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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…
Have you ever wondered, “What is decoding?” or “What is encoding?” Learn the definitions, the differences, get resources to practice, and understand why they’re essential components to literacy success. Differences Between Decoding & Encoding Decoding is another word for the reading process, while encoding is another word for the spelling process. Both processes are essential…
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…
Get two FREE printable Decodable Passages for practicing decoding words with vowel teams and diphthongs! Each page has an engaging passage with tons of vowel teams and diphthongs reading practice, plus questions for a comprehension check! Why We Love It Vowel teams and diphthongs can be very tricky for students to master, so it’s important…
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…