Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Phonics: Encoding and Decoding, Digraph Delight

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
There are three spinners to use in this phonic activity. Spinner one contains digraphs, spinner two contains vowels, and spinner three contains consonants. Learners spin each spinner, write down the letters they get, blend them to make a...
Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Phonics: Encoding and Decoding, Three-In-One

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Scholars use the provided pack of alphabet cards to construct basic CVC words, then write down each word they make in one of two columns. Column one is for real words and column two is for nonsense words.
Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Phonics: Encoding and Decoding, Make-A-Word

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Little learners place a picture card on a magnetic board, say the name of the object on the card, then sift through alphabet magnets to find and spell the word they said.
Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Phonics: Encoding and Decoding, Vowel Stars

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Learners are given a star; each star contains a c_c form in the center and vowels on each point. They use the vowels to fill in the blank between the consonants making a simple CVC word. They write each word they make on a piece of...
Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Phonics: Encoding and Decoding, Letter Cube Blending

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Emergent readers use a letter cube to identify, blend, and make words. They roll each of the three-letter cubes, mark down the letters they rolled, then blend the letter sounds together to make a word. They record each word on a...
Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Phonics: Encoding and Decoding, A Digraph A Word

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Learners view a series of images, then choose digraphs, consonants, and vowels to spell out the object's name on each card.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Rainbow Spelling: A Kinesthetic Approach to Encoding

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Have your young learners interact with phonemes through this tactile plan! Each learner will have a colored mat where they connect different phonemes to create words. The best part is that they can self-correct easily as they spell! 
Lesson Plan
Florida Center for Reading Research

Word Steps

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Blending basic CVC letters to make words is one of the first steps to independent reading. Provided here are several images of stairs and several letters to cut and arrange. The learner rearranges the letters to form CVC patterns, sounds...
Unit Plan
Curated OER

Phonics and Decoding Strategies for Struggling Readers Using Core Knowledge Poem

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students complete multiple activities to help them hear sounds, syllables, and spell words with vowel patterns, digraphs, or blends. In this word sounds lesson, students use letter tiles, sort words cards, analyze poems, and play a bingo...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Rainbow Spelling (Kinesthetic Approach To Encoding)

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders demonstrate their encoding skills by spelling words using color coded paper, match correct letters with the colored paper to spell the words in standard form, and self correct any errors made in the spelling with colored...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Phonics lesson for -ar

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify words associated with the -ar sound. They read sentences and compose a story that include words with the -ar sound. The assessment portion of lesson involves students in spelling words with the -ar pattern.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Phonics lesson for "sh"

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify words with the "sh" pattern. They participate in phonemic awareness, decoding, blending, spelling patterns, and dictation exercises. As the assessment portion of the lesson, they may write a story using words...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Apple Picking

For Teachers K - 1st
Students practice reading Dolch words using an apple theme.  In this sight word instructional activity, students play an apple picking game that allows them to practice reading several Dolch words.  Students play this game...