Spin, Name, and Spell with Beginning Digraphs
This free printable resource for teachers is designed to help students build reading skills related to beginning digraphs.
Jack the Buck Decodable < ck >
This decodable text gives students practice reading words with the <ck> digraph.
The Wish Decodable < sh >
This printable resource is designed to help students build reading skills related to digraph <sh>.
Using Elkonin Boxes
This is a handy guide that explains how to use Elkonin boxes in instruction, with the helpful addition of word lists for teaching.
Digraphs Word List
This word lists can help you plan for teaching digraphs with short vowels. Use them in your reading and spelling lessons and activities.
Cubs in the Den: < s > spells /z/
This decodable text passage offers students the opportunity to practice reading words with < s > spelling /z/. This typically happens at the end of a word, when -s follows a voiced sound.
Roll and Read: < s > spells /z/
This game gives students practice reading words with < s > representing /z/. This typically happens when a final -s follows a voiced sound.
Break the Code with Short Vowels
In this activity, students practice recognizing, sounding out, blending and reading words with short vowels.
Short Vowel Word List
Use this helpful list of words to teach consonant and short vowel grapheme-phoneme correspondences.
Roll and Read: VC and CVC
This game is a fun and engaging activity for students to apply their knowledge of consonants and short vowels.
Essential Principles of Systematic and Explicit Phonics Instruction
Phonics instruction should be explicit and systematic – but what exactly does that mean? This article clarifies these commonly used terms.
The Reading Process
Expert reading researcher Dr. Reid Lyon highlights key components of reading development, including the role of phonics in this complex process.
