 This is one way I teach changing a sound in a word to make a new word I first will give the word to my students Then I will have them stretch out the word and we usually use our arm to do so And then I will tell them to change the sound in either the beginning the middle or the end of the word So if I say my word is hat, so we're gonna stretch it out hat Change now. We have cat and for the middle. We'll say cat Change ah to uh now. We have cut The last sound so say cut cut Change now. We have cup Where it is cup So again, you tell them the word Stretch the word out and then tell them to change either the beginning the middle or the ending sound to make a new word