Autumn's come early in your classroom! Match leaves with short words to the trees with the correct vowel sounds. A few blank leaves allow you to add your own words to the activity.

Concepts

long vowels, phonics, sounding out words, vowel sounds, beginning reading

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Laminate the leaves and trees for use over several classes or years
• Use in a mainstream class or a special education class
• Have kids construct sentences based on the words they match to the trees

Classroom Considerations

• Leaves are pointy and angled, which might be hard to cut out many times in a row

Pros

• Provides two sets of words for two groups, or for two rounds of the game
• Words vary in difficulty for easy differentiation
• Helpful for learners with dyslexia or other learning disabilities

Cons

• None

Common Core

RF.1.1.a RF.1.3.a RF.2.3.a RF.3.3.a RF.4.3.a