Phonics Rules Posters Year 1-3: Cat Kite, Magic e Split Digraph and FLOSS

Phonics rules posters for spelling: the cat-kite rule (c or k), magic e (split digraph) and the FLOSS rule, for Year 1 to Year 3 (Kindergarten to Grade 2) classrooms.

Each rule is shown with a friendly picture, a short rule children can repeat and example words with pictures, so pupils can check their spelling on their own.

What is included

• 23 portrait posters, each design in full colour and in a black and white outline version (pupils can colour their own copy)
• Cat rule: “c leads a, o and u” (cat, cob, cub)
• Kite rule: “k leads i and e” (key, kid, kite, kept), in several layouts
• Magic e: “silent e makes the vowel long” (cap / cape, pin / pine, hop / hope, cake, bike)
• FLOSS rule: “double f, l or s after a short vowel” (fell, bell, miss, fluff)
• Combined cat-kite poster and two one-page summary charts with all four rules, ideal for a desk strip or spelling folder

Ways to use

• Phonics or spelling wall display
• Mini anchor charts glued into spelling journals (print 2 or 4 per page)
• Introduce one rule per lesson, then let pupils colour the outline version
• Reference card for guided reading, intervention groups and tutoring
• Word sort starter: pupils add their own words under each rule

The file is split into 2 parts for easy download. PDF, US Letter (choose “Fit to page” to print on A4). English.