Continuous Blending Practice Cards for Short Vowels (3 Sounds/CVC)

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Do your students have trouble learning to decode words? After saying each sound do they say a word that starts with the last sound of a word? For example, /p/i/g/=get, /j/a/m/=man. This has to do with working memory. Teaching students to use the continuous blending strategy helps students to hear the word they are trying to sound out and blend. You model this strategy and show them how to “sing the words” by holding out the continuous consonants and the short vowel while adding the clipped consonant sounds. You will be amazed at how well this helps student to begin to read!!

These 3 sound short cards:

• help the teacher model this blending strategy
• provides a visual “dot” so the student knows to hold or clip the sound
• are color coded by each short vowel for easy use with different groups
• include cards for each short vowel
• includes cards with some digraphs (th, ch, sh, ck)
• includes some double consonants (floss rule: ll, ss, zz)
• can be along with a pop it (or board game template) and dice to create a fun reading game
• Includes nonsense words for each short vowel to help with decoding practice and to prep for phonics screeners
• can be used for progress monitoring or for intervention during small groups

Just print, laminate, and start using with your student to see the reading magic happen!! Look at my store CRAZY N CLASS to see other similar resources!

These can be used with a large range of students–for CVC words with Kindergarten and First Grade students. These are great for the most struggling learners and even great of Sped or students with specific learning disabilities such as dyslexia.

You may also want to pair it with my Decodable Passages with the same continuous blending code. Check it out!

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