Homeschool Phonics Lesson (by date, oldest first)

This curriculum will help your child master:

• Segmenting and blending CVC words accurately.
• Reading and writing CVC words and sentences.
• Reading and writing the first 25 Zeno (high-frequency) words.
• Fluency practice with high-frequency words.
• Spelling CVC words and high-frequency words using multi-sensory methods.
• Strengthening comprehension through reading passages and games.

What's included:

• 35 Comprehensive Lessons:

  • CVC reading, writing, and Zeno word assessment.
  • Detailed lesson plans with clear instructions.
  • A lesson dedicated to each vowel sound (a, o, e, u, i).
  • Practice reading and writing CVC words and sentences.
  • 5 reading passages per vowel, focusing on sounds, CVC words, high-frequency words, and comprehension.

• Skill Reinforcement Activities:

  • Review of letter sounds, high-frequency words, and CVC word reading.
  • Fun and engaging games: Board Games, Bingo, Roll and Read.
  • Flashcards for high-frequency words.
  • Fluency practice tailored for high-frequency words.

• Multi-Sensory Learning Tools:

  • Spelling practice for CVC and high-frequency words.
  • Spelling mats and self-correcting cards for CVC words (with pictures).

This resource is built on evidence-based strategies from the Science of Reading, 95% Phonics, and Fundations, ensuring it aligns with methods proven to help kids succeed. Whether you’re starting your child on their reading journey or need an intervention tool for struggling learners, these lessons offer everything you need for success.

With activities designed for engagement and comprehension, your child will build foundational reading skills while having fun. Plus, the variety of included tools—like decodable passages, games, and multi-sensory activities—makes this a complete and reusable solution for teaching literacy skills effectively.

Learning to read is not something that happens overnight! It takes a lot of practice and persistence! Learning to read seems complicated but the top skills children need are phonemic awareness, decoding, orthographic mapping, fluency skills, comprehension, and lots of persistence and practice! These lessons have all of these skills needed! I give some tips and tricks on how to make it hands-on! These lessons are quick and easy to implement! There is no prep needed. Print and get to work! These work well for your intervention groups or you can hand it to an aide with no extra work from you!

Included:

28 Lessons

Fluency Skills-accuracy, rate, and expression

Phonemic Awareness (CVC words)

Reading CVC Words (blending sounds without sounding out loud)

Spelling CVC Words (orthographic mapping)

High-Frequency Words (most frequently used-orthographic mapping)

Decodable CVC Passages (Scaffolded-one has the sounds, words, and high-frequency words they will see in the passage so they can practice these words in isolation before reading)

I am giving away one of the lessons from my Beginning Reader Phonics lessons! I used 95% Phonics, Wilson Fundations, and the Science of Reading to create these beginner reader lessons! This first lesson works on segmenting and blending CVC words with vowel a.

Included:

Detailed Lesson Plan

Phonemic Awareness

Letter Tiles

Introduction to reading words

Introduction to writing words

High-Frequency Word Page; the

Are you looking for a comprehensive literacy book for Kg level or grade 1? This one is perfect for your students. It includes practice on alphabet writing and reading, high frequency words with engaging colorful stories including them, as well as coloring and tracing activities.

What is included?

A printable Pdf file with 198 pages 

• Colors posters
• Coloring pages
• Alphabet letters tracing activities with illustrations 
• Days of the Week poster
• Seasons Poster
• High Frequency words activities
• Stories including the high frequency words (I, can, the, we, a, like, see, and, you, do, my, are, she, was, is, he, little...) 
• Size words and sensory words
• Blending sounds and Writing 
• Phoneme isolation activities 
• Independent writing activities 
• Social Emotional Learning activities 

And much more! 

This resource is great for:

• In-Classroom Teaching (Displaying for the Whole Class)
• Online Learning
• Homeschooling
• Sharing on Google Classroom or Other Platforms as a Tool for Revision

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Delight your 3rd-grade students with "The Spooky Show," a fun Halloween-themed reading passage designed to strengthen their reading skills while practicing common consonant blends! In this charming story, Chase and his sister Shelly attend a spooky show at the town wharf. They’re thrilled to see flying bats and spooky ghosts, but the unexpected appearance of a playful cat brings laughter and fun. This engaging passage will capture students’ imaginations while reinforcing their understanding of blends like ch, sh, th, wh, bl, pl, fl, and sl.

What’s Included:

• Fiction Reading Passage: A high-interest, 300-word story perfect for 2nd graders, featuring beginning blends such as ch, sh, th, wh, bl, pl, fl, and sl.
• 5 Multiple-Choice Questions: These questions check for understanding and encourage higher-level thinking, focusing on key story elements like plot, character emotions, and story details.
• 2 Discussion Questions: Thought-provoking, open-ended questions that foster classroom discussion and deeper comprehension of the story.
• Blend Practice: The passage includes multiple examples of words with common consonant blends, helping students recognize and reinforce these patterns in a meaningful context.

Skills Covered:

• Reading Comprehension: Questions target understanding of key story details, character responses, and cause-and-effect relationships.
• Phonics: Focus on consonant blends ch, sh, th, wh, bl, pl, fl, and sl to build fluency and word recognition.
• Critical Thinking: Higher-level questions and discussion prompts encourage students to think beyond the text and relate to characters' actions and emotions.
• Story Elements: Practice identifying characters, setting, and plot development.
• Vocabulary: Introduces descriptive, seasonal vocabulary within the context of a fun, relatable story.

Possible Uses in the Classroom:

• Guided Reading: Use the story and questions in small groups for focused comprehension and phonics practice.
• Phonics Review: A great resource for reinforcing blends in context, making phonics practice more engaging.
• Independent Reading Practice: Suitable as a Halloween-themed assignment for individual reading time.
• Classroom Discussion: The included discussion questions can prompt a lively group conversation about the story and its fun Halloween setting.
• Homework or Early Finisher Activity: Perfect as a quick reading assignment that balances comprehension and phonics.

This worksheet makes phonics practice fun and engaging for your students, all while strengthening reading comprehension! It’s ideal for October and will keep your students excited and focused on learning, just in time for Halloween.

CH Spelling focused Guided Reading Small groups,

made EASY, consistent, effortless, and engaging!

Take the guesswork, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group reading instruction!

What you get:

A week's worth of CH spelling focused, research and evidence-based, word sorts, segmenting, blending, writing, fluency practice, assessment, and even nonsense word practice!

Word Families included:

ch spelling

tch spelling

th spelling

Also includes a sample small group schedule and

tracking sheets to make planning your small groups

EASY!

*Aligns with Unit 3 Week 3 Reach for Reading for First Grade and Wonders Unit 2 Week 5 for First Grade and other ch spelling lists

Small Group Lesson Plans for Fluency practice Long A- AI AY Word Families

AI AY fluency practice for First Grade Reading Groups, made EASY, consistent, effortless, and engaging! Take the guesswork, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group reading instruction! These are more than just worksheets, they are a comprehensive approach to teaching the ai ay and eigh word families and increasing students' reading fluency.

What you get:

A week's worth of AI AY fluency practice with evidence-based, classroom

tested word sorts, segmenting, blending, writing,

fluency, assessment and even nonsense word fluency practice!

Word Families included:

ai

ay

eigh

Also includes sample small group schedule and

tracking sheets to make planning your small groups

EASY!

*Aligns with Unit 5 Week 3 Reach for Reading for First Grade!

Thanks for checking out these ai ay worksheets for your fluency practice!

Short A- Easy Guided Reading Small Group Lesson Plans for 1st Grade- Print & Go!

CVC Words & Reading Fluency included!  Guided reading instruction & planning made EASY, consistent, effortless, and engaging!

Take the guesswork, hours of planning, & the headache out of prepping for your small group guided reading instruction!

Teaching word families and practicing nonsense cvc words has a dramatic impact on reading fluency in early readers.  Year over year, over 80% of my students achieve benchmark or higher in reading fluency and nonsense cvc word fluency using this amazing resource I created.

What you get with this Short A- Easy Guided Reading Small Group Lesson Plans for 1st Grade- Print & Go! unit:

A week's worth of researched-based, classroom-tested word family sorts

Labels for word family sort envelopes (These are the envelopes I use)

Word work pages to work on segmenting, blending, and handwriting

Reading fluency passages and assessment

Nonsense cvc word practice and assessment

Word family BINGO and word family coloring pages

Sample small group schedule and tracking sheets to help plan your small groups or for use at home

Just print & teach! EASY!✔️

Word Families included:

at

an

and mixed short a

Check out all the Short Vowel Small Group plans here:

https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Small-Groups-Made-EaSY-Short-Vowel-Unit-Bundle-4500806

Save by purchasing all 32 word family units here:

https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Word-Families-made-EASY-Resources-for-the-YEAR-CVC-Words-Reading-Fluency-too-5813750

These resources work well with any curriculum (homeschool curriculum, reach for reading, wonders, etc)

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The 5 Jobs of Silent E

CVC Word Games-Ice Cream Sundae

First Grade Reach for Reading Bundle

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**⭐**The Surprising Benefits of Learning Word Families for Reading and Writing Fluency

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Let's Connect

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Short A- Easy Guided Reading Small Group Lesson Plans for 1st Grade- Print & Go

Guided Reading Small groups, made EASY, consistent, effortless, and engaging! Take the guesswork, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group reading instruction!

What you get:

A week's worth of researched-based, classroom

tested word sorts, segmenting, blending, writing,

fluency, assessment and even nonsense word practice!

Word Families included:

y

igh

ie

ild and ind

*this week includes identifying syllables practice, two levels for each story, and

decoding option.

Also includes sample small group schedule and

tracking sheets to make planning your small groups

EASY!

*Aligns with Unit 6 Week 2 Reach for Reading for First Grade!

Guided Reading Small groups, made EASY, consistent, effortless, and engaging! Take the guesswork, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group reading instruction!

What you get:

A week's worth of researched-based, classroom

tested word sorts, segmenting, blending, writing,

fluency, assessment and even nonsense word practice!

Word Families included:

kn

gn

wr

mb

*this week includes verb tense practice practice.

Also includes sample small group schedule and

tracking sheets to make planning your small groups

EASY!

*Aligns with Unit 7 Week 1 Reach for Reading for First Grade!

Small groups, made EASY, consistent, effortless, and engaging! Take the guess work, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group reading instruction!

What you get:

A week's worth of researched based, classroom

tested word sorts, segmenting, blending, writing,

fluency, assessment and even nonsense word practice.

Word Families included:

pl

gl

sl

Also includes sample small group schedule and

tracking sheets to make planning your small groups

EASY!

*Aligns with Unit 2 Week 3 Reach for Reading for First Grade!

Guided Reading Small groups, made EASY, consistent, effortless, and engaging! Take the guesswork, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group reading instruction!

What you get:

A week's worth of researched-based, classroom

tested word sorts, segmenting, blending, writing,

fluency, assessment and even nonsense word practice!

Word Families included:

eer

ear

air

are

Also includes sample small group schedule and

tracking sheets to make planning your small groups

EASY!

*Aligns with Unit 7 Week 4 Reach for Reading for First Grade!

Guided Reading Small groups, made EASY, consistent, effortless, and engaging! Take the guesswork, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group reading instruction!

What you get:

A week's worth of researched-based, classroom

tested word sorts, segmenting, blending, writing,

fluency, assessment and even nonsense word practice!

Word Families included:

beginning al-

al

all

Also includes sample small group schedule and

tracking sheets to make planning your small groups

EASY!

*Aligns with Unit 8 Week 1 Reach for Reading for First Grade!

Guided Reading Small groups, made EASY, consistent, effortless, and engaging! Take the guesswork, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group reading instruction!

What you get:

A week's worth of researched-based, classroom

tested word sorts, segmenting, blending, writing,

fluency, assessment and even nonsense word practice!

Word Families included:

-ide

-ile

-ice

Also includes sample small group schedule and

tracking sheets to make planning your small groups

EASY!

*Aligns with Unit 4 Week 2 Reach for Reading for First Grade!

*Digital Activities Included* Small groups made EASY, consistent, effortless, and engaging! Take the guess work, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group reading instruction!

What you get:

A week's worth of researched based, classroom

tested word sorts, segmenting, blending, writing,

fluency, assessment and even nonsense word practice.

Word Families included:

og

op

ot

and mixed short o

Also includes sample small group schedule and

tracking sheets to make planning your small groups

EASY!

Guided Reading Small groups, made EASY, consistent, effortless, and engaging! Take the guesswork, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group reading instruction!

What you get:

A week's worth of researched-based, classroom

tested word sorts, segmenting, blending, writing,

fluency, assessment and even nonsense word practice!

Word Families included:

-o_e

-old, ost

o

Also includes sample small group schedule and

tracking sheets to make planning your small groups

EASY!

*Aligns with Unit 4 Week 3 Reach for Reading for First Grade!

Guided Reading Small groups, made EASY, consistent, effortless, and engaging! Take the guess work, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group reading instruction!

What you get:

A week's worth of researched based, classroom

tested word sorts, segmenting, blending, writing,

fluency, assessment and even nonsense word practice!

Word Families included:

sp

sl

st

Also includes sample small group schedule and

tracking sheets to make planning your small groups

EASY!

*Aligns with Unit 3 Week 1 Reach for Reading for First Grade!

https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/1st-Grade-Unit-3-Week-1-Resources-Aligned-with-Reach-for-Reading-Tons-of-Pages-4969949

Guided Reading Small groups, made EASY, consistent, effortless, and engaging! Take the guess work, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group reading instruction!

What you get:

A week's worth of researched based, classroom

tested word sorts, segmenting, blending, writing,

fluency, assessment and even nonsense word practice!

Word Families included:

nd

nk

nt

Also includes sample small group schedule and

tracking sheets to make planning your small groups

EASY!

*Aligns with Unit 3 Week 2 Reach for Reading for First Grade!

Ending Phonograms Word Families made EASY

CVC Words & Reading Fluency included!  Reading instruction and planning made EASY, consistent, effortless, and engaging!

Take the guesswork, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group guided reading instruction!

Teaching word families and practicing nonsense cvc words has a dramatic impact on reading fluency in early readers.  Year over year, my students achieve benchmark or higher in reading fluency and nonsense cvc word fluency using this amazing resource I created.

What you get with this unit:

• A week's worth of researched-based, classroom-tested word family sorts

• Labels for word family sort envelopes (These are the envelopes I use)

• Word work pages to work on segmenting, blending, and handwriting

• Reading fluency passages and assessment

• Nonsense cvc word practice and assessment

• Word family BINGO and word family coloring pages

• Sample small group schedule and tracking sheets to help plan your small groups or for use at home

Just print and teach! EASY!✔️

Word Families included:

ink

ing

ank

ang

Check out all the Short Vowel Small Group plans here:

https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Small-Groups-Made-EaSY-Short-Vowel-Unit-Bundle-4500806

Save by purchasing all 32 word family units here:

https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Word-Families-made-EASY-Resources-for-the-YEAR-CVC-Words-Reading-Fluency-too-5813750

These resources work well with any curriculum (homeschool curriculum, reach for reading, wonders, etc)

Resources you may also love ❤️

The 5 Jobs of Silent E

CVC Word Games-Ice Cream Sundae

First Grade Reach for Reading Bundle

Blog posts you may enjoy

**⭐**The Surprising Benefits of Learning Word Families for Reading and Writing Fluency

⭐Take Sight Words Outside

⭐Teaching CvC Words

Let's Connect

Blog

Instagram

Newsletter* coming soon!

Keywords: Word Families, CVC Words, Reading Fluency, Reading Groups, Kindergarten, Home School, 1st grade

Guided Reading Small groups, made EASY, consistent, effortless, and engaging! Take the guesswork, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group reading instruction!

What you get:

A week's worth of researched-based, classroom

tested word sorts, segmenting, blending, writing,

fluency, assessment and even nonsense word practice!

Word Families included:

+ble

+tle

+dle

Mixed Consonant +le

Also includes sample small group schedule and

tracking sheets to make planning your small groups

EASY!

*May be used with with Unit 8 Week 4 Reach for Reading for First Grade!