Free and engaging resources designed for children to master the foundational skills of explicit phonics instruction.
Check out our free CVC Words Flashcards, Long A, E, I, O, and U Word Lists, or get our Roll and Read Phonics Games for 19 phonics skills on TPT!
Get excellent ideas and practical tips for multimodal approaches to literacy instruction. These strategies will be sure to engage students and make your OG (Orton-Gillingham) literacy lessons fun and meaningful! Why Make OG Lessons Fun? According to P. Montgomery’s A Principals Primer for Raising Reading Achievement (2013), the majority of students need repeated exposures to…
Learn all about the vowel team/diphthong syllable type! This syllable type includes either a vowel team or a diphthong functioning as the vowel within the syllable. Get tons of information to help equip your students to easily read longer words! About Vowel Team/Diphthong Syllable 👉 What is a syllable? Let’s begin with the basics and…
Learn all about the R-Controlled Vowel Syllable Type, with detailed information, visuals, and resources to help you effectively teach your students all about this syllable type! What Is an R-Controlled Vowel? In order to understand the R-controlled syllable type, we first need to answer the important question: What is an R-Controlled vowel? An R-controlled vowel…
Learn all about the FLOSS rule (sometimes called the 1-1-1 rule) and how to teach it to students, then download and print a FREE word list & FREE anchor chart to help your instruction stick! What Is the FLOSS Rule? 👉 The FLOSS rule is a spelling generalization that says when a one-syllable word with…
Get 5 free read-and-find I Spy CVC Worksheets! The printables are separated by short vowel sounds, so young readers can practice decoding CVC words as they learn! Why We Love It CVC words are words that follow the Consonant-Vowel-Consonant pattern, creating a closed syllable type. Like our CVC Sentences and CVC Word Searches, this resource…
Learn the rules for when the letter C says its soft sound, the /s/ sound. Here you’ll get the best tips for teaching soft C to your students, and view the most common soft C words in English. Then grab a FREE word sort for students to practice differentiating between hard C and soft C…
Learn about the vowel diphthongs OI and OY and the best ways to teach them. And grab a FREE printable to help you teach your students this important phonics concept. What is a Diphthong? A diphthong is a vowel team of sorts, where two vowels come together to make a new sound. 👉 Diphthongs are…
Did you know the letter G can make two sounds? Learn all about the two sounds that G can make: /g/ like gate and /j/ like gem. You’ll also get teaching tips and word lists too! Then grab a FREE word sort for students to practice the Soft G and Hard G sounds. All About…
Learn all about teaching Soft C and Soft G sounds! Review the rule for when the letters G and C will say their soft sounds (C says /s/ and G says /j/), and grab a FREE Gentle Cindy anchor chart to display and add to your students’ phonics notebooks! All About Soft C and Soft…
Get this colorful, fun, and FREE printable Consonant Blends Anchor Chart. Each of the 26 blends are written on the poster in large letters with a matching picture and keyword. 🧑🏫 Teaching Consonant Blends Consonant Blends Definition: Two or more consonants next to one another, with no vowels between, where each letter sound is heard…