I've been there! You've worked for WEEKS on it and it's still NOT sticking. ☹️ Get the fluent, automatic readers you are working so hard for with Ready Reads Alphabet Fluency Daily Phonics Charts that provide quick, daily, oral practice. With step by step teacher directions, 122 charts over 34 lessons including Alphabet letters and sounds, VC and CVC words, blends in isolation and 2 bonus charts of short vowel practice and b/d reversal practice, this 9-18 week exercise is ready to go saving you time and energy! These charts follow the sequence of letter introduction of the UFLI scope and sequence in a sequential, cumulative way to support ANY curriculum. Previously introduced letters/sounds stay on the charts for 8 consecutive lessons before dropping off. New letter/sounds are added after you explicitly teach them using your curriculum. Students keep their eyes on the letter/sounds as long as you need them to while building mastery.

Perfect for busy teachers, these easy prep charts can be used immediately in every lesson to build those automatic readers you went into teaching for. The versatility in using them in whole group with a projector, in small group as a warm up to the day's lesson, in centers reading to someone, homework, or in reading to self, makes these charts a powerful tool in your toolbox.

Take a peek at my preview for a better idea at what's included. My Scavenger Hunt series couples perfectly with this resource to provide another independent center with the same content to create a comprehensive double whammy of practice. Individually, you can choose from Uppercase/lowercase matching, Initial Sound, or the CVC, Digraphs, and VCe bundle.

Contents of the Ready Read Alphabet Charts

• Step by Step Teacher Directions
• 122 Fluency Charts following 34 lessons
• Scope and Sequence Aligned to UFLI (not endorsed by)
• Differentiation Ideas
• Table of Contents with Skill and page number
• A letter/sound chart for each lesson
• K-1 CCSS Aligned to Uppercase/Lowercase, short vowels, blends, VC and CVC words
• 1 chart per lesson with a serif font-the font found in library books
• BONUS b/d chart for differentiated, targeted instruction
• A Blank chart for differentiated, targeted instruction

Perfect For:

• Bridging the gap between the fast moving curriculum pace for Kindergarten and 1st graders and any other student needing rapid naming practice.
• Quick, easy to use, warm up, practice chart prior to the day's lesson
• Fluency practice with letter sounds, vowel sounds in isolation as well as in words.
• Mini Assessment or Progress Monitoring of sounds mastered

Common Core Alignment:

✏️CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.1a : I can follow words from left to right, top to bottom

✏️CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.2d: I can isolate and pronounce the initial, medial vowel and final sounds in 3 phoneme CVC words.

✏️CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.3a I can demonstrate basic knowledge of one-to-one letter sound correspondences by producing the primary sound or many of the most frequent sounds for each consonant.

✏️CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.3b I can associate the short sounds with the common spellings for the five major vowels.

✏️CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.1.3b I can decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.

How it works:

1. Before Starting:

Ensure students have already been taught the corresponding lesson explicitly. Ready Reads should follow the previously taught content in accordance with the Science of Reading principles, which emphasize systematic and cumulative instruction.

2. Using Ready Read Charts:

Whole Class: Display the chart on a projector or screen for the entire class to read together.

Small Group: Using printed copies, assign students a row to read. Students whisper read and follow along while another student reads orally. OR Side by side students work in pairs to read their line to each other while the teacher listens to each student in turn read.

Partner Practice: Students can work in pairs to read and support each other, holding each other accountable.

Individual Reading: Students can whisper read the charts on their own, practicing graphemes, phonemes, or word blending.

3. Adapting Formats:

Use an “I read, We read, You read” model. Begin by modeling the reading, follow with group reading, and finally allow students to read independently. All student eyes should always be on the text.

4. For Pre-Readers and Early Readers:

Guide them through the left-to-right reading progression to help develop fluency with the letters and sounds they’ve already learned. This helps in recognizing graphemes and phonemes quickly, setting the stage for fluent reading.

5. Grapheme and Phoneme Practice:

For Graphemes: Students say the name of each grapheme (e.g., “a”).

For Phonemes: Students say the sound each grapheme makes (e.g., /a/).

For Word Blending: Students blend the sounds to say the entire word.

6. Using the Different Versions:

Letter/Sound Charts: In each corresponding lesson, the first chart is the grapheme/phoneme chart. These charts spiral 8 different grapheme/phonemes from previous lessons, so students will continually practice them to mastery. Letter/Sound charts include 1 chart of all Uppercase letters, 1 chart of all lowercase letters, 1 chart with Mixed case letters and 1 chart with a serif font. It’s important to use both fonts, as serif fonts (especially letters like “a” and “g”) can look different to students in books, and students need to recognize these variations instantly.

Word Charts: Students blend VC and CVC words with letters previously taught.

Blank Chart: Use the blank Ready Read chart to customize content with specific letters or words that meet your students' needs.

Ready Reads are flexible, purposeful, and easy to integrate into your literacy instruction!

You will love it because:

You will love that it is done for you. No more scrambling to provide daily practice that curriculum companies miss. You will love the versatility of being able to use them in whole group, small group, in Tier 1, in intervention, as homework, with a para, in partners or in read to self. Knowing that these are aligned to a trusted phonics curriculum in a sequence that makes sense puts teachers' minds at ease. Ready Reads fluency charts come in multiple versions so words or letters cannot be memorized for repeated use. They are substitute friendly and ready to go.

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