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TCH Stamp! Spelling Activity
30 Apr 2020

TCH Stamp! Spelling Activity

by Hannah | posted in: Letter Sounds, Trigraphs | 0

In this tactile and fun game, students practice spelling words with ‘tch’ in them. It’s a tricky spelling, but once the rule is learned, lots of new words can be read and spelled.

1st grade, 2nd grade, alphabet, alternative spellings, flashcards, spelling games, trigraph tch, year one, year two
Magic E Snakes and Ladders
20 Dec 2019

Magic E Snakes and Ladders

by Hannah | posted in: Digraphs, Letter Sounds | 0

In this adaptation of a classic children’s game, the squares are replaced by words using the magic e spelling. As you move around the board, you read the words, hoping to avoid the snakes, but land on the ladders.

1st grade, 2nd grade, CVCe, long vowel sounds, magic e, playbased learning, split digraphs, word families, word lists, year one, year two
Consonant Digraph Snap
31 Aug 2019

Consonant Digraph Snap

by Hannah | posted in: Digraphs | 0

This fast paced and active game provides practice with consonant digraph recognition. It can be played with just the digraphs, or words containing the digraphs. Each player takes turns to flip over a card. If two cards are the same the first player to snap then up, gets to keep the card.

1st grade, consonant digraph, elementary, kindergarten, reception, sounding out, word recognition, year one
Circle the Letters Alphabet Recognition
12 Jul 2019

Circle the Letters Alphabet Recognition

by Hannah | posted in: Letter Sounds | 0

I love this quick activity. It is so simple to prepare, and easy to adapt to whatever the learner is struggling with. As its name suggests, it is an activity where the student circles the letters. Therefore, it is great … Continued

alphabet, elementary, kindergarten, letter recognition, PreK, primary
‘ay’ and ‘ai’ Spelling Sliders
31 May 2019

‘ay’ and ‘ai’ Spelling Sliders

by Hannah | posted in: Digraphs | 0

In this fun, interactive activity, words are made by sliding the letter strip up or down the slider. Children get practice in reading words with different spellings, but the same sound – ay and ai.

alternative spellings, digraph, digraph ai, digraph ay, elementary, first grade, kindergarten, phonics activity, primary, sounding out, word lists, year one
Letter Sounds on Sticky Notes
30 Apr 2019

Letter Sounds on Sticky Notes

by Hannah | posted in: Letter Sounds | 0

This letter sounds activity is designed to help teach and reinforce letter recognition. Write the letter sounds you want to practice on sticky notes and start playing.

alphabet, early childhood, early years, elementary, kindergarten, letter recognition, phonics activity, playbased learning, PreK, preschool, primary, reception, toddler, word lists

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