Decoding for Success

What are word chains?  A word chain is a list of words where only one phoneme is changed to provide practice for the child to decode a new word.  If you are wondering what are word chains -check out this resource. These chains or word ladders are helpful to students who need extra practice decoding. Word Chains Phonics Word Chains Kindergarten is a resource to help your students. These CVC word chains are fun and easy to use. Word chains are a great way to build fluency. Students only change

These worksheets on Christopher Columbus will help your students learn about the journey Columbus took in a easily decoded passage. There are questions to answer and a word search. There are five pages to share with your students. This resource will make teaching about this October holiday easy.

Do your kids struggle with words that end with blends? The ones that give my students the most trouble are the words with the letter k. Honk, chunk and think are really tricky words for many students. There are many ways to practice words that end with blends. This resource has great activities for words with final blends. There are clip cards. Games with spinner to fill in the vowel in the word with the final blend. There are also a few worksheets for independent work. Students have trouble s

First sound fluency games and interventions are fun. First sound fluency is one of the early tests for students but did you every wonder why? Why is first sound fluency important? It is a good predictor of phonemic awareness which is important to build good reading skills. First sound fluency worksheets are great to help build that skill. These games are easy enough for children to be independent but rigorous enough to help strengthen the skills. Why Teach First Sounds?According to Louisa Moates

Dividing words into syllables is an important skill. Students need to know the rules of how divide words and they need words to practice with. This product contains 40 word cards that have closed syllables and vowel-consonant-e words. This pack contains only closed syllable and v-e words so students will feel successful. There is little prep. You can just print the worksheets for classwork or homework. The word cards can be used for drill or for dividing words into syllables. This resourc

This digraph resource rocks! Digraphs are a difficult concept for children. This resource is digraph practice for kindergarten and first grade. The idea that two letters join together and make a new sound is confusing. This resource will help your students practice finding and identifying digraphs. They can color, draw and print the letters to practice digraphs. Phonics is an important skill for beginning readers. They need a great deal of practice to make them fluent readers. Using practice ac

How to Teach CVC Words Knowing how to teach CVC words is an important skill for teachers. First each sound needs to be introduced. The sounds need to be practiced daily. Students need to be able to segment and count the sounds in a word. Then students need to practice blending the letters together to make CVC words. It is important to provide many opportunities for practice. “Unless early decoding skills move beyond mastery to become an automatic subconscious habit, reading is likely to remain p

Do your students reverse their b and d? My students do it all the time. The best way to help students is to provide practice to help them recognize and write the letters correctly. These practice pages let children hunt and color, circle the letter and add the correct first letter to common words. Decoding is so important for children to learn to read but if they cannot even identify the letters how will they be able to read accurately? This resource will let you print and help your student

What is phoneme substitution? It is the practice of replacing one sound in a word with another to make a new word. It is part of orthographic mapping. Orthographic mapping is a surefire way to help your students read and spell words. How do you get to proficiency? It is not easy. Students need lots of practice to learn how to substitute sounds in words. As teachers we can do oral practice in small groups or whole class. What can students do in centers? These sheets (or you can cut into cards) al

Rhyming words for you! Rhyming is an important skill for early readers. It is an easy skill to practice orally and these cards provide independent practice to students using these clip cards. Rhyming is fun. According to Reading Partners,“ It also aids in teaching early literacy skills like phonemic awareness and fluency development.” These cards are great for independent practice. Morning work can be fun if you use clip cards. For more on Rhyming: https://readingpartners.org/blog/benefits-rhy

Phonics work for kindergarten. There are so many skills to teach in kindergarten. Students need to learn letters, sounds and how to blend sounds. These young students need to be able to read CVC words. Reviewing short vowels has never been easier. These mats can be printed and used right away. There are all different activities. There are fill in the blanks. There are sheets with spinners. There are sentences to read and search for words or patterns. These can be used as worksheets too.

Students need to be able to read and spell words with 3 letter. This resource includes words that can make a list of 3 letter words. Building cvc words helps students learn to read. These activities to build a word with short vowels will be fun and allow your students to write and match cvc words. There are a variety of pictures for each short vowel. Blending these three letter words will improve your child’s reading. “There is consistent data showing failure to develop basic decoding skills b

I don’t know about you but I am always looking for a low prep way to practice blending short vowel words with my students. I love simple games that engage them. These blending mats are just that. You print the mats, cut the pictures and you are done. Your students blend and read the word and match it to the picture. The boxes are color coded and digraphs are in one box. I put a shape on each card for easy sorting. These mats can be used as a whole unit or you could give each student one or two.

Do your students need letter name fluency practice? This resource is perfect for letter name fluency. Letter naming is foundational pre-literacy skill. A child’s ability to name letters is a predictor of a child’s success in reading. Even though this seems like an basic skill it is a skill that is assessed many times in a child's school career. Letter name fluency practice can be fun. This skill is easy to assess and easy to practice. This resource includes different ways to assess and practic

The closed syllable is the most common syllable. Learning what a closed syllable is and how to mark it is helpful for students when learning to read. This resource includes a checklist, practice sheets and a game to reinforce the closed syllable. This resource includes identifying closed syllable practice, marking closed syllables and closed syllable task cards.

First sounds are everything! That may not be true but they are a critical skill in building phonemic awareness. Students need to be able to isolate and identify the first sounds in words to improve their reading skills. These first sound fluency practice sheets will help improve your students’ skills. These practice sheets are geared for beginners. They include writing letters, circling and matching. This pack includes different activity types. Some sheets have the children write the letter of t

Identifying medial sounds in words is one of the more difficult phonemic awareness skills. Children have trouble knowing which medial vowel sound the words contain. Medial Vowel Sounds ExamplesMedial Sounds may be long or short. The long sounds are easier to identify This product helps with identifying the medial short vowel sounds in words. They confuse e and i or a and u. This resource will help your students practice and perfect this important skill. Medial Sound- a,e,i,o,uThe children can c

Do you students struggle with all welded sounds? The all welded sound, the am welded sound and the an welded sound are a tricky trio for most students. The vowel and consonant are so closely stuck together that it is almost like one sound. This resource will give your students practice in all welded sounds from Step One. This product reviews -all, -an and -am. There are word cards, clip cards and worksheets. Since there are not a ton of words with these patterns it will be easy for your st

Digraphs are a tricky skill for some students. Digraphs such as sh pose special problems for children. The resource will help with teaching digraph ch. Some have trouble producing the sound of the digraph and need repetition to really master the skill. These clip cards have the child identify the picture in the center and match it with a picture that has the same digraph. This resource is for teaching digraph ch, sh, th, ck, and wh. These cards not only help with digraphs but help with vocabul

Do your students need to practice with consonant digraph worksheets pdf? Worksheets with digraphs are a great way to practice. This resource includes consonant digraph worksheets pdf. There are fill in the blanks, coloring and sheets to build word or write words. There are words with beginning and ending digraphs for added practice. These are great digraphs worksheets for 2nd grade. There are some very easy activities and some challenging ones too. Your students will be able to practice with s