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...]
Short A Word Family Flip Books
Are you teaching word families? If so, you'll want to check out these Short A Family Flip Books! Not only are these cute, but they are also a great way to help kids practice reading! Kids can create them in the classroom and then bring them home to read to parents or caregivers. I'm excited to offer these flip books FREE to you! Short A Family Flip Books All you need for these flip books are the following: paper scissors crayons or colored pencils stapler Begin by … [Read more...]