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Kindergarten Grade Common Core: RF.K.3b

Common Core Identifier: RF.K.3b / Grade: K
Curriculum: Reading Foundational Skills: Phonics and Word recognition
Detail: Associate the long and short sounds with common spellings (graphemes) for the five major vowels.
174 Common Core State Standards (CCSS) aligned worksheets found:
Words that end with -ink, including: think, stink, sink, and wink.
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Spin the circles to make the words: rag, bag, tag, sag, snag, and wag.
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This phonics wheel has the words price, slice, rice, mice, and nice.
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Spin to make the words: map, tap, slap, flap, and nap.
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These words include tub, club, cub, and sub.
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This set includes tug, mug, rug, dug, and plug.
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This phonics wheel has the words pin, tin, and thin.
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This phonics wheel has the words time, dime, lime, chime, crime.
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Phonics word families:  plate, gate, state, mate, and late.
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Phonics word wheel: sit, quit, lit, bit, and slit.
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Phonics word wheel: glad, mad, sad, dad, and bad
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Spin the circles to make the words: rat, bat, that, sat, mat, and cat
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This word family wheel has the words lock, stock, and rock, dock.
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Read about three friends: Rat, Cat and Pat. Rat and cat sit on a comfy mat, then they sit in a hat. They find they're most comfortable when they sit on Pat.
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This word wheel includes the words tuck, luck, truck, and duck.
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This phonics wheel has the words pine, line, dine, and mine.
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Cut the letters and arrange them to make the words rat and ring.
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Phonics word wheel: friend, lend, spend, send, bend
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Spin the circles to make the words: than, pan, can, man, ran, and fan.
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This phonics wheel has the words dip, sip, lip, tip, and rip.
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Words in the -and family include sand, hand, land, and stand.
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This set includes top, stop, hop, and chop.
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Run, Bug! Run! is a cute story about a bug who runs away from the rug (because a vacuum is coming), runs away from a mug (because he doesn't want to be swallowed), and runs away from the tub (because the water is turned on).
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These words include got, lot, cot, and dot.
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This phonics wheel has the words sick, trick, thick, pick, stick, and kick.
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Phonics word family wheel: west, test, best, pest, chest, and nest.
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This circle includes but, cut, gut, shut, and nut.
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Words that end with -ing, including: sing, wing, thing, king, swing, and ring.
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Phonics word wheel: well, spell, tell, bell, smell, and sell
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Cut the letters and arrange them to make the words bed and bat.
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Cut the letters and arrange them on the page to make the words pig and pen.
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Cut out the letters and use them to make the words cup and cake.
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Kay-Kay! is a story about a young horse. There are plenty of easy-to-read long a words, like play, say, way, and hay.
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Black and white version: sweep, sleep, deep, beep, keep, and sheep.
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In this long o book, a boy rows his boat. When he drops his oar in the water, he needs a tow.
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Two friends will bake a cake for Mike's birthday. Silent-e words include: bake, cake, smoke, nose, and face.
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This word wheel has tall, mall, call, ball, fall, and wall
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Cut the letters and arrange them on the page to make the words roof and rose.
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Cut the letters and arrange them to make the words man and mug.
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Read about the adventures of Jen. First, Jen chases butterflies with her net. Then it rains and she gets wet. Then she lays in a tent.
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Cut out the letters and use them to make the words ball and bug.
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Cut the letters and arrange them to make the words nest and net.
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Phonics wheel with -ight words: sight, bright, right, light, might, and light.
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Chad and Chip are chipmunks who play chess, chat, and chase each other.
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In this short o book, Fox hops in a box, then on mom, and then in a pot.
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Phonics word family wheel: new, knew, grew, and drew.
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Read about the snake sneaks through the grass looking for a snack. She snoops by the wood pile when she hears a snap.
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The moon comes out too soon!  When I look out of my room, I see that the moon is out at noon.
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The -ear phonics circle has hear, near, pear, and tear.
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These words include how, now, cow, pow, and wow.
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Cut the letters and arrange them to make the words bed and bat.
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Cut the letters and arrange them to make the words bed and bat.
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This phonics spinner has meal, real, seal, heal, teal, and steal.
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In this long u book, a boy uses his crayons to draw a unicorn, the USA, and a cube.
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Words in the -ail family include: sail, pail, mail, and fail.
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Cut the letters and arrange them to make the words bed and bat.
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This word family wheel has the words look, took, shook, cook, book, and hook.
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Do you see the bee? The bee is in a tree. The bee is on a seed. The bee in on a leaf.
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Cut the letters and arrange them to make the words bed and bat.
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Read about Stacy's car. It will steer and stop, but not start. Can Steve fix Stacy's car?
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Cut the letters and arrange them to make the words cow and cat.
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Mr. Goat puts his boat in the moat.  His boat will not float.  He plugs the hole with his coat.
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Cut the letters and arrange them on the page to make the words snow and sled.
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Cut the letters and arrange them to make the words toys and tent.
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Cut out the letters and use them to make the words gift and goat.
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Cut the letters and arrange them to make the word violin.
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Cut the letters and arrange them to make the words pot and paw.
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Cut the letters and arrange them to make the words bed and bat.
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Cut the letters and arrange them to make the words mat and moon.
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Find words with -ea- and -ee- in this easy-to-read, eight-page minibook. Words include, beat, heat, sleep, bees, leap, sea, free and street. Students assemble and color the pictures, then read the book.
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Cut the letters and arrange them to make the words bed and bat.
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Cut the letters and arrange them to make the words six and star.
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Cut the letters and arrange them on the page to make the word queen.
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Cut the letters and glue them in order to make the word quilt.
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Do you like the rat? Do you like the ring? Do you like the rose?
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Write the words that contain the /r/ sound.  Includes word list.
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Write the correct k-word for each picture.  Includes a word list.
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Practice foundational skills of reading and phonics with this list of nonsense words. Students can keep track of their progress through 5 days of practice.
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Who is this? This is the police officer? Who is this? This is the bus driver. Who is this? This is the doctor. Who is this? This is my teacher.
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Write the words that contain the /l/ sound.  Includes word list.
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Use this word wheel to make the words bike, like, spike, hike, and strike.
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Write the correct word for each picture.  Includes a word list.
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Read the story about a jet, jelly, jar, jeep, and jacket.
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Match the words and pictures that begin with the /b/ sound.
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Write the words that contain the /m/ sound.  Includes word list.
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Do you see the net? Do you see the nut? How about the note? The nest?
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In this book, students will read about a dog, doll, duck, deer, dress, door, and a drum.
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Write the words that contain the /n/ sound.  Includes word list.
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Match the words and pictures that begin with the /j/ sound.
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We see a web. We see a wagon. We see a wasp. We see a wall.
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Find words with -ow- and -ou- in this easy-to-read, eight-page minibook. Words include, "cloud, cow, round, brown, flower, loud, and owl. Students can color the pictures and read the book.
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Use this word wheel to help students practice decoding silly words that, despite having no real meaning, can greatly help early readers develop basic phonics and reading skills.
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Write the correct hard-c word for each picture.  Includes a word list.
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Sort the pictures and words into three groups - words that start with /p/, words that have /p/ in the middle, and words that end with /p/
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Write the correct /s/ word for each picture.  Includes a word list.
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Write the correct L-word for each picture.  Includes a word list.
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This word wheel includes the words dig, big, pig, wig, twig, and fig.
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This is a box. This is a fox. This is an ax. This is an ox.
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Match the words and pictures that begin with the /d/ sound.
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Color, assemble, and read this 8-page mini-book about blue and black berries.
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Sort the words into two groups: those that make the /s/ sound (like grass and spell) and those that make the /z/ sound (like has and was).
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In this short i book, you'll read about Big Pig. First, Big Pig digs a hole. Then he puts on a wig. And he even dances a jig.
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These 8 pages feature a log, leaf, lamp, lamb, lion, lock, and lizard.
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Match the words and pictures that begin with the /n/ sound.
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Color the words that have the /f/ sound in them.  Includes word list.
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This booklet includes the words kid, key, king, kite, and kitten.
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Cut the letter boxes and glue them in order to create the word x-ray.
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Sort the /h/ words into five word groups: ha-, he-, hi-, ho-, and hu-.
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I see the star and the sky. I see the snow and the sled. I see the snake and the sand.
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This fun classroom game helps students recognize both graphemes and phonemes within basic CVC nonsense words. They'll listen to hear their word read aloud, and then have to read another nonsense word aloud.
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Write the words that contain the /b/ sound.  Includes word list.
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Sort the pictures and words into three groups - words that start with /r/, words that have /r/ in the middle, and words that end with /r/
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Match the words and pictures that begin with the /k/ sound.
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Use this phonics word wheel to practice the words pen, hen, men, ten, den, then, and when.
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The van is over there. The vase is over there. The vet is over there.
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Write the correct d-word for each picture.  Includes a word list.
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I see a sheep. Baa. Baa. I see a duck. Quack. Quack. I see a pig. Oink. Oink.
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Sort the pictures and words into three groups - words that start with /s/, words that have /s/ in the middle, and words that end with /s/
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This set includes more, sore, tore, wore, store.
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Sort the /L/ words into three categories - words that begin with L, words that have an L in the middle, words that end with L.
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Match the words and pictures that begin with the /f/ sound.
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Read the words hat, ham, house, hand, and more.
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Write the words that contain the /t/ sound.  Includes word list.
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Sort the /m/ words into five categories - ma-, me-, mi-, mo-, and mu-
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Write the correct word for each picture.  Includes a word list.
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Mom, mug, mop,mess, mat, milk, and mug are all featured words in this marvelous little book.
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Write the correct word for each picture.  Includes a word list.
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These nonsense words can be used as part of a word wall or pocket chart to help students practice basic phonics and reading skills.
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Match the words and pictures that begin with the hard-c sound.
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Write the correct word for each picture (quilt & queen).
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Match the words and pictures that begin with the /s/ sound.
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Match the words and pictures that begin with the /l/ sound.
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This word wheel features the words gain, rain, main, brain, pain, chain, drain, and train.
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Where is the zebra? There is the zebra. Where is the zoo? There is the zoo. Where is the zipper?
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Write the words that have the /d/ sound in them. Includes word list.
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This mini-book features a cow, cup, cat, cap, can, cap, and cake.
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Match the words and pictures that begin with the /t/ sound.
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Write the correct b-word for each picture. Includes a word list.
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Match the words and pictures that begin with the /m/ sound.
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In this long i book, a girl lies to her mom about eating pie, cries when she hurts her arm, and needs help tying her shoe.
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Students can spin this world wheel to make the words jet, wet, get, net, let, set, yet, and pet.
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After taking off her shoes and walking on the shore, the main character goes to the shake shop.
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Sort the /d/ words into five word families: -ad, -ed, -id, -od, and -ud.
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This mini-book features a fox, fish, foot, fly, fan, farm, and frog.
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Write the correct /t/ word for each picture.  Includes a word list.
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Sort the /f/ words into five word groups: fa-, fe-, fi-, fl-, and fo-.
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That is my pan. That is my pet. That is my pen. That is my pool.
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In this mini-book, students will read about a bat, a boy, a bug, a bed, a bike, a ball, and a baby.
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Sort the pictures and words into three groups - words that start with /n/, words that have /n/ in the middle, and words that end with /n/
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Write the correct word for each picture.  Includes a word list.
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Here is my truck. Here is my toy. Here is my tent and my tree and my turtle.
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You can use these flash cards in a variety of ways to help test students' reading fluency with nonsense words.
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Sort the /b/ words into five word families: -ab, -eb, -ib, -ob, and -ub.
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Write the words that contain the /p/ sound.  Includes word list.
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Students can use this word wheel to learn the words tool, pool, spool, drool, fool, cool, and stool.
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Have you seen my yo-yo? Have you seen my yarn? Have you seen my yard?
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Write the correct /r/ word for each picture.  Includes a word list.
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Read about a family who gets in a car, goes too far, and follows a star.
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Write the words that contain the /s/ sound.  Includes word list.
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This word family wheel has the words boat, goat, float, and throat.
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Word family word wheel: saw, law, paw, straw, and claw
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Write the correct M-word for each picture.  Includes a word list.
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This book features pictures of glue, grass, a garden, and a girl.
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Sort the pictures and words into three groups - words that start with /t/, words that have /t/ in the middle, and words that end with /t/
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Write the correct word for each picture.  Includes a word list.
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Match the words and pictures that begin with the /h/ sound.
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The queen won't be quiet and the duck won't stop quacking!
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Match the words and pictures that begin with the /p/ sound.
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Match the words and pictures that begin with the /r/ sound.
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Sort the /f/ words into five word groups: ja-, je-, ji-, jo-, and ju-.
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Decoding nonsense words is a great way to gauge students' understanding of graphemes and phonemes. This word slider makes practicing nonsense words fun and engaging.
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Match the words and pictures that begin with the letters Qu.
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Make your own word family, phonics word wheel!
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Color the short a words to reveal a mystery picture. What picture do you see? A bat!
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