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This cut & paste spider web activity gives kids lots of engaging practice identifying and decoding words with any phonics skill! Get these fun and FREE printables below! 🕸️ Why We Love It There are lots of reasons to love this bug-tastic phonics activity! Kids will have a blast while trapping the phonics bugs on…
Get 5 free printable Rhyming Words Worksheets for preschool and kindergarten students! Kids will practice identifying and generating rhyming words in fun and engaging ways. What Is Rhyme? Rhyme is the repetition of sounds at the end of words. When words rhyme, they share the same ending sounds, starting from the vowel sound through all…
Get 50+ pages of free, no-prep printable word lists that cover tons of phonics skills! They’ll save you time in planning and prep while creating impactful reading and spelling lessons. Ways to Use Word Lists We know from Science of Reading-aligned research that ALL students benefit from structured literacy, with systematic and explicit instruction that…
Get 5 FREE Halloween CVC word Roll & Read printable game boards! This is a great activity for kindergarteners and first graders to practice decoding CVC words. Why We Love It Gamification is all about making lessons fun and increasing engagement. With these free printable games, kids have Halloween fun while decoding CVC words! Kids…
Did you know vowels and consonants are sounds, not letters?! Review the definitions, characteristics, examples, and the differences between vowels and consonants to better understand and teach this foundational information. What Are Vowels and Consonants? Let’s start by reviewing some important background information. All words in the English language are made up of a combination…
Learn all about the two sounds of OW. Review the sounds, get practical teaching tips, and download a FREE printable memory hook graphic and practice worksheet for student learning! Two Sounds of OW OW is a grapheme that can represent two different phonemes (sounds) – /ow/ like cow AND /ō/ like snow. ❄ OW spells…
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…
Learn about the short O sound and get a FREE printable list that includes 119 short O words, organized by word families. 🐙 All About Short O The written letter O (called a grapheme) can represent different sounds (phonemes). The letter O can be both long or short. But the most common sound the letter O will…
Get three FREE digraph reading practice worksheets for students in Kindergarten. The multi-sensory worksheets are no-prep and great for practice decoding words containing digraphs sh, th, and ch. Teaching Digraphs in Kindergarten Consonant digraphs are TWO consonants that represent ONE sound or phoneme. It’s important to note that digraphs are different from blends, which contain…
Learn all about teaching the short i sound to students, and get a free printable list that includes 125 short i words, organized alphabetically by word family. All About Short I The letter i can represent multiple sounds, including short or long sounds. When the letter I represents it’s short sound, it will spell /ĭ/ – the…