Blends and Digraphs mini phonics books are a BIG hit in kindergarten and first grade! Beginning readers need a lot of practice with phonics skills and decoding words in order to become stronger readers. These low prep printable books are filled with engaging activities that will help your students review words with beginning and ending blends, beginning and ending digraphs, and glued sounds.

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These blends & digraphs mini books are super easy to prep! Just print and fold, or teach your students how to fold them into books. They are the perfect addition to your small groups, literacy centers, intervention groups, or as extra practice.

♥ What's Included:

• 40 easy-to-prep mini books
• Directions for using and folding the books

Beginning blends:

• L blends- bl, cl, fl, gl, pl, sl
• R blends- br, cr, dr, fr, gr, pr, tr,
• S blends- sk, sm, sn, sp, st, sw

Ending blends:

• -ft ending
• -mp ending
• -st ending

Glued sounds:

• -nt ending
• -nd ending
• -ng ending
• -ank words
• -ink words
• -unk words

Beginning digraphs:

• th- words
• sh- words
• wh- words
• ch- words

Ending digraphs:

• Short vowel -ck (short a, short e, short i, short o, short u)
• -th words
• -sh words
• -ch words

All of the words are decodable so your students can truly practice reading! Short vowel words are predominately used, and each sentence includes decodable high frequency words when possible.

Each Foldable Book Includes 4 Practice Pages!

♥ Page 1: Skill focus

Identifies the blend/digraph that they will be working on. Decorate the letters with crayons/markers/colored pencils, rainbow write the letter, use magnet letters to build the letter, or decorate with stickers/glitter.

♥ Page 2: Decodable words

Practice reading the skills words with picture guidance (or cover the pictures if needed).

♥ Page 3: Search for the skill words

Color, highlight, or use a bingo dauber to mark the words. All of the words are decodable so your students can practice reading them all.

♥ Page 4: Reading fluency practice

Find and circle the skill words in the sentences, then read them 3 times for fluency.

Why teachers love these!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “I loved using these booklets as independent center work for my students. They were engaged and enjoyed coloring their word family booklets each day. I have used one per day for about a month or so and they were a big hit.” -Caitlyn S.

 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “These booklets were a great find! I enjoy practice that combines all sorts of formats and these booklets do the trick. There is some writing, coloring and reading all in one. The kids seem to enjoy the variety and the practice with reading the simple sentences has helped greatly with their fluency.” -Amy S.

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