Phonics
Dive into the essentials of phonics instruction with this collection of resources designed to support your systematic, explicit, and cumulative instruction in letter-sound relationships. Our Phonics Content Corner offers practical guides, research insights, and ready-to-use activities that will make decoding accessible, meaningful, and enjoyable for your students.
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CVC words are essential building blocks in early literacy, helping students decode and spell. This post explores their importance, provides practical teaching tips, and highlights how mastering simple closed syllables sets the foundation for reading success, paving the way
Understand their roles, explore practical examples, and learn the essential DOs and DON’Ts for effective instruction.
A simple and straightforward approach "Phonics Lesson" for teachers seeking to plan effective and engaging literacy instruction.
In this post, we highlight an effective spelling comparison routine for explicit skill practice in literacy education.
Learn about the effectiveness of word chains in phonics lessons, enhancing students' decoding skills and language proficiency.
Explore our flexible phonics lesson template for facilitating students' reading text comprehension and fluency development.
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Resources for Phonics
- Phonics
- Beginning: K-2
Easily plan phonics lessons with our free phonics PDF template. Includes a flexible framework for delivering explicit, research-based phonics instruction.
- Phonics
- Beginning: K-2
Download 100+ word chain lists for phonics practice. Organized by skill progression, these ready-to-use lists support phonemic awareness and minimal contrast learning.
- Phonics
- Beginning: K-2
A collection of word lists for the most common long vowel spelling patterns to support phonics instruction and ongoing formative assessment.
- Phonics
- Beginning: K-2
A collection of short vowel word lists to support phonics instruction and formative assessment. Includes lists of simple CVC words for every short vowel sound.
- Phonics
- Beginning: K-2
Download full-color phonics sound cards for classroom display. Includes 26 graphemes with short vowel sounds and decodable key words for phonics lessons.
- Phonics
- Beginning: K-2
Download this phonics chart with 26 graphemes and short vowel sounds. Perfect for beginning readers with decodable key words to build foundational skills.
- Phonics, Word-Reading Instruction
- Developing: 3-5
When your students are ready to tackle two- and three-syllable words, this resource is here to help. Featuring a collection of “bigger words” with closed syllables, this resource is organized by difficulty, making it simple to