Sound chain

 Sound chain is an easy way to review phonics and letter sounds. The whole class sits in a circle. One student says a word. The next student must say a word that starts with the last sound of the previous word. To make this more difficult, choose a topic or category for all the words: boy's names, animals, things found in a classroom, etc.

Student 1: knife (ends with f sound)

Student 2: food (begins with f sound; ends with d sound)

Student 3: drinks (begins with d sound; ends with s sound)

Student 4: soap (begins with s sound; ends with p sound)

Student 5: pan (begins with p sound; ends with n sound)

Continue around the circle until everyone has contributed or until you run out of words. For a variation, you could eliminate students when they can't think of a word and the final student playing is the winner.