Word Sorts

If you’re looking for some Vowel Team Word Sorts, you’re in the right place! My first grader and I have been working through vowel pairs since Christmas. I created these simple sorts for her to review the vowel teams we’ve worked on. Did you know we have even more Vowel Team Printables? Yep, we do! ... Read More about Vowel Team Word Sorts – Cut & Sort

Shortly after teaching the letters and sounds of the alphabet we introduce the concept that some letters actually have two sounds. The five vowels have two sounds- a long sound and a short sound. We often say that the “vowel says its name” when it makes the long sound. Word sorting activities are great when […]

*This post contains affiliate links. To read more, please see my full disclosure policy. For the next two weeks, I’m honored to be joining 39 other bloggers in iHomeschool Network’s Hopscotch! I’ll spend 10 days showing how effective Word Study is in teach spelling. I have used word study in the classroom, as a private reading tutor, and ... Read More about Teaching Spelling Through Word Study

Sort sounds into mini trash cans from the dollar store for super fun word sorts activities

These days have a similar routine. After the whole group part of our Word Study time, students will meet with their word study partner. I assigned partners so that each partner pair is in the same word study group and are therefore working with the same sort each week. Students will begin by sitting back-to-back with their partner and sorting independently. After sorting, they sit next to each other and take turns reading each word in their sort. After completing this, partners will work on…

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*This post contains affiliate links. Please read my full disclosure policy for more information. One of my favorite ways to teach spelling is through word study. I love how hands-on the word sorts are for spellers. But word study doesn’t stop with the word sorts. After kids sort their words, one of the best parts ... Read More about Helping Spellers Make Phonics Generalizations

Hands-on, engaging, and systematic phonics for beginning readers! This short e packet is part of Phonics Made Fun Level A Bundle! Included in this bundle

Here are free CVC word lists and short vowel words by vowel sound to help kindergarten and first grade students and teachers.

If you’re teaching kids how to identify beginning sounds, these board games are a fun way for them to show you what they know!