As any infant teacher would know, learning to blend sounds together is a key skill in English. Here is something I came up with last year to help my little ones get the hang of blending. I'm calling these Word Wheels!
How it works: Students look at the picture in the centre of the "wheel". They then blend the letters around the wheel to work out which direction the wheel turns. The initial sound is always at the top of the wheel. Students then have to draw a line to connect the letters to form the word. I like to laminate my resources and put them on metal ring for ease of storage. Also I found that it helps children learn to organise their learning as they can figure out themselves what sets they have already worked on.
I organise these by putting them into a box along with some whiteboard markers and use it as a guided reading activity.
I have made a set of 60 cards that cover all short vowel sounds. They can be purchased here of you are interested.
If you would like to try these out in your classroom, I have posted 10 cards from the set of 60 here FREE!
Happy teaching everyone!
Xx Laura
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