Less than $5 Homeschool Phonics Resources (by date, oldest first)

Reading and orthographic mapping (spelling) go hand in hand! If you want your students to master the ability to read phonetic patterns they need to read words with the pattern, identify meaning, and map the sounds via spelling! These sheets are perfect to practice this skill! This product includes words with th, sh, ch, wh, and ck. All of the words have short vowels so these are great for those kiddos that haven't mastered reading other vowel patterns! I have a page for each digraph and pages where the digraphs are mixed!

These are great to use in centers, interventions, or as practice after teaching a lesson working with each digraph! The best part-NO PREP! Print and get to work!

These letter cards are great for your students to practice during small group time as a fun game! You can even make it interesting by telling your students that if they find the correct letter they get to keep the cards, whoever has the most cards in the end wins!

It is important for your child to gain confidence when learning to read! They need to practice reading stories with the phonetic pattern they are learning! These decodable readers are perfect to work on sounds, reading digraphs, reading high-frequency words, and stories with digraphs. I have a scaffolded option that includes the sounds, words, and high-frequency words in isolation that they will see in the story! When they are done reading the story you can work on comprehension with a few quick questions about the story! Tip-you could have them highlight all of the words with digraphs in the passage and have them read those in isolation before reading the whole story!

Included:

5 digraph-specific passages (scaffolded and regular) (th, sh, ch, wh, ck)

5 mixed digraph passages (scaffolded and regular) (th, sh, ch, wh, ck)

*All of the words use a short vowel

Use in centers, small groups, or as an early finisher activity. My kids are always begging me to play this game!

This game includes all 107 Zeno Sight Words. I teach the 107 Sight Words because they are the most narrowed-down list of the most commonly used words in texts. It is important your child can read these words quickly and accurately for success in reading! 

I broke the words up into 8 sets so that each set would have 52 cards to keep the game engaging and not too long! This also allows you to easily differentiate the game by choosing the set that has more words that your child needs to work on! Each set is color-coded so if cards get mixed up you can easily find their place!

Included:

• Go Fish Rules

• 8 sets of cards

• Each set has 52 cards

• Endless amounts of fun!

*Prep time is needed. I suggest you print these on card stock and laminate them for more durability. Printing on normal paper will work too! Print the set of cards and cut them out!

This is a quick and easy assessment to use to identify your child's ability in reading and spelling with blends and digraphs.

My product includes:

• Instructions for use
• Real and nonsense words with blends and digraphs
• Words 28-55 from the Zeno Word List
• Spelling with blends and digraph words
• Grading rubric
• Google Data Sheet

Print and assess!

This is a quick and easy letter assessment to help identify your child's ability. I used the research behind LETRS and the science of reading to create this assessment.

My product includes:

• Instructions for use
• Letter names of uppercase and lowercase letters
• Letter sounds for all 26 letters
• Long and short vowel sounds
• Writing of upper and lowercase letters
• Google Data Sheet

All you need to do is print and assess!

This is a quick and easy assessment to use to identify your child's ability in reading and spelling r-controlled vowel words.

My product includes:

• Real and nonsense r-controlled vowel words
• Words 80-107 from the Zeno Word List
• Spelling r-controlled vowel words
• Grading rubric
• Google Data Sheet

Print and assess!

Reading and writing with phonics patterns can be simplified! When students know how to break up words or what to look for in words they will have more success! These handouts can be for you to use when teaching concepts or can go in a notebook for students to look at when reading unfamiliar words or spelling words!

Easy no prep resource! Just print and go! You can use this product as a quick review of Kindergarten skills. I use this at the beginning of the year for homework for my first graders to get them back in the swing of things!

• Phoneme segmentation and blending, rhyming, and first-sound fluency
• Letter names and sounds and handwriting for all 26 letters (upper and lowercase)
• Reading and spelling of the first 25 Zeno Sight Words
• I spy page to identify sight words and upper and lower case letters

This is a quick and easy assessment to use to identify your child's ability in reading and spelling with consonant -le.

My product includes:

• Real and nonsense consonant -le words
• Spelling with consonant -le
• Grading rubric
• Google Data Sheet

Print and assess!

This is a great way to work on first sound fluency and letter sounds!

NO PREP Letter Matching Practice! Practice recognizing upper and lowercase letters with this cut-and-paste page! Perfect for small groups or centers! Print and work on letters they need as many times as they need!

These keyword letter cards will help your students remember their sounds! When you add pictures and keywords research has shown it helps in the retention and retrieval of information.

Included:

• Mnemonic keywords
• Word Families: all, am, an, ang, ing, ong, ung, ank, ink, onk, and unk
• R-Controlled Vowels: ar, or, er, ir, and ur

I always have my kids create actions that go with the pictures. This allows them to be active while doing letter sounds! Research shows that adding movement to learning can also help in the retrieval and retention of information.

This is a quick and easy assessment to use to identify your child's ability in reading and spelling CVCe words.

My product includes:

• Real and nonsense CVCe words
• Words 56-83 from the Zeno Word List
• Spelling CVCe words
• Grading rubric
• Google Data Sheet

Print and assess!

First sound fluency is the ability to identify the first sound in a word. To learn to read children need to be able to break words into their sounds! This is a great way to think about sounds in words and the letters that represent those sounds! No prep, print, and cut and paste!

These are perfect for small-group instruction or centers! Slide them in sheet protectors or laminate and you can reuse them! You can print these cards double-sided (on the short side) so that students can self-correct!

This creates meaning for words that follow the phonics pattern they are learning. This is important in helping the child turn these words into sight words!

Reading and learning high-frequency words can be FUN! I use the 107 Zeno Word list because they comprise 50% of all text. No need to work on 300-plus words like other lists! These games are perfect for small-group instruction or centers! I give different tips and tricks to work on the skill! I would use these as a Friday fun day during small groups and my students loved them! These games don't have any prep! Print and play! I would suggest laminating or sticking in a sheet protector to keep them nice for a longer period of time!

Includes:

Reading 1-25 Zeno High-Frequency Words

Roll and Read

Board Games

Bingo

This is a quick and easy assessment to use to identify your child's ability in reading and spelling with the closed syllable type/CVC.

My product includes:

• Real and nonsense CVC words
• The first 27 words from the Zeno Word List
• Spelling CVC words
• Grading rubric
• Google Data Sheet

Print and assess!

Let's be honest, phonemic awareness can be SO boring for our students! Whenever we are working on it they want to use the words in sentences or want to see a picture of what that word means! Now they have a picture to connect to the word!

These NO-PREP sheets are perfect for extra practice or practice in small group! I let my students choose their manipulative; whether it is play-dough to tap, legos, chips, or blocks! This also gives those kiddos struggling with blending and segmenting a concrete method to gain those skills!

The sheets are broken into each digraph so that you can easily practice phonemic awareness with the digraph you are working on. You can also mix them up so they can practice the skill for each digraph!

-Includes

-Digraphs; ch,th,sh,wh,ck,qu

-Digraphs words with a picture

-A box for each sound!

These are perfect for small-group instruction or centers! Slide them in sheet protectors or laminate and you can reuse them! You can print these cards double-sided (on the short side) so that students can self-correct!

This creates meaning for words that follow the phonics pattern they are learning. This is important in helping the child turn these words into sight words!