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Spring short vowel mini set - Included is one of each of the activities featuring short a.

Students will write and wipe or use manipulative letters. Students will build letters using flower petals, tap out sounds with Mr. Frog, and slowly talk with Mr. Turtle. Turtle and Frog are ready to be printed and attached to popsicle sticks for hopping / walking along each word. Use them again and again in your small groups or centers.

Turtle Talk

Materials - Picture cards, turtle

Directions - 

We will be talking very slowly like a turtle!  We call this turtle talk.  Look at the picture.  What is it?  Say the word slowly.  Tap out every sound you hear.  Write the letters on the card.  Use your turtle to walk and turtle talk the word you made!   

Flower Building

Use the letters on each flower to build words. Each set has 3 pages to provide appropriate support for your students. You will have one blank page, one with the medial sound written, and one with word families.

Hop along with MR. Frog then find a matching picture

I hope you like my sample set featuring short vowel a. I have an extended packet available for purchase that includes all short vowel sounds, and manipulative letters for a total of 88 words in each set.

Spring Short Vowel CVC - Word Blending, Segmenting & Building

This packet includes 2 activities to practice short vowel sounds aligned to UFLI lessons 8-18 from the Vital Vowels Short Vowel Series which has all 5 activities. Learning the vowel sounds and why they make the sounds they do is VITAL to fluent reading. Vital Vowels is a daily practice in saying vowel sounds. This packet includes 2 activities to practice short vowel sounds aligned to UFLI lessons 8-18. These activities are intended to be used daily as a quick practice. They can be used in whole group instruction on the projector, in small group instruction differentiated to what students need, in a center rotation, or even for homework. Use the corresponding lesson AFTER it is explicitly taught and continue to use the same activity until the next vowel is taught, then move to the next level.

This FREEBIE pack includes two activities for practicing the short vowels up through lesson 53. Each activity in this pack includes the breve symbol for the short vowel sound. A blank chart is included for each activity to create your own targeted instruction. Slide it into a clear cover and write your own.

If your students enjoy these activities, check out all 5 activities in the full Short Vowel Packhere.

Check out the rest of the Vital Vowels Series that includes long vowels, vowel teams, diphthongs, and advanced vowels through lesson 118. *COMING SOON*

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

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

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

Use these phoneme-grapheme mapping charts in your phonics and small group lessons! Two options are provided. One with 4 sound boxes for earlier readers and one with 7 boxes for more advanced patterns.

See the video below for this chart in action!

Word Mapping Chart Video

Letter Aa Fun Activity. Create Mr. Happy Apple.

CVC -at Words Family Crowns Craft

Empower your little learners to become CVC word champions with this engaging hat/headband craft activity!

In this download you will receive:

• PDF files includes 8 Crowns.
• Crown extenders to staple around students heads.

This resource is perfect for:

• Literacy centers
• Independent practice
• Whole-group activities

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CVC Words Middle A Crown Craft, Color & Write Hats Headband Phonics Activity

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Build a CVC Word- A Digital Resource for Google Slides

Build a CVC Word is a fun resource designed to make phonics practice exciting and interactive for your early learners! Perfect for both classroom and distance learning, this resource is hosted on Google Slides, providing a hassle-free way to reinforce CVC word recognition. Students will drag and move the letter tiles to build each CVC word. Teachers can easily integrate this resource into their Google Classroom assignments. This set also contains a BONUS printable version of Build a CVC Word that can be used for additional practice!

Sparkling Letter A Activities: Engaging Worksheets for PreK & Kindergarten!

Are you looking for fun and educational activities to teach the letter A? Look no further! This downloadable pack is packed with engaging worksheets that will help your PreK and Kindergarten students master letter recognition, sounds, and formation.

Activities Included:

• Tracing & Coloring: Develop fine motor skills and letter recognition with trace and color activities (uppercase & lowercase).
• Matching & Sorting: Strengthen visual discrimination skills with picture matching, letter sorting, and sorting by uppercase/lowercase.
• Phonics & Word Work: Build foundational phonics skills with activities that explore the "A" sound, including "Color by Letter" and "Word Match."
• Creative Fun: Encourage creativity with "Draw a Picture Beginning with A" and shape coloring activities.
• Bonus Activities: Challenge young learners with additional worksheets like "Connect the Dots," "Letter Mazes," and picture puzzles.

What You Get:

• A variety of engaging worksheets (over 20!) to keep students interested and learning.
• Clear instructions for each activity.
• Age-appropriate content perfect for PreK and Kindergarten students.

Help your students embark on a captivating adventure through the alphabet with this exciting Letter A activity pack!

This freebie includes syllable word charts for multisyllable words.

What is Included:

2 Syllable Words - 2 charts

3 Syllable Words - 2 charts

4 Syllable Words - 1 chart

5 Syllable Words - 1 chart

More Syllable Resources

Apple Themed Syllable Sort

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

"Welcome to 'The Letter A! Alphabet Letter of the Week' series, where we embark on an exciting journey through the alphabet, one letter at a time. In this captivating series, we delve into the world of letters, starting with the remarkable letter A. Each week, we explore the wonders of the alphabet, uncovering the sounds, shapes, and significance of each letter. Join us as we discover words and objects that begin with the letter A, igniting curiosity and fostering a love for learning in young minds.

Our product contains a diverse range of engaging activities designed to enhance learning and creativity:

• 2× Trace the letter
• 2× Color the letter
• 2× Color the picture
• 2× Connect the dots
• 2× Color by letter
• 2× Color by number
• 2× Letter puzzles
• 1× Add the missing A
• 1× Match and add letter A
• 1× Sort the pictures
• 1× Letter sort
• 1× Draw a picture beginning with letter A
• 2× Color the shapes
• 1× Add the missing letter (uppercase and lowercase)
• 1× Word match
• 1× Picture puzzle
• 1× Letter maze

From apple to astronaut, from ant to armadillo, 'The Letter A! Alphabet Letter of the Week' promises to engage, entertain, and educate both children and adults alike. Get ready to dive into the alphabet with enthusiasm and excitement as we celebrate the beginning of our journey with the remarkable letter A!"

This roll and read phonics worksheet help students improve decoding and fluency skills. These short a sentences are perfect for literacy centers, morning work, small groups, homework, sub plans and more! Preschool, kindergarten, first grade and second grade students will practice their fluency and beginning reading skills by rolling a dice and then reading the matching sentence.

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What's included:

• 1 short a board
• directions page

How to play:

• Students can play individually or with partners.
• Roll the dot cube. Read the first word in the row. Cover the word with a counter or color in the box. Keep rolling and reading sentences until someone reaches the top of a column first!

More Roll & Read Phonics Words:

Short Vowel CVC

Digraphs

Blends

Long Vowel Teams

Hard & Soft C & G

R Controlled Vowels

More Roll & Read Phonics Sentences:

Short Vowel CVC

Hard and Soft C & G

Roll and Read activities are fun no-prep worksheet games that allow your students to practice decoding, word recognition and oral reading fluency for long vowel team and CVCe words. These phonics games are great for literacy centers, early finishers, informal assessments and morning work in your kindergarten, first grade and second grade classes.

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What's included:

• 1 long vowel ea & ee game board
• Directions page

More Long Vowel Team & CVCe Games:

Long A: A_E, AI & AY

Long E: EA, EE, EY & Y

Long I: I_E, IE, IGH & Y

Long O: O_E, OA, OE & OW

LONG U: U_E, EW, UE & UI

More Roll & Read Games:

Hard & Soft C & G

R-Controlled Vowels

CVC Short Vowels

Beginning Blends

These reading and writing activity cards are perfect for beginning readers! Children get to blend words, color the matching picture and practice writing the words. These cards can be used in centers or for one to one support. This freebie includes 14 cvc words. For more cards check out my full bundle in my store!

This is a set of festive brightly colored Christmas presents for alphabet matching. The half of the gift with the upper case letter is matched to the other half of the gift with the lower case letter. These matching cards are perfect for holiday centers or independent work!

The Set Includes....

• 26 2-Part Matching Cards
• 1 Title Card
• 1 Directions Card

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This FREE short a word families phonics reading passage with activities, fluency, and comprehension questions are the perfect addition to your phonics instruction and phonics and reading small groups for intervention. These phonics worksheets will work for kindergarten, first grade, second grade, and even for upper grades intervention. This resource has 1 short a word family passage with 5 different activities per passage to help your different learners practice blending, reading fluency, and gaining practice with Short A words.

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► 1 short A phonics reading passage

► Blending practice

► Circling word family words in passage

► Multiply choice comprehension questions

► Written response comprehension questions

► Read and illustrate a picture

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This long vowel team sorting worksheet will help students practice reading words with the AI and AY pattern. Use it for end of the year review, morning work, literacy centers, guided reading, independent work and more! The skills included are appropriate for kindergarten, first grade and second grade students. Students will love cutting out the words/pictures and pasting them under the correct category (ai or ay).

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Differentiated Worksheet Options Included:

• Pictures only
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• Only words without picture prompts
• Pictures and missing sounds in the word (ex: mail - m__l)

Words Included:

• ai: mail, nail, chain, paint, snail
• ay: play tray, hay, ray, say

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Roll & Read Long A: A_E, AI & AY

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Roll & Read Long I: I_E, IE, IGH & Y

Roll & Read Long O: O_E, OA, OE & OW

Roll & Read Long U: U_E, EW, UE & UI

Students will love learning their A-Z with this resource. Each page features a new letter with two visual prompt examples. Each page includes six writing lines so students can write down 6 words that start with that letter.

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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!

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VC words are simple, two-letter words made up of a vowel followed by a consonant, such as "at," "in," or "up." These words are beneficial for early readers because they introduce basic phonics skills, helping students recognize and blend vowel and consonant sounds. Mastering VC words builds a strong foundation for decoding more complex words, improves reading fluency, and boosts confidence in early literacy development.

Benefits

• Mastering sound blending

• Developing fluency in reading phonetically regular words

• Supports early literacy skill development

• Lays the groundwork for advanced reading comprehension

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