Are your students learning about digraphs? A digraph is two letters that make one sound. The fact that each letter doesn’t say a sound can be really confusing to students. For example, we know the /c/ sound, as in cat, and the /h/ sound, as in hat, but together the -ch combination, or digraph, makes one new sound, /ch/ as in chair. Here is a fun coloring activity you can do to help students work on digraphs! There are 9 pictures in this free printable. As students read each word, they … [Read more...]
Rhyme & Match Printable Game
My kids and I have been playing an old rhyming game lately and it's inspired me to create a similar printable game. In this game, children will practice rhyming words and finding matches. It's perfect for preschoolers, kindergarteners, or any beginning reader! This Rhyme and Match game is a simple one, and it's also a really fun way to practice rhyming! Along with rhyming, children will work on matching. Matching is a skill that helps improve concentration, visual memory, short-term memory, … [Read more...]
Hands-On Printables for Beginning Readers
Are you teaching students to read? Having the right resources at your fingertips is so important and will make your life so much easier! If you have beginning readers and you want to help them with their reading skills, this post is for you! These printable activities help students learn to read in a fun way! Alphabet Activities If we want students to be good readers, they first need to know the letters of the alphabet and letter sounds. Check out this blog post for my favorite ideas … [Read more...]
CVC Fluency Strips
Are you teaching students to read? One of the simplest ways to begin is with CVC words. CVC words are three-letter words that follow a consonant/vowel/consonant pattern. Some examples are the words ‘cat’, ‘hen’, and ‘sat’. It's so exciting to watch students go from knowing letters and sounds to reading words! When students are ready to start developing their reading fluency, they start by reading short vowel words. This allows them to learn to see patterns in words and apply that skill to … [Read more...]
Digraph Flip Books
Teaching beginning readers about digraphs can be a challenge. A digraph is two letters that make one sound. The fact that each letter doesn't say a sound can be really confusing to students. For example, we know the /s/ sound, as in snake, and the /h/ sound, as in hat, but together the -sh combination, or digraph, makes one new sound, /sh/ as in share. To help kids practice reading consonant digraphs, I put together some printable flip books. These flip books focus on the most common digraphs: … [Read more...]
Beginning Blends Flip Books
Learning to decode blends is an important step in learning to read. A blend is two consonants put together to make one sound. With blends, both letters keep their sound. For example, if you say the word drink you can clearly hear the beginning sounds of d and r. Blends can be found at the beginning or end of words. Blending is important because it helps students decode unfamiliar words using letter-sound patterns when reading. Today I'm sharing a printable to help children practice reading … [Read more...]
Short U Word Family Flip Books
Today I'm excited to share my last flip books for word families. This set focuses on short u sounds. So many teachers and parents have been using them! I know many have been patiently waiting for me to complete all the short vowel words, so thank you for waiting! There are 12 booklets in this set. Some of the word families have fewer words. These are the word families for the short u word families: ub - club, sub, cub, rub, tub ud - mud, bud ug - hug, jug, mug, rug, bug … [Read more...]
Short O Word Family Flip Books
Short O Word Family Flip Books are here!! I'm excited to share these with you today! It makes me so happy to hear that so many of you are loving these flip books! You can practice these words at school, and then send them home with the child to practice at home. There are 6 booklets in this set. These are the word families for the short e word families: ot – hot, pot, tot, cot, dot ob – cob, job, rob, sob, Bob op – cop, hop, mop, pop, top og – dog, hog, dog, log, frog … [Read more...]
Short I Word Family Flip Books
Are you excited for a new word family flip book?! Today I'm sharing flip books for short i words! These flip books are a great way to practice reading and to review word families. There are 9 booklets in this set. These are the word families for the short e word families: it – lit, pit, kit, fit, hit id – lid, hid, kid, slid, rid in – pin, fin, win, tin, bin ig – wig, pig, dig, big, fig ick – sick, kick, click, lick, brick ill – pill, grill, drill, spill, hill … [Read more...]
Short E Word Family Flip Books
If you are teaching short e word families, you'll have to check out these free word family flip books! These flip books are a great way to practice reading and to review word families. There are 8 booklets in this set. These are the word families for the short e word families: et - net, vet, pet, wet, jet ed - red, fed, sled, bed, wed en - pen, hen, ten, den, men eg - beg, peg, leg, keg eck - check, deck, neck, peck, wreck est - test, chest, vest, rest, nest ell … [Read more...]