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Discover why embedded mnemonics are so effective and how they can help students master letters and sounds faster! What Are Embedded Mnemonics? Mnemonics is the practice of creating techniques to support and improve memory. These can include things like pictures, acronyms, songs, or chants. 🌈 You might remember the common acronym ROY G. BIV which…
Get 10 FREE Letter C Worksheets for students in preschool and kindergarten. Children will work on tracing and writing uppercase and lowercase letter C with proper letter formation, listening and identifying the beginning hard c sound (/k/) in words and pictures, and more! Teaching Letter C As teachers, we want to support students as they…
The digraph TH can represent two different sounds: one voiced and one voiceless. This subtle difference between the two sounds can change both how a word sounds and what it means. Keep reading to learn more about this. Then, get a free printable for students to practice. The Sounds of Digraph TH There are 44…
Get 4 FREE Long I worksheets! These are the perfect printables for students to practice reading and spelling long I words. Long I Sound & Spelling Sound: The long (or tense) sound of i is one of 44 phonemes in English. This sound is the same as the letter name: /ī/. This long /ī/ sound…
Learn all about the vowel digraphs AU and AW and then grab 5 free worksheets for students to practice. AU and AW Words The graphemes AU and AW are vowel patterns. Some refer to these as vowel digraphs or variant vowels. Both AU and AW spell the /aw/ sound. You can clearly hear the /aw/…
Get 5 CVC Word Booklets for practice reading and blending words with short vowels! There are 40 word cards in total to practice connected phonation, plus a cover page for each short vowel with anchor picture. Why We Love It These booklets were created with research in mind! They support phonemic awareness and decoding in a fun and engaging way. They help students blend individual phonemes (beginning, middle, and ending sounds)…
Get tons of information and printable worksheets to help you teach the -an word family! Find out why the vowel sounds a little whiny, and get 7 engaging no-prep printables to help kids master the concept! Teaching Info The term “word families” refers to groups of words that share the same rime—meaning they have the same vowel…
Have you noticed a slight difference in the short A sound in words like can and jam? That subtle shift is called the nasalized A. Learn what nasalized A is, why it matters, and how to teach it clearly and confidently in your classroom. What Is Nasalized A? We explicitly teach our youngest students that the letter A represents…
Get 7 FREE printable -am Word Family Worksheets for young readers! These materials are designed to help kindergarteners develop essential phonics skills through a variety of engaging, research-backed, multimodal activities. Teaching Info Mastering word families helps students see common patterns and sounds in words. But what are word families? They’re groups of words that look…
Get five FREE Long U worksheets, each targeting different skills and reinforcing the two sounds and different spellings of Long U. Your students will master Long U with these worksheets! The Sounds of Long U Long vowel sounds are very common sounds in English words. We teach kids that long vowel graphemes (spellings) say their…