Awesome free printables and resources for students learning in first grade, ages 5-7. Practice with cvc word families, consonant blends, magic e words, and more!
Get 18 FREE printable Decodable Compound Word Puzzles! Students read and match the words to create a compound word and complete the rainbow! Students will better understand compound words and build confidence in reading multisyllabic words. Why We Love It These printable puzzles help introduce young students to the concept of compound words, an important…
Want to help your students become confident spellers? Learn SEVEN powerful spelling strategies for effective teaching! These research-backed techniques are easy to implement, helping students master spelling tricky words with confidence and accuracy. Teaching Spelling Strategies English is a morphophonemic language, which is just a fancy way of saying that word spellings are influenced by…
Get fun and effective resources to teach the Long O sound to your students! You’ll get four free long O worksheets designed to target specific skills for reading and spelling words with the long O sound. Long O Sound & Spelling Long O Sound: The sound (or phoneme) of Long O is pronounced exactly like…
Get 4 free printable worksheets to practice Long E. Each is designed with a different skill in mind, so they’re perfect for both reading and spelling long E words. Keep reading to grab your printable freebies today! Long E Sound & Spellings Long vowels can be some of the trickiest – because there are just…
Use these FREE printable Vowels & Consonants Sorting Worksheets to help kids understand, recognize, and practice the important differences between vowels and consonants. About Vowels and Consonants All 44 sounds in the English language can be categorized as either vowels or consonants. It’s important to know that vowels and consonants are sounds, not letters. So…
Get TWO free printable Winter and holiday-themed Roll & Write activities for kids to practice encoding Magic e words! They’re great for centers and partner work! Why We Love It This no-prep Roll & Write activity is engaging and targeted practice for young readers working on encoding (spelling) Magic e (VCe) words. Like our Christmas…
Hop on the Santa Express with two FREE printable Santa Express Roll & Read board games for practicing decoding words with r-controlled vowels! Why We Love It Get two free printable boards games for kids to celebrate Christmas and Winter while decoding R-Controlled words! Kids roll the dice to navigate around the board, bringing the…
Learn all about the 44 Phonemes in the English language. You’ll get expert info and a free printable 44 phoneme chart with sounds, letters, and pictures. It’s a valuable resource for anyone wanting to learn more about all the sounds in the English language! What Are the 44 Phonemes in English? Phonemes are the individual…
Get a FREE pumpkin-themed magnet letter mat activity to boost multi-sensory learning, support the process of orthographic mapping, and more! Why We Love It Activities that support orthographic mapping are a powerful, research-backed way for children’s brains to learn new words. The goal is for these words to eventually become sight words— words that kids…
Get a free printable list of 121 one-syllable words with the short U sound. Read all about teaching the short U sound, get ideas for working with students, and then download a free pdf printable! About the Short U Sound Short /ŭ/ is a vowel sound. The sound is represented by the letter U, and…