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Free Sound-Spelling Cards

 

Do you have our Sound-Spelling Poster resource? Watch this video for a sound-spelling refresher. 

You might have other sound-spellings that you’re teaching and want a poster to accompany you. Here is an editable card page for you to add the sound-spellings you might need in addition to what we’ve provided. Here you go! 

Remember, explicitly teaching the sound-spellings of our language is highly effective. It leads to being able to blend and decode words. Our language is wholly decodable. 

Remember, KEEP ONE SOUND with IT’S SPELLING on a card/poster. Think… SOUND-SPELLING, not sounds-spelling. 

One question we get often is how to teach consonant blends. Refer to our helpful video – you can jump to 5:15. 

Happy NEW YEAR, we hope you enjoy and use this free resource!

Phonics Lessons for Reading A-Z Grade K Decodable Books

 

These explicit phonics lessons are written for Reading A-Z's Grade K decodable books from their major update in 2020. Do you already have our old Reading A-Z lessons?* If so, for a limited time, we have this new file on sale. We've updated the lessons, added a could great new things - including SIGHT WORD CARDS! 

Although these decodable books are listed under Grade K according to Reading A-Z, these lessons and decodable books make for fabulous phonics lessons in GRADES K-2 TIER I, TIER II, and TIER III levels of phonics instruction. They would also make for great lessons and text for phonics interventions in grades 3 and beyond. We suggest to align the lessons with your current sound-spelling scope and sequence provided by your district or core reading program. 

Note: This download INCLUDES LESSONS and DOES NOT INCLUDE THE DECODABLE TEXT, as those are found at Reading A-Z.  There is a free trial that allows you to download a limited number of books, check it out! Many principals are more than willing to buy schools or your classroom a subscription as well. It never hurts to ask! 

Included in this download:

• A Scope and Sequence of Reading A-Z's Grade K decodable books
• Lots of teacher helps, PD, and tips!
• 33 CVC Lesson Cards (short a, e, i, o, u, and short vowel mix)
• 3 Consonant Blend Lesson Cards (s, r, l blends)
• 4 vCe Lesson Cards ( a_e, i_e, o_e, u_e)
• 5 Consonant Digraph Lesson Cards (sh, ch, wh, th, ph)
• Printable Sight Words Cards for ALL 45 Lessons - NEW!!
• File folder labels for each lesson - Formatted to print on Avery File Folder Labels
• Links to helpful Youtube Videos from us!

*Many of these lessons are an update from our older download of the old Reading A-Z scope and sequence. However, we've added a couple new things to the lesson cards, have provided sight word cards, updated the new text numbers to align with Reading A-Z, added the new lessons, etc.... See our old download, but it is out of date. Reading A-Z made quite the change in their K, 1, 2 decodable books and text! We are excited for the many new books & text they have over their K-2 scope and sequence. 

STAY TUNED FOR GRADE 1 & 2 Phonics Lessons for Reading A-Z Decodable Books and Text

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