5 FREE worksheets to teach CVC word with a short vowel. This is a sample of our 72 sheet Short A CVC Words pack, which contains plenty of exercises to help children of all abilities to take their first steps in blending and segmenting. CVC words with a short A are usually the first words a child will learn to blend, and therefore, we start the pack with child friendly exercises, with only a small amount on each page to encourage the child. Those with more confidence can tackle our more advanced sheets: there is plenty for all abilities! The realistic pictures means that these worksheets can safely be used with older ESL/EFL/ SENd children.

A bumper pack of 72 Short A CVC worksheets for all abilities in your class, helping every child forward in their phonic journey: fully differentiated! Whether you require worksheets for word families or activities with mixed families, we have you covered. Suitable for use with Letters and Sounds Phase 2, Read, Write Inc Set 1 and all UK Gov. approved phonic programmes. These CVC Short A worksheets take pupils from the early stages of blending and segmenting, helping them to gain confidence, to reading short phrases made up of purely decodable Short A words. Only two more advanced worksheets include the words ‘the’ and ‘is’. They are particularly helpful for the child who needs intentional and consistent practice with Short A words. These short A worksheets focus particularly on the most common short vowel a endings: at/an/ap, with other endings included in mixed/non-picture sheets. See a FREE sample of 5 worksheets from this pack here! Use them for independent work, classwork homework: various activities for variety, with enough similarities to enable children to work independently. Here you will find ample material even for the slower learners, who can progress from the simplest sheets to the more complex as their confidence grows. The plain design of these worksheets means that those with dyslexia or another learning difficulty will not be overwhelmed. The realistic pictures mean that older ESL/EFL pupils do not think they are doing babyish work. The worksheets are fully differentiated so that you can find the perfect activity for each child. The worksheets are multisensory, utilising the power of the hand in learning phonics requiring children to trace and write as much as possible, alongside using the eyes in seeing, the ears in hearing and the lips in sounding out. Pupils will develop phonemic awareness by blending and segmenting words and finding the beginning, middle and final sounds. Exercises include: Trace, cut and stick words under pictures Trace, read and write words under pictures Read a set of words and circle the one that matches the picture Cut and stick: find the initial or final sound Write the initial and final sounds Activities working with rhymes Change a letter and make a new word Write the words under the pictures Fill in the vowel, read and stick pictures next to the correct words. Unscramble the letters 100% decodable reading comprehension; short phrases, read and draw The following words are used (I only use words that will make sense to the majority of children as at this early stage reading must be meaningful and not just for the sake of decoding): an: can, fan, man, pan, ran, van, nan at: bat, cat, hat, mat, rat, sat, fat, pat ap: cap, gap, map, nap, tap, zap am: jam, ham, Pam, Sam, dam plus: bag, sad, lad

A pack of 40 ‘L Blends’ Phonic Worksheets - differentiated so plenty for all abilities. These phonic worksheets are for any pupil of any age, including those with a special need. The worksheets cover: bl; cl; fl; gl; pl; sl. There is a selection of varied tasks for each blend and then a mix of activities to help children read and spell L-blend words with a short vowel sound. See it! Sound-it-out! Write it! is my powerful 3-step process. These L belnds worksheets are intended to be used in a multisensory capacity so needed by young children, in which the child sees the sound/word, feels the sound with the mouth parts, and then traces/writes it. My ‘sound-it-out’ boxes help to visually group sounds in words, guiding the pupil’s attention to the sounds to help them to sound out effectively. These structured worksheets take the pupil through the following stages: Hear the L Blend in familiar words (to familiarise the child with the sound) Write the L Blend (writing adds a multisensory dimension so needed by these pupils) Sort words by initial consonant (hearing and writing) Decoding words with initial L-Blends Writing/spelling words with the initial L-Blend Reading sentences containing initial L-Blend words Reading longer passages containing initial L-Blend words Suitable for use with any recognised phonic programme, inc RWI, and Letters and Sounds.

This is a pack of 12 phonic worksheets to teach ‘U-E’ (silent ‘e’, Magic ‘e’, long vowels, split digraphs) words. These ‘U-E’ Phonic Worksheets can be used with very young children, although I made them for children who have processing difficulties and need more systematic teaching. They are: highly systematic have a limited amount on each page as these pupils tire easily. Pupils should be confident blending with consonant blends (Phase 4 Letters and Sounds for example). I use ‘Sound-it-out boxes’ for new words, where digraphs are grouped together to give the child the visual reminder to make one sound. The worksheets include activities to: Develop blending and segmenting Give needed repetition to to develop word recognition Develop phonemic awareness - much needed by early learners Tracking activities - to see and recognise the new sound in words Comprehension activities Writing practice Reading of longer passages Fluency triangles Lots of repetition builds confidence and success! Help a struggling reader today. You will find it hard to find such a comprehensive programme of systematic phonic instruction for a special needs child for such a price.

This is a pack of 12 phonic worksheets to teach ‘O-E’ (silent ‘e’, Magic ‘e’, Long Vowels) words. These ‘O-E’ Phonic Worksheets can be used with very young children, although I made them for children who have processing difficulties and need more systematic teaching. They are: highly systematic have a limited amount on each page as these pupils tire easily. Pupils should be confident blending with consonant blends (Phase 4 Letters and Sounds for example). I use ‘Sound-it-out boxes’ for new words, where digraphs are grouped together to give the child the visual reminder to make one sound. The worksheets include activities to: Develop blending and segmenting Give needed repetition to to develop word recognition Develop phonemic awareness - much needed by early learners Tracking activities - to see and recognise the new sound in words Comprehension activities Writing practice Reading of longer passages Fluency triangles Lots of repetition builds confidence and success! Help a struggling reader today. You will find it hard to find such a comprehensive programme of systematic phonic instruction for a special needs child for such a price.

This is a pack of 12 phonic worksheets to teach ‘I-E’ (silent ‘e’, Magic ‘e’, Long Vowels) words. These ‘I-E’ Phonic Worksheets can be used with very young children, although I made them for children who have processing difficulties and need more systematic teaching. They are: highly systematic have a limited amount on each page as these pupils tire easily. Pupils should be confident blending with consonant blends (Phase 4 Letters and Sounds for example). I use ‘Sound-it-out boxes’ for new words, where digraphs are grouped together to give the child the visual reminder to make one sound. The worksheets include activities to: Develop blending and segmenting Give needed repetition to to develop word recognition Develop phonemic awareness - much needed by early learners Tracking activities - to see and recognise the new sound in words Comprehension activities Writing practice Reading of longer passages Fluency triangles Lots of repetition builds confidence and success! Help a struggling reader today. You will find it hard to find such a comprehensive programme of systematic phonic instruction for a special needs child for such a price.

This is a pack of 46 phonic worksheets to teach ‘OO’ as in moon and OO as in book. These ‘OO’ Phonic Worksheets can be used with very young children, although I made them for children who have processing difficulties and need more systematic teaching. They are: highly systematic have a limited amount on each page as these pupils tire easily. Pupils should be confident blending with consonant blends (Phase 4 Letters and Sounds for example). I use ‘Sound-it-out boxes’ for new words, where digraphs are grouped together to give the child the visual reminder to make one sound. The worksheets include activities to: Develop blending and segmenting Give needed repetition to to develop word recognition Develop phonemic awareness - much needed by early learners Tracking activities - to see and recognise the new sound in words Comprehension activities Writing practice Reading of longer passages Fluency triangles Lots of repetition builds confidence and success! Help a struggling reader today. You will find it hard to find such a comprehensive programme of systematic phonic instruction for a special needs child for such a price.

This is a pack of 42 phonic worksheets to teach ‘CK’. These ‘CK’ Phonic Worksheets can be used with very young children, although I made them for children who have processing difficulties and need more systematic teaching. They are: highly systematic have a limited amount on each page as these pupils tire easily. Pupils should be confident blending with consonant blends (Phase 4 Letters and Sounds for example). I use ‘Sound-it-out boxes’ for new words, where digraphs are grouped together to give the child the visual reminder to make one sound. The worksheets include activities to: Develop blending and segmenting Give needed repetition to to develop word recognition Develop phonemic awareness - much needed by early learners Tracking activities - to see and recognise the new sound in words Comprehension activities Writing practice Reading of longer passages Fluency triangles Lots of repetition builds confidence and success! Help a struggling reader today. You will find it hard to find such a comprehensive programme of systematic phonic instruction for a special needs child for such a price.

This Silent E set of decodable books forms a continuation of the Reading Made Simple phonic, graded, reading scheme covering sounds a-e, i-e, o-e and u-e. There are 9 books with 4 matching ‘workbooks’, one for each sound. Popular with home educators, These books can also be used where other programmes have failed. This set follows: CVC Readers Consonant Blends Readers If your child has been left behind in school or is not making progress in reading, then try Reading Made Simple. It will teach the same things as your child’s school phonic programme but in a more structured way. This part of the programme follows on from our CVC Words Reading Books and Workbooks and our Consonant Blends Reading books. This pack of graded reading books further develop reading ability by introducing the Silent or Magic ‘E’ rule If you are looking for a phonic reading program for your child, look no further, whether you want to give your child a head start in reading, or have a child who has fallen behind at school. As these books are so highly structured they have been tried and tested to help those with even profound difficulties. It just takes an adult to understand the programme, and apply it diligently, with awareness of their child’s needs and every child can read. These books can be coupled with my free spelling /writing programme which can be found at Reading Made Simple, to form a complete, FREE literacy programme. Many home educators already use this programme with excellent results. You will find it hard to find a reading programme like this, for a cheaper price. It is easy enough for a parent to use and to help their child - many already do. Special Features of these graded phonic reading books: The books are graded and therefore should be read in sound order as listed above, as each builds on the one before. They only use the sight words: he, we, me, be, she, so, give, have, says. they, are The pictures are minimal and do not encourage guessing so meaning has to be gleaned from the text. Each book tells a simple story with humour where possible They have been tested on many children, including some with profound difficulties. Matching workbooks consolidate and revise learning. Vocabulary repeats so aiding reading fluency and building security and confidence. They are based on the latest research and evidence-based methods. If your child is struggling to learn to read for whatever reason, these books can help. Who are the graded phonic reading books for? These books can be used by older struggling readers with dyslexia or any with a processing difficulty of any kind. Parents Classroom assistants Private tutors Home educators Reading intervention They were written for Reading MadeSimple but can be used with Letters and Sounds Phases 3 and RWI Speed Set 2. Full instructions, including a suggested lesson plan and hints for hearing a child read, are included. You can help a struggling reader today. For more help please see Reading Made Simple.

Here are 12, FREE to download, Consonant Blends decodable, levelled, phonic reading books to support the blending of consonant blends words with a short vowel sound, for the very earliest stages of learning to read with phonics, WITH MATCHING WORKBOOKS to consolidate learning. Suitable for use with all phonic programmes. These books follow our FREE CVC words reading books, and are followed by our Graded Decodable readers, introducing common digraphs. Together they form a FREE phonic reading scheme. Give your child a head start in reading, or help your struggling reader to succeed! Suitable for home-education, parents, teachers, private tutors and all else who need them! The focus is purely on sounding out with only the key words ** I, and no, go, to** being gradually introduced. Pictures are minimal to encourage the child to gain meaning from the text and not to guess. Phonic words are introduced and then met again in subsequent readers, to help develop confidence and fluency. The highly structured nature of these books helps every child to succeed. They can be used alongside my consonant blends videos too: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZVljvSHfcAcPMCPlu9tBdsb5WJJ_k-wh The stories are based around farmer Tom with his animals, his wife, his son Sam and daughter, Pam, dog Jiff and the cat. Highly suitable for special needs children who have failed with other programmes. Many parents have told me they wished they had found these books sooner, or had found them at all, as they would have been ideal for their struggling reader. They have been thoroughly tested by my current pupils all of whom are boys. Even my nine-year old boy pupil loves them. Teachers can find my consonant blends worksheets here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12653569

This is a graded, phonic reading proramme consisting of 22 books introducing the sounds: ck,oo, ee, sh, ch, th, ng, ing, ar fro beginner readers with phonics. They form their own phonic reading programme which can be used where other programmes have failed. These books continue on from either the Decodable CVC Readers for Older Pupils, or from my Basic CVC readers pack. If your child has been left behind in school, or is not making progress in reading, then try Reading Made Simple. It will teach the same things as your child’s school phonic programme but in a more structured way. For best effect, use alongside my FREE Spelling/writing programme, Reading Made Simple. Words Lists can be found here. Each book is thoroughly decodable using taught phonic skills only. Sight words are introduced in a structured manner. This part of the programme follows on from our CVC Words Reading Books and Workbooks and our Consonant Blends Reading books. A set of matching workbooks for each sound is provided to help each child to progress soundly. Special Features of these graded phonic reading books: As each new phonic sound is introduced, words from that phonic family are practiced and words met in previous readers revised, while new words from phonic sound families already taught are gradually introduced. Because of this highly structured nature they are suitable for all children to enable good progress , but particularly for those who are struggling to learn to read. The books should be read in sound order as above. They only use the sight words: he, we, me, be, she, so, give, have, says. they, are The pictures are minimal and do not encourage guessing so that meaning has to be gleaned from the text. Each book tells a simple story with humour where possible They have been tried on tested on many children now, including some with profound difficulties. Matching workbooks consolidate and revise learning. Vocabulary repeats so aiding reading fluency and building security and confidence. They are based on the latest research and evidence based methods. If your child is struggling to learn to read for whatever reason, these books can help. Who are the graded phonic reading books for? Young learners Special needs learners Those with dyslexia, or a processing difficulty of any kind. They can be used by parents, classrooom assistants, schools (where state rules allow teachers to choose their own phonic scheme) and private tutors. They can be used with Letters and Sounds Phases 3 and 4, and RWI Speed Set 2. Full instructions, including a suggested lesson plan and hints for hearing a child read are included. You can help a struggling reader today.

This is a National Curriculum/Common Core aligned themed mini-unit about EVERGREENS suitable for K to 1 (Years 1 to 2) and mixed Grade classes, covering Science and English: Informational texts. The Evergreens mini-project lesson teaches: · To know that evergreen trees stay green all year through while deciduous trees drop their leaves in autumn · To know that some evergreen plants have flat leaves and some have leaves called needles · To know the properties of the leaves of evergreens - strong to withstand wind and frost · To know that the needles are different/grow differently depending on whether the tree is a fir, spruce or pine. Key vocab: evergreen, needles, leaves, deciduous, pine, fir, spruce, Holly, Ivy The pack includes: A full lesson plan PowerPoint overview of the subject Powerpoint with the 3 reading passages in a format suitable for guided reading Fact sheet - handy easy-to-read facts for teachers to prep before the lesson or to use with pupils where appropriate Supporting worksheets with: · 3 de-codable, differentiated reading comprehension passages with matching comprehension activities · 3 Differentiated worksheets to help children write about evergreens A set of photos to be used during the lesson and/or for display. Flashcards of key vocabulary 16 picture cards to sort into deciduous or evergreen This is a NO-PREP Lesson – straight out of the pack! The lesson will cover parts of the ‘plants’ element of most science curricula, providing a wonderful opportunity to teach more of/revise/reinforce the science curriculum while teaching English! Lesson notes for a lesson about evergreens are included with all the resources you need - except evergreen leaves. handy easy-to-read facts for teachers to prep before the lesson pictures 19-slide PowerPoint (with a script under each slide in the notes - use in presentation mode - go to slide show, click three dots bottom left and select ‘Presentation Mode’.)) The pack includes a 31-page PDF, one 19-slide PowerPoint and one guided reading PowerPoint of all three comprehension passages.

This is a National Curriculum aligned themed mini-unit about Pine Trees, teaching about EVERGREENS suitable for Years 1 to 2 and mixed Grade classes, covering Science and English: Comprehension. The Pine Trees mini-project lesson teaches: To know that pine trees are evergreen trees To name parts of a tree: leaves/needles/flowers/cones (and you can add in extra like branches and trunk) To know that they have needles rather than leaves To know that the cones are the flowers. To know that the cones contain the seeds - to make more of own kind/reproduction (Y2) To know how the pine tree disperses its seeds: by releasing them on a fine day once ripe (Y2). To be able to name some creatures that rely on the pine seeds for their food supply (Y2) Key vocab: evergreen, needles, cones, flowers, seeds The pack includes: A full lesson plan PowerPoint overview of thesubject Powerpoint with the 3 reading passages in a format suitable for guided reading Fact sheet - handy easy-to-read facts for teachers to prep before the lesson or to use with pupils where appropriate Supporting worksheets with: · 3 de-codable, differentiated reading comprehension passages, · 3 Differentiated Other recording worksheets for written work · 1 sheet to draw and describe a cone · 1 sheet for younger pupils to tick the animals that feed on pine seeds. A set of photos to be used during the lesson and/or for display. Flashcards of key vocabulary

Here are 10 fun, editable, animated reading fluency/practice slides to help your children to practice reading letter sounds and words - be that decodable words, or common sight words. Can also be used for number recognition. Better than flashcards! These are flashcards come to life! Make repeated practice fun and take the pain out of learning. Even the hard-to-motivate pupils love the animations and instant feedback so that they can feel successful. Simply edit the text on each slide, adding the things the child/ren need/s to practice and go into presentation mode to see the animations come to life as the child reads each word on the pictures. It is advised that you keep a copy of the PowerPoint for ease of rectification should you make a mistake while editing, and delete an animation. Do a test run before every lesson to make sure you know where to click and that all is working as expected. Who for: Young children learning letter sounds/numbers/CVC words/digraph words SEN children who need motivating to learn Intervention work where children need repeated exposure to same things ESL/ EFL pupils For use by: Home-educators Teaching in class Teaching online Private tutors What is included? 10 editable PowerPoint slides See fishes swim, ships sail, boats move, help the farmer collect the hay bales, see the trains move along the track, help the ducks swim on the pond, take rockets to space, go up in a hot air balloon, and reach for the moon! TRIED and TESTED on real children and they love them!

A fun, animated PowerPoint to introduce children to the consonant blends SL featuring the lovable character, SLIMMY SLUG! As you tell the story, which is written under each slide for use in Presentation Mode or on the accompanying PDF, stretch out the key words containing the focus blend: SLLLimmy SLLLug to help children hear the blend. At the end of the story, 2 slides help you to teach the children to blend the two sounds together to make the blend SL and then further slides encourage the children to help you to retell the story as you highlight the key words containing each blend. The PowerPoint ends with an interactive puzzle: can the children tell you which things begin with the blend SL? Watch the pictures spin if correct and disappear if incorrect! An SL worksheet is included for follow up. Close your lesson with a plenary session, reviewing the key words containing the FL blend. Written to help a disallusioned 8-yr-old who had already failed to read despite 2 phonic programmes, I needed a way to get his attention. It worked and he loved these simple PowerPoint presentations and was soon reading and spelling words with consonant blends. Suitable for distance/on-line learning, in school, at home and for home education. Find also: FR PowerPoint: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12907479 FL PowerPoint: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12907482 See also our consonant blends, leveled, FREE reading books! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12645240

A fun, animated PowerPoint to introduce children to the consonant blends FL featuring the lovable character, FLAPPY FLY! As you tell the story, which is written under each slide for use in Presentation Mode or on the accompanying PDF, stretch out the key words containing the focus blend: FLLLappy FLLLy to help children hear the blend. At the end of the story, 2 slides help you to teach the children to blend the two sounds together to make the blend FL and then further slides encourage the children to help you to retell the story as you highlight the key words containing each blend. The PowerPoint ends with an interactive puzzle: can the children tell you which things begin with the blend FL? Watch the pictures spin if correct and disappear if incorrect! An FL worksheet is included for follow up. Close your lesson with a plenary session, reviewing the key words containing the FL blend. Written to help a disallusioned 8-yr-old who had already failed to read despite 2 phonic programmes, I needed a way to get his attention. It worked and he loved these simple PowerPoint presentations and was soon reading and spelling words with consonant blends. Suitable for distance/on-line learning, in school, at home and for home education. Find also: FR PowerPoint: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12907479 SL PowerPoint: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12907484 See our consonant blends, leveled, FREE reading books! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12645240

A fun, animated PowerPoint to introduce children to the consonant blends FR featuring the lovable character, Freddy Frog! As you tell the story, which is written under each slide for use in Presentation Mode or on the accompanying PDF, stretch out the key words containing the focus blend: FRRReddy FRRRog to help children hear the blend. At the end of the story, 2 slides help you to teach the children to blend the two sounds together to make the blend and then further slides encourage the children to help you to retell the story as you highlight the key words containing each blend. The PowerPoint ends with an interactive puzzle: can the children tell you which things begin with the blend FR? Watch the pictures spin if correct and disappear if incorrect! An FR worksheet is included for follow up. Close your lesson with a plenary session, reviewing the key words containing the FR blend. Suitabel for all pupils, but written to help a disallusioned 8-yr-old who had already failed to read despite 2 phonic programmes, I needed a way to get his attention. It worked and he loved these simple PowerPoint presentations and was soon reading and spelling words with consonant blends. Suitable for distance/on-line learning, in school, at home and for home education. Find also: SL PowerPoint: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12907484 FL PowerPoint: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12907482 See our consonant blends, leveled, FREE reading books! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12645240

A simple phonemic awareness board game for 2 players to help children hear the sounds 'ar 'and ‘or’ in words. Some children need more oral work before they can read and spell words with ‘or’ and ‘ar’ successfully, so this game can give vital help. Note: children will not be expected to read any words. It is an oral game, based on pictures. Very suitable for Special Needs/EFL/ESL learners.

A simple game to help children over the tedium of learning to blend, giving plenty of practice blending CVC words, while having fun. An updated version of a classic game! Youc an just play as a board game with the fish cards scattered on the table or add more fu by making your own simple rod with a stick, string and magnet and pop a paperclip on each fish. Over 90+ words included so you will never get bored! Target the medial sound that each pupil needs practice of.