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Sound Surgeons

An advanced phonemic awareness sequence targeting medial sound substitutions, complex consonant cluster surgery, and multisyllabic phoneme manipulation to reinforce orthographic mapping.

LKLinda Kosakiewicz

Vowel Vault

A targeted focus on isolating and manipulating medial vowel sounds across similar phonetic frames and vowel shifts.

Cluster Crunch

Systematic oral dissection, deletion, and substitution of initial and final consonant clusters in complex single-syllable words.

Syllable Shifter

Advanced phoneme manipulation and sound transposition across multisyllabic bases, compound structures, and affix junctions.

Sound Surgeons

An advanced phonemic awareness sequence targeting medial sound substitutions, complex consonant cluster surgery, and multisyllabic phoneme manipulation to reinforce orthographic mapping.

LKLinda Kosakiewicz

Vowel Vault Teacher Guide

Sound Surgeons • Routine Protocol 1

Vowel Vault Teacher Guide

Tier 1 & Tier 2 Routine

Target: Medial Sound Mutation

Core Instructional Objective: Students mentally isolate the medial nucleus phoneme (short vowels, long vowels, diphthongs, and vowel teams) and rapidly substitute alternate vowels without orthographic reliance, strengthening internal phonemic representation.

Step 1

The Medial Heartbeat (Sound Extraction)

3 Minutes • Rapid Choral

Scripted Cue: "I will say a word. Tap your fist twice on the desk for the outer sounds, then tap your heart for the center sound. Tell me ONLY the sound in the vault!"

Target 1

"T R E K"

Response: /ĕ/

Target 2

"S C O O P"

Response: /oo/

Target 3

"C R A N K"

Response: /a/

Target 4

"G L I D E"

Response: /ī/

Step 2

Continuous Vowel Mutation Chains

5 Minutes • Auditory Shift

Teacher Instruction: Guide students through oral manipulation chains. Do not show letters; students hold the consonant shell constant while surgically swapping the nucleus.

FLAT Change /a/ to /ō/ FLOAT Change /ō/ to /ē/ FLEET

SPUN Change /u/ to /ā/ SPAIN Change /ā/ to /oo/ SPOON

Common Breakdown Points

Cluster Blending Intrusion: Dropping /l/ or /r/ when shifting vowels (e.g., *fleet* becomes *feet*).
Nasal Distortion: Misidentifying short vowels before /m/, /n/, or /ng/ (e.g., pin/pen confusion).
Diphthong Drag: Splitting /oi/ or /ow/ into two distinct syllable beats.

Immediate Scaffold Script

1. Echo & Stretch: "Repeat the base word slowly. Isolate the beginning consonant framework."

2. Hold the Bookends: "Keep the /f-l/ at the start and /t/ at the end. Put your new sound inside."

3. Release & Blend: "Slide through without pausing: /fl/ ... /ē/ ... /t/. Float!"

Sound Surgeons Instructional Sequence • Daily Oral Drill (8-10 Minutes Total) Page 1 of 1

Vowel Vault Practice Worksheet

Sound Surgeons • Student Sound Lab

Vowel Vault Practice Worksheet

Surgeon Name

Date

Mission Brief: Listen carefully as your teacher says each target word. Focus your ears on the medial vowel inside the vault, track sound transformations, and record your findings below.

Part 1: Nucleus Tap & Map Tap each sound • Shade the center vowel circle

Teacher will say 4 words with consonant clusters. Color the circle representing the medial vowel sound, then write the phonetic vowel sound you heard on the line.

Word 1: [Teacher Says] 4-Sound Frame

1

2

3

4

Center Sound:

Word 2: [Teacher Says] 4-Sound Frame

1

2

3

4

Center Sound:

Word 3: [Teacher Says] 5-Sound Frame

1

2

3

4

5

Center Sound:

Word 4: [Teacher Says] 5-Sound Frame

1

2

3

4

5

Center Sound:

Part 2: The Mutation Trail Track how the sound morphs from word to word

Listen as three connected words are spoken. Fill in the blank circle with the sound change that occurred between each link.

"T R A P"

New vowel?

"T R I P"

New vowel?

"T R O O P"

"C R A N K"

New vowel?

"C R O O K"

New vowel?

"C R E E K"

Part 3: Minimal Acoustic Pair Audit Auditory Discrimination Check

Circle whether the pair of spoken words has the SAME or DIFFERENT medial vowel sound.

1. "BLEND" vs. "BLOND"

SAME DIFFERENT

2. "FLUTE" vs. "SUIT"

SAME DIFFERENT

3. "STEEP" vs. "STEP"

SAME DIFFERENT

4. "CRUST" vs. "TRUST"

SAME DIFFERENT

Sound Surgeons • Lesson 1 Practice Form Score: ____ / 10

Cluster Crunch Presentation Slides

Sound Surgeons • Unit 2

Advanced Consonant Clusters

Precision Sound Surgery

Cluster Crunch

Dissecting complex consonant blends: Peeling initial phonemes, separating internal clusters, and swapping final sound traps.

Oral Workout: No Pencils Required Slide 1 of 5

The Blend Peeler Principle

Rule of Dissection

X

Glued Blend Trap

Do NOT treat clusters as single sounds. /str/ is NOT one phoneme.

/str/ = [ /s/ + /t/ + /r/ ]

1

The Surgical Peeler

Every consonant holds its own independent position and can be removed cleanly.

Peel outer sound → Keep inner cluster

Key Concept: Individual phonemic integrity inside clusters Slide 2 of 5

Initial 3-Sound Cluster Peel

Oral Choral Drill

"STRAP"

Say without /s/

➔

"TRAP"

➔ Now without /t/

"RAP"

"SPLIT"

Say without /s/

➔

"PLIT"

➔ Now change /l/ to /r/

"PRIT"

"SCRAM"

Say without /s/

➔

"CRAM"

➔ Now without /k/

"RAM"

Teacher Tip: Wait for quiet fist cue before choral response Slide 3 of 5

Final Cluster Extraction

Internal Sound Surgery

Challenge 1

"C L A S P"

"Say clasp. Now peel away the /s/ sound only. What word is left?"

➔ "CLAP"

Challenge 2

"C R U N C H"

"Say crunch. Now peel away the /n/ nasal sound. What word is left?"

➔ "CRUTCH"

Focus: Isolating internal consonant sounds before the final consonant stop Slide 4 of 5

Rapid-Fire Surgeon Gauntlet

Mastery Sprint

01. BLINK

Delete /l/

➔ BINK

02. FROST

Delete /s/

➔ FROT

03. PLANT

Delete /n/

➔ PLAT

04. SPRINT

Delete /p/

➔ SRINT

05. CRAFT

Delete /f/

➔ CRAT

06. SQUINT

Delete /k/

➔ SWINT

Ready for the Independent Lab Sheet! Slide 5 of 5

Cluster Crunch Lab Worksheet

Sound Surgeons • Laboratory Sheet 2

Cluster Crunch Lab Worksheet

Surgeon Name

Date

Laboratory Task: Consonant clusters can be disassembled one sound at a time. Listen to each spoken challenge, peel or substitute the targeted sound, and record your surgical results below.

Section 1: Initial Cluster Surgery (Peel & Speak) Extract specified sound from the cluster

Listen to the prompt word. Mentally remove the specified phoneme and write the remaining spoken word.

Word 1: "SPLASH" Remove /s/

Word 2: "SPLASH" Remove /p/

Word 3: "STRAIN" Remove /s/

Word 4: "STRAIN" Remove /t/

Section 2: Final Blend Sound Dissection Extract the internal or final consonant

Notice how peeling sounds inside final clusters reveals new real or nonsense words.

"T R A M P"

Peel the /m/

➔

"C R I S P"

Peel the /s/

➔

"S H E L F"

Peel the /l/

➔

"B E L T"

Peel the /l/

➔

Section 3: Liquid & Nasal Sound Swap Substitute the second consonant in a cluster

Listen to each prompt word. Keep the first sound, but swap the second sound to build a new word.

"G L O V E"

Swap /l/ with /r/

"S N I P"

Swap /n/ with /l/

"B L O C K"

Swap /l/ with /r/

Sound Surgeons Laboratory • Cluster Precision Module Verified By: ______________

Syllable Shifter Teacher Guide

Sound Surgeons • Capstone Protocol 3

Syllable Shifter Teacher Guide

Advanced PA Routine

Multisyllabic Dissection

Advanced Phonemic Challenge: Manipulating phonemes across 2- and 3-syllable boundaries is the gold standard of phonemic proficiency (Kilpatrick, 2015). Students must hold the multisyllabic acoustic frame in working memory while removing or substituting internal consonants.

Phase 1

Internal Syllable-Coda Deletion (Oral Only)

4 Minutes

Teacher Script: "I will speak a 2- or 3-syllable word. I want you to remove one exact sound from inside the word. Say the new morphed word aloud together on my signal."

Prompt A

"FANTASTIC"

Remove /n/

➔ FAT-TAS-TIC

Prompt B

"UMBRELLA"

Remove /b/

➔ UM-REL-LA

Prompt C

"CARNIVAL"

Remove /n/

➔ CAR-I-VAL

Phase 2

Medial Onset Swap Across Syllables

5 Minutes

1. "MAGNETIC" Change the second syllable onset /n/ to /t/

"MAG-TET-IC"

2. "VOLCANO" Change the third syllable onset /n/ to /r/

"VOL-CA-RO"

3. "HELICOPTER" Change the initial sound /h/ to /t/

"TEL-I-COP-TER"

Observation Rubric for Working Memory Benchmark: < 2 Second Latency

Automated (Proficient)

Student removes or swaps target sound instantly without repeating the prompt or sub-vocalizing syllables.

Hesitant (Emerging)

Requires 3-5 seconds; whisper-segments syllables before reaching the manipulated product. Needs repetition.

Memory Overload (Support)

Drops entire syllables instead of individual phonemes (e.g., says *fastic* instead of *fattastic*). Needs visual tokens.

Sound Surgeons Instructional Sequence • Capstone Multisyllabic Protocol Page 1 of 1

Syllable Shifter Challenge Worksheet

Sound Surgeons • Capstone Challenge 3

Syllable Shifter Challenge Worksheet

Surgeon Name

Date

Elite Surgeon Challenge: You are entering the multisyllable matrix! Keep each syllable beat locked in memory while performing sound extractions and substitutions across syllable boundaries.

Part 1: Syllable Bridge Sound Deletion Track syllables • Delete internal sound

Listen to the spoken 3-syllable word. Perform the indicated sound removal, then write the newly formed syllables.

"S E P T E M B E R"

Remove /t/ from Syllable 2

Resulting Word:

"C O M P A S S"

Remove /m/ from Syllable 1

Resulting Word:

"H A M B U R G E R"

Remove /b/ from Syllable 2

Resulting Word:

Part 2: Compound Word Internal Sound Peeler Protect the root • Peel the internal blend

"B A C K P A C K" Compound

Say without /p/ in the second word:

"S N O W S T O R M" Compound

Say without /t/ in the second word:

Part 3: Master Surgeon Rapid Matrix Auditory sound swaps

Write the final word created by each transformation command:

1. Say "ATLANTIC". Change /l/ to /r/.

2. Say "REPTILE". Swap /p/ with /k/.

3. Say "DYNAMITE". Remove /m/.

Sound Surgeons Capstone • Advanced PA Assessment Form Mastery Level: [ ] Gold [ ] Silver [ ] Bronze

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