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These FREE science of reading-aligned word building activities give kindergarten, first and second-grade students explicit and systematic phonics skills practice! This resource includes NO PREP DIGITAL activities and PRINTABLE word building worksheets.
PRINTABLE ACTIVITIES: Students will build & write up to 10 words with the included grapheme cards. Students can then reread the words three times to practice fluency.
DIGITAL ACTIVITIES: Students will listen to the *AUDIO directions (FROM ME!) and then build words in a specified sequence. Each new word only varies by one sound spelling from the previous word. For example, “Change one sound in the word pat to build the word pan”. Students press the audio button to hear me state the word to build, blend the phonemes of the word, say the word again, and use it in a sentence to develop vocabulary.
⭐LINK FOR THE BUNDLE OF 31 PHONICS WORD BUILDING LESSONS⭐
Students will love that these phonics word building activities are interactive and self-checking for immediate feedback! This resource includes both NO PREP DIGITAL activities and PRINTABLE word building worksheets.
The digital lessons have been PRELOADED for you, with 1 click add them to your Seesaw library or Google Drive, then assign to your students!
*PLEASE READ: IMPORTANT AUDIO INFORMATION
These digital word building activities are dependent on the audio files. I will essentially be instructing your students throughout the word building routine.
Some school districts block audio files they do not own. If you’ve had difficulty with audio on other Google resources, there is a chance that the audio on this resource will be blocked by your district too. Please download this free trial as a way to check that the audio will work for you.
Included in the FULL RESOURCE:
- 34 printable word building lessons
- 31 teacher-directed digital word building lessons
- master word list
Phonics Skills Included in the FULL RESOURCE:
Phonics skills included:
- short a
- short i
- short o
- short u
- short e
- l blends
- s blends
- r blends
- final blends
- 3 letter blends
- digraph ch, sh
- digraph th
- digraph _ng, _nk
- long vowel a_e, i_e
- long vowel o_e, i_e
- Long vowel u_e
- open syllables: long e, i, o
- long vowel ai, ay
- long vowel ee, ea
- long vowel oa, ow
- long vowel _y, igh
- r-controlled ar
- r-controlled ur
- r-controlled ir
- r-controlled or, ore
- short oo
- long oo
- diphthong ow
- diphthong ou
- diphthong oi, oy
- complex vowels: all, alk
Kathie M. –
Great digital teaching tool. It was fun for the kids.
Denise M. –
This is a great resource to use for word building. I used it as a centre activity and students were able to complete it independently.
Renita R. –
I love all of these resources, especially ones that are interactive an engaging. This is a fabulous resource that I use during literacy rotations after introducing the skill to be practice. I never have to redirect students as this resource keeps their full attention.
Breanne C. –
Excellent resource that aligns well with our state standards! My students really enjoyed using it!
Jessica P. –
My students love this! Very engaging and fun! Thank you!
Howida Mahmoud (verified owner) –
Very very good ???
srodriguez (verified owner) –
I like the handout is already created for me and I like having a hands on activity for my small groups! Thank you!
Kimberly R. –
Loved this resource! My daughter really liked doing the work!
Rebekah H. –
Easy resource to use and fits well into the science of reading.
Christina B. –
These are a great resource to accompany your phonics lesson.
Nicole S. –
Great for independent work. Reaches all levels and easy to follow directions.
Sian Brockhouse (verified owner) –
I look forward to using this resource with my students. Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately) I will not be using the online resource at this time, I do love all the phonics practice that my students will have to help them strengthen their reading.
christine schnaser (verified owner) –
This is great for my non writers. It gives them confidence to start using their decoding skills.. thank you
gcarter24 (verified owner) –
Great resource. Just what I needed to engage my students.
Shelly S. –
Great resource!
feavai thomas –
My students found this resource to be very engaging. It encouraged participation from all students!! Great resource!!
ann R. –
Exactly what I needed!
Elise F. –
Great resource!
Leslee G. –
thank you!
Dalia Elgamal (verified owner) –
Such a fun and engaging resource