If your Kindergarten or First Grade students need practice identifying medial vowel sounds in CVC words, this clip card activity will make a great addition to your word work or literacy centers or as an early finisher activity. Children will look at the picture on each card and use a clothespin to clip the correct vowel sound along the edge of the card. This means students must sound out the word and focus on the medial vowel sound in order to choose correctly. You can make this resource self-checking by placing a dot or sticker on the back of the card. Clip cards are also perfect for building fine motor skills! Here’s what’s included - -80 CVC picture clip it cards cards - 4 per A4 page To use - You will need to have an up to date version of an PDF Reader like Adobe Reader installed on your computer to open this resource.

Ideal for young children who are learning to identify and produce rhyming words using their knowledge of short vowel sounds. These 18 different mats allow children hands-on practice of making rhyme. Ready to print and add to your literacy centers, just add counters and magnetic letters or playdough to locate and then build the rhyming words. Word families included - _ AG / _ AM / _ AN / _ AP / _ AT / _ ED / _ EN / _ ET / _ IG / _ IN / _ IP / _ IT / _ OG / _ OP / _ OT / _ UG / _ UM / _ UN Easy to read answer cards included along with a more print friendly version.

Created from our super popular Say It Make It Write It Mats, these sight word mats include the first 100 Oxford high frequency words. Along with reading the word, children are asked to make the word and then write the work independently. To make differentiation easier, the 100 words are broken into five groups of 20 words each. Just print, laminate then add playdough, magnetic letters or wix stix to make the letters!

Combining all three short vowel word family I Spy Rhyming Mats in one file! These printable word family I Spy mats are a perfect way for young children to learn and practice finding rhyming words. Use the printable I Spy cards on their own with some counters to mark each word as you find them or encourage early writers to write each rhyming word as they find it with our recording sheets. Perfect addition to your literacy center rotation or Daily 5 Word Work! This updated pack (Oct 2018) includes - _ UG Word Family - shrug , bug, hug, jug, mug, plug, rug, tug _ UM Word Family - yum, drum, hum, gum, plum, sum, thumb _ UN Word Family - run, bun (bread), bun (hair), gun, nun, sun Answer sheets provided. Or SAVE and buy as a BUNDLE! >> RHYMING SHORT VOWEL SOUND WORD FAMILY I SPY MATS - BUNDLE

Combining all three short vowel word family I Spy Rhyming Mats in one file! These printable word family I Spy mats are a perfect way for young children to learn and practice finding rhyming words. Use the printable I Spy cards on their own with some counters to mark each word as you find them or encourage early writers to write each rhyming word as they find it with our recording sheets. Perfect addition to your literacy center rotation or Daily 5 Word Work! This updated pack (Oct 2018) includes - _ OG Word Family - cog, dog, fog, frog, hog, jog, log _ OP Word Family - hop, chop, cop, lollipop, mop, stop, top _ OT Word Family - hot, cot, dot, knot, plot, pot, pot, rot Answer sheets provided. Or SAVE and buy as a BUNDLE! >> RHYMING SHORT VOWEL SOUND WORD FAMILY I SPY MATS - BUNDLE

Combining all three short vowel word family I Spy Rhyming Mats in one file! These printable word family I Spy mats are a perfect way for young children to learn and practice finding rhyming words. Use the printable I Spy cards on their own with some counters to mark each word as you find them or encourage early writers to write each rhyming word as they find it with our recording sheets. Perfect addition to your literacy center rotation or Daily 5 Word Work! This updated pack (Oct 2018) includes - _ IG Word Family - rig, dig, fig, gig, pig, wig _ IN Word Family - tin, bin, fin, pin, spin, twin _ IT Word Family - kit, hit, knit, pit, sit, zit Answer sheets provided. Or SAVE and buy as a BUNDLE! >> RHYMING SHORT VOWEL SOUND WORD FAMILY I SPY MATS - BUNDLE

Combining all three short vowel word family I Spy Rhyming Mats in one file! These printable word family I Spy mats are a perfect way for young children to learn and practice finding rhyming words. Use the printable I Spy cards on their own with some counters to mark each word as you find them or encourage early writers to write each rhyming word as they find it with our recording sheets. Perfect addition to your literacy center rotation or Daily 5 Word Work! Focus words included - _ ED Word Family - led, bed, fed, red, sled, wed _ EN Word Family - men, chicken, den, hen, pen, ten _ ET Word Family - set, get, jet, net, pet, vet, wet Answer sheets provided. Or SAVE and buy as a BUNDLE! >> RHYMING SHORT VOWEL SOUND WORD FAMILY I SPY MATS - BUNDLE

Made for young children who are still learning to differentiate between sounds, these digraph sound circles are a fun way to consolidate identifying graphemes while providing some handwriting practice and fine motor strengthening. 33 different sounds - consonant and vowel digraphs, dipthongs and split digraphs are included along with easy to read answer cards for each making these perfect for independent literacy centers or Daily 5 word work activities. Perfect for Early Years classroom display or speech and language students. Here’s what’s included - 33 different digraph wheels with real life photos - 1 per A4 page digraphs included - ar/ai/ay/au/aw/oa/oo(2)/ng/ui/ou/ck/sh/ch/th/wh/ph/er/ir/ur/ow(2)/ee/ea/ey/ie/ew/or/oi/oy/a_e/i_e/o_e/u_e easy to read answer cards included for children to check their answers File type – Ready to print PDF ** IMPORTANT THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE YOU PURCHASE THIS RESOURCE…** All of our resources are downloadable digital files that you will be able to access immediately after purchase. I also encourage you to ask questions before purchasing if you are uncertain of anything. What programs do I need to open and use this product? I recommend using Adobe Acrobat Reader to open any PDF files. Adobe Acrobat Reader is a free program and can be downloaded here. Ensuring your software is up to date can help to avoid any compatibility issues.

A fun hands-on way to practice word families! With just over 60 cards, this ready to print domino game will allow young children to identify and produce rhyming words helping to build their phonological awareness. Focusing on the short vowel sounds, this domino game is perfect for small groups. Children take it in turns to try and match a rhyming pair of words as they place their next card down. Just print and add to your literacy center rotations!

Make learning initial sounds hands-on fun with these Connect Four games! Focusing on all the beginning letter sounds, all the letters of the alphabet are grouped together in four easy to prep games. Set 1 - S,A,T, P, I, N Set 2 - M,D,G,O,C,K Set 3 - E, U, R, H, B, F, L Set 4 - J, V, W, X, Y, Z, QU Just print and laminate! To play children just spin the sound then match it to one of the pictures/words on their own game board. First to make four in a row wins! Perfect for literacy center rotations and Daily 5 word work! File type – Ready to print PDF IMPORTANT THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE YOU PURCHASE THIS RESOURCE… All of our resources are downloadable digital files that you will be able to access immediately after purchase. What programs do I need to open and use this product? I recommend using Adobe Acrobat Reader to open any PDF files. Adobe Acrobat Reader is a free program and can be downloaded here. Ensuring your software is up to date can help to avoid any compatibility issues.

A great resource to use when young children are learning to blend initial sounds together to make simple words. Ready to print for your literacy centres or Daily 5 Word Work, these CVC Word Clip Cards encourage children to sound out the word before blending it to make the word. Children can then choose the correct picture to match. Just print and add some clothes pegs/pins to use!

With bright, real life images, this fun CVCe Word BINGO game is an excellent way to learn to read and spell words with long vowel sounds (CVCe or final silent ‘e’ words). Suitable for a whole class or small groups in literacy centers, this file includes 24 different BINGO playing mats. Choose from 2 sets - one with images only or one with CVCe words only, then pair them with some calling cards. Again choose from 3 different sets of calling cards - one with text only, one with text only with the vowel sounds highlighted in red and another set with text and visuals with support for beginning readers - ideal for differentiating to meet students needs. CVCe words included - bike, bite, bone, cage, cake, cape, case, code, cone, cube, dice, dime, dove, file, five, game, hose, June, kite, lice, lime, mane, mice, mime, nose, pine, pipe, rake, rice, robe, rope, rose, safe, tape, time, tube, vase, vine, vote, wave Here’s what’s included - 24 CVCe BINGO Cards with real life photos - 2 per A4 page 24 CVCe BINGO Cards with printed word only - 2 per A4 page 24 BINGO calling cards - photo + text - 6 per A4 page 24 BINGO calling cards - text only - 6 per A4 page 24 BINGO calling cards - text only (vowels in red) - 6 per A4 page To use - You will need to have an up to date version of an PDF Reader like Adobe Reader installed on your computer to open this resource.

Consonant blends can be tricky for young children to master. These CCVC Word Cards allow children to practice blending them into simple words through hands-on play! This activity is ideal for Daily 5 work work or literacy centers, focusing on the blends - sl, tr, pl, dr, st, cr, fl, pr, sp, tw, fr, sw, cl and sk. With 22 focus words included, choose from 3 different types of CCVC Word Cards. Here’s what’s included - 22 CCVC Word Cards divided into four equal parts (puzzle cards) - 2 per A4 page 22 CCVC Word Cards with word to trace - 2 per A4 page 22 CCVC Word Cards with blank space to build/write the word - 2 per page To use - You will need to have an up to date version of an PDF Reader like Adobe Reader installed on your computer to open this resource.

This helpful pack of activities will make teaching the reading comprehension strategy visualising simple and engaging! Visualising is an important reading comprehension skill for young children to master as it helps them to understand what they are reading. Use these five different hands-on activities to implicitly teach the skill of visualising to your students. With activities to introduce the concept of visualising and others to deepen their understanding of it’s importance to their reading comprehension, your students will clearly understand the concept and how to best utilise it to improve their reading skills. The main teaching points are highlighted (prior knowledge, unique perspective and experiences, building a more complete picture with more information) and activities focus on developing these concepts. A Visualising anchor chart/poster is also included. Here’s what’s included - Visualising anchor chart/poster to display in class 48 different ‘What Am I?’ cards included each with a real life photo and 3 stepped clues ‘What Am I?’ drawing template provided to match along with teaching instructions 20 different story titles as visual prompts 2 different ‘What’s In A Name?’ drawing templates provided Visualising worksheet using the five senses Visualising worksheet using prior knowledge Daily Draw sheets Teaching ideas included for each activity ** US/UK spellings included ** File type – Ready to print PDF IMPORTANT THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE YOU PURCHASE THIS RESOURCE… All of our resources are downloadable digital files that you will be able to access immediately after purchase. What programs do I need to open and use this product? I recommend using Adobe Acrobat Reader to open any PDF files. Adobe Acrobat Reader is a free program and can be downloaded here. Ensuring your software is up to date can help to avoid any compatibility issues. Copyright © classroomHQ All rights reserved by author Permission to copy for single classroom use only Electronic distribution limited to single classroom use only

Prefer using non-fiction photos in your classroom? You’ll love these clean and simple alphabet wall posters with their use of real life images your students will be able to connect with as they’re learning the alphabet. Each letter of the alphabet is on a separate A4 sheet with both capital and lower case letters. With clean, real life photos to support your student’s growing understanding of phonics, these posters can be printed to A4 for classroom display or resize to create a handy set of alphabet flash cards unlike any others. Download includes two versions - ready to print PDF + PowerPoint with editable text. A perfect addition to any Early Years classroom! Help build alphabet recognition, sound-symbol correspondence and phonemic awareness with a print rich classroom. Here’s what’s included - letter A-Z posters with upper and lower case letter displayed + real life photos of objects starting with the same beginning letter sound - 1 per A4 page letter A-Z posters with upper and lower case letter displayed + real life photos of objects starting with the same beginning letter sound + small labels for each object - 1 per A4 page two versions supplied - ready to print PDF + editable version with instructions for editing File type – Microsoft PowerPoint (editable text) + ready to print PDF IMPORTANT THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE YOU PURCHASE THIS RESOURCE… All of our resources are downloadable digital files that you will be able to access immediately after purchase. What programs do I need to open and use this product? I recommend using Adobe Acrobat Reader to open any PDF files.  Adobe Acrobat Reader is a free to download program. To use our editable resources, you will need to have Microsoft PowerPoint installed on your computer to open and edit these resources. Ensuring your software is up to date can help to avoid any compatibility issues. What does it mean if a file is editable? Our editable files allow you to change and customize the text so you can make it exactly what you want to fit your classroom. Simply type into the text boxes provided or add in your own to edit. You will need access to Microsoft PowerPoint to do this. Editable does not mean all parts are moveable. Any included artwork, clip art, some fonts and other graphics are fixed to abide by copyright laws and cannot be edited or removed. Colours also used cannot be edited with the exception of coloured text. If you want the text in the editable items to match the look of the ready to print decor, you may need to purchase and install some of the fonts. I’ve included information on the custom fonts used within the download along with a help sheet to make sure you’re getting the most from your purchase. You can also use any fonts you already have to truly customize the look of your classroom!

Do you have students still learning to read all the way through a word? Try our CVC ‘I Can Read’ Word cards! With real life photos as visual support, children are asked to read and find the correct word. Useful for ESL and speech and language students. Here’s what’s included - 60 different cards displaying real life photos plus three words to choose between to match to the picture - 2 cards per A4 page To use - You will need to have an up to date version of an PDF Reader like Adobe Reader installed on your computer to open this resource.

Similar to our super popular ‘Say It Make It Write It’ word mats, this version focuses on CVC short vowel sound words and uses real life photos as visual prompts to read the correct word before making it from play dough or magnetic letters then writing the word. With 68 ready to print pages, these multi-sensory mats will be a hit in your literacy centers! Here’s what’s included - 68 ready to print pages with real life photos as prompt, three words to read along with space to make and write the word. To use - You will need to have an up to date version of an PDF Reader like Adobe Reader installed on your computer to open this resource.

These letter and sound circles are a fun hands-on way to learn upper and lower case letters and beginning letter sounds plus alphabetical order all in one printable! Also included are color/colour match versions as well! Just print on lightweight card stock for added durability, laminate then add some clothes pegs to match to the real life photos or the letters.

Design for young child still learning to recognise their upper and lower case letters. These printable uppercase and lowercase match strips use visual support to help children correctly identify the lower case letter before going on to match the correct upper case letter from a choice of four letters. Simply print, laminate and add some clothes pegs or counters to mark the correct match!

These 3 part rhyming word cards are a fun, hands-on way to explore rhyme. Including CVC word families, blend and digraphs, these cards offer children real life photos as visual support for beginning readers learning to recognise and produce rhyme. Just print, laminate and cut them out to add to your literacy centres!