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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…
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…
Get FREE printable holiday-themed Christmas worksheets for Kindergarten. They’re no-prep, so simply print and kids will practice reading, writing, and building CVC words and short vowel sounds. 🎄 Why We Love It Get four Christmas and holiday-themed Science of Reading aligned worksheets designed for kids in Kindergarten. The worksheets cover CVC words and all middle…
Help the Elf sort the words! Get a free printable no-prep version AND blank version for practice identifying and reading with any targeted phonics skills or spelling pattern! What Are Word Sorts? An essential component of Structured Literacy is explicit and direct instruction from the teacher, with opportunities to practice and reinforce concepts after that…