Phoneme Grapheme Posters and Resources! Shortly after students learn the letters and sounds of the alphabet, we introduce the concept that many vowels and consonant sounds can be spelled in different ways. Let’s take the /f/ sound for example. Most of the time the /f/ sound is spelled with “f” as in the words “fan”, “fish” and “fix”. Sometimes the /f/ sound is spelled “ff” as in the words “cuff” and “off”; sometimes “gh” as in “tough” and sometimes “ph” as in “phone”. This can be pretty overwhelming for our young readers and writers. How do students know when to use which spelling for the sounds in the words they wish to write? Phoneme Mapping Let’s take the words “pin”

Teaching k/ck spelling rule can be fun When teaching k/ck spelling rule use these activities to make it fun and easy! The spelling rule for the final /k/ sound is as follows: When the /k/ sound is at the end of a word it can be spelled with either the letter “k”  or the letters “ck”. When the final /k/ sound is preceded by a vowel team or a diphthong (e.g. ou) it is spelled with a “k”. For example, the words “break”, “beak”, “seek” and “soak” all have a long vowel sound before the final /k/ sound and therefore is /k/ is spelled “k”. When the final /k/ sound is preceded by a short vowel, the sound is spelled

Teaching the doubling spelling rule If you’d like this free doubling spelling rule poster, just click the following link: Doubling Rule Poster Teaching the doubling spelling rule can be fun! It is one of the first rules we teach our young readers and writers. The doubling rule states that if a one syllable word ends with a vowel and a consonant, double the consonant before adding the ending (e.g. -ed, -ing). It’s often helpful to provide examples where this rule applies and where this rule does not apply. This file folder activity has your students decide if the word meets (or doesn’t meet) those criteria and if the doubling spelling rule would apply to the word. This file folder activity

FREE R Controlled Vowels Posters! Free R Controlled Vowels Posters! Visual cues often help our young readers learn phonics rules. Display these posters in your classroom or within your small group intervention area. Post around the classroom or print and send them home with your students ar, er, ir, or, and ur are all here! The R-Controlled Vowel Posters can be downloaded for FREE in my online Teachers Pay Teachers store. Teaching r-controlled vowels When a vowel is followed by an r, the r changes the sound that the vowel makes.  That vowel is called an r-controlled vowel.  Sometimes teachers refer to the “r” as the “bossy r” because the r “bosses” the vowel to make a new sound.  When

ir er ur activities! When teaching a phonics skill it’s often helpful to use a keyword and picture to help the students remember the sound to the letter combinations. For the ir er ur activities in the phonics bundle, my fabulous artist created “bird” themed borders and game boards and they turned out absolutely adorable! This phonics bundle contains 11 hands-on activities for teaching and practicing the ir/er/ur r-controlled vowels. The activities are great for either small group instruction or for activities within your independent literacy centers. Here’s a quick peek at several of the activities in this bundle. ir er ur free word list download Of course, when teaching a skill, it’s always helpful to have a word list

oi oy Diphthongs Activities When teaching a phonics skill it’s often helpful to use a keyword and picture to help the students remember the sound to the letter combinations. For the oi oy diphthongs phonics bundle, my fabulous artist created “pig” themed borders and game boards and they turned out absolutely adorable! I just love them and all of the oi oy diphthong activities! This phonics bundle contains 11 hands-on activities for teaching and practicing the oi/oy diphthongs. The activities are great for either small group instruction or for activities within your independent literacy centers. Here’s a quick peek at several of the activities in this bundle. oi oy word list Of course, when teaching a skill, it’s always helpful