scavengers Teacher Guide
A detailed, multi-sensory 25-minute small group lesson plan for 1st grade teachers targeting diphthongs au, aw, ou, and ow through physical movement, visual search, and sound mapping.
Sound Scavengers Warmup Slides
An introductory visual slideshow for direct instruction and warm-up before starting the movement-based scavenger hunt. Teaches ou/ow and au/aw with multi-sensory hand gestures.
Sound Scavengers Hunt Cards
Printable 2x2 grid scavenger hunt cards featuring picture clues and fill-in-the-blank diphthong words for students to find around the classroom.
Sound Scavengers Recording Sheet
A student recording sheet (Detective Log) formatted for first graders to track, map, and write the 12 scavenger hunt diphthong words under correct animal track columns.