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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.

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1st grade, 2nd grade, alphabet, alternative spellings, flashcards, spelling games, trigraph tch, year one, year two
‘Who Has It?’ Long E Sound ‘ee’ Phonics Game
31 Oct 2019

‘Who Has It?’ Long E Sound ‘ee’ Phonics Game

by Hannah | posted in: Blending and Segmenting | 0

Play this quick phonics activity to teach the vowel digraph ee. Children can be introduced to the idea that more than one letter can make the same sound. Use the resources, or make your own cards, to turn over and match. The one with the most vowel team ee matching cards wins!

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1st grade, alternative spellings, digraph, digraph ee, elementary, kindergarten, reception, sounding out, vowel digraph, vowel teams, word lists, word recognition, year one
‘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.

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alternative spellings, digraph, digraph ai, digraph ay, elementary, first grade, kindergarten, phonics activity, primary, sounding out, word lists, year one

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