![]() These cards also provide practice with digraphs (where two letters make one sound), like in the word kick and chip. We pulled out the picture, and he was right. I prompted him to slide the sounds together. We need that sound when we’re reading our word slider cards today.” “What would you say if you had to eat worms for lunch? Ick! Iiiiiih! That’s the sound of short i. That’s important when you’re dealing with tricky short vowel sounds, like short i.īefore we started, I helped him remember the short i sound. I love word slider cards because they help my preschooler slow down and focus on each individual sound. Slide the paper into the card and pull it out slowly as your child says the sound of each letter or letter combination. Then seal a business envelope and cut off the end. Simply write words on long pieces of card stock (or index cards) with a space between each new sound. Word slider cards are simple to make and use. We’ve been reading my short vowel phonics books and doing a variety of hands-on phonics activities to move him along. My four-year-old has all these things in hand, and sounding out words is clicking! Hurray! I put together a list of 5 things kids need before it’s time to teach them to sound out words. Sounding out words is a developmental skill that not all preschoolers (or even kindergartners) are ready for. These short passages were designed for emergent readers to build their reading fluency.Have you seen my word slider cards? These are great for helping children see how sounds blend together to make words. Want to try out these activities? You can grab the FREE “-at” Family Fluency set to try in your classroom for free! Step Three: Reading FluencyĪnother great way to get in more short vowel practice is using reading fluency passages. You can use these roll and read activities during literacy centers, as a quick practice before reading groups, or as an exit ticket at the end of your reading group time. Simply add pages as your students learn about different word families or phonics sounds. Keep the word family pages in sheet protectors and place them all in a 3-ring binder for easy organization. You can pick up some inexpensive dice at your local discount store. ![]() Using the dice makes this reading fluency practice feel more like a game and less like reading practice. As they learn more word families, we use more mats. Since they were just working on the “at” family words, they only used that mat. Students love this game! Here is a short video of one student demonstrating how to play the game. Roll and read pages are another great activity for working on reading fluency. When your readers are ready for more of a challenge, they can move on to reading short vowels with blends. They are also great for those fast finishers. Use these fluency rings during reading time for some extra practice or as quick assessments. They can also be laminated to make them more durable for little hands and for you to use year after year. These cards can be copied onto colored paper to help differentiate each word family. This visual helps students to see, recognize and read those important “chunks” in words rather than each individual sound. The word family “chunks” are color-coded to help your students see each chunk or pattern in the word. Students have so much fun flipping through the cards and reasing their words that they don’t feel like they are in the middle of learning. Repetition is so important to their learning. Grouping all the word family cards onto a ring helps students easily flip through the cards as they practice reading the short vowel words. ![]() Word family fluency cards help kiddos practice reading short vowel word family words. It also allows them to jump right in and work on their skills instead of learning a whole new activity. Students know exactly what to do every time they are introduced to a new vowel sound. By using consistent activities you not only help students work on reading fluency but they can work independently too. Use these fun and engaging activities during literacy centers and guided reading groups. The more opportunities students have to practice and apply their skills, the better readers they will become. When teaching short vowel fluency, it’s important to use a variety of fun hands-on activities to keep students excited and engaged. Our young readers need lots of opportunities to build and practice reading fluency.
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