How to Teach Kids Beginning Phonics Skills

This Power Point and video @
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provide activities that help parents teach kids to move from phonological awareness to phonics (matching sounds to their corresponding letters or letter patterns) to read words. Activities include CVC words, sound letter boxes, word families, silent e words, consonant blends... The Power Point Is downloadable with all templates to teach kids all the activities demonstrated.

1. How to Teach Kids Beginning Phonics
It is the ability to match individual sounds with
their corresponding letters or letter patterns
to read words.
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2. How to Teach Kids
Letter Formation
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Letter Formation
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Kids learn lowercase letters first. The letters with green dots are
vowels and the letters with yellow dots are consonants.

4. Uppercase letters also have both the green dots
and yellow dots for kids
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ac t

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hat
ah t

10. bat

11. ar t

12. am t

13. Moving from
individual sound-
letters to word
families.

14. First On-set and Rime Activity

15. Template to Make a Word Family Book
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16. nan
an

17. en
en

18. et
et

19. hat
bat
rat
mat
cat
_at _an
pan
fan

can
_ad _et
van
man
pad
dad
fad

had
sad

pet
get
jet

net
wet

den
Ben
henpen
ten
_ed_en
fed
bed
led
red
wed
hit
pin
pit
kitsit
_it
fin
binfit tin
win
_in
Word Families

20. did
hid
kid
rid
lid
_id _ot
got
hot

pot
_op _og
lot
not
mop
hop
pop

top
sop

hog
log
jog

dog
fog

dug
Bug
hugpug
tug
_un_ug
bunrun
sun
cub
tub
subhub
_ub
rub
fun
Word Families

22. Have kids practice words that follow the silent e pattern:
cape, kite, note, cube, tube
When e is added to the end of a CVC word it changes
the short vowel to a long vowel and the e is silent
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23. Silent e flip book
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tub
cub
hid
kit
cap
ee
kit
cape
tub
cub
cap
kite
hide
cube
tube
hid

24. cape
cane
cube
tube
tone
kite
tape
note
ripe
fine
Say cap and have kids write it. Next, have
kids write cap again and add an e. The new
word is cape. The e makes the vowel a long.
CVC word
CVC silent
e word
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cap
can
cub
tub
ton
kit
tap
not
rip
fin
c
c
a
a
p
pe

25. Short Vowel Words Long Vowel Words
kit
cub
cap
tub
cape
Cut out and paste the short vowel word and its
matching long vowel word
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26. Short Vowel Words Long Vowel Words
kit
cub
tub
Cut out and paste the short vowel word and its
matching long vowel word
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27. Short Vowel Words Long Vowel Words
tub
kit
cut
cub
cap
Cut out and paste the short vowel word and its
matching long vowel word
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28. Card templates are provided on the next slide and can be downloaded
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29. Short and long vowel
a

words
cap
c
a
pe
cap can
c
a
ne
tap
t
a
pe
plan
pl
a
ne
wag
w
a
ge
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30. Short and long vowel
i

words
cap
d
i
me
dim fin
f
i
ne
hid
h
i
de
pin
p
i
ne
kit
k
i
te
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31. Short and long vowel
u
words
cap
u
se
us cub
c
u
be
cut
c
u
te
hug
h
u
ge
tub
t
u
be
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32. clap blow flat glow plug sled
spin slip swan snap skid stop
Consonant Blends: Their sounds blend together, but each sound is heard
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l blends
s blends
stop
frog brim drum crab grin trip r blends
stop

33. c l
and
clap
clue clip
clam
cl
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34. Consonant Blends: Their sounds blend together, but each sound is heard
clap
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35. b and
b l
bl
blow
blobblue
blog
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36. Consonant Blends: Their sounds blend together, but each sound is heard
blow
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37. f l
fl
flag
flat flow
flip

38. Consonant Blends: Their sounds blend together, but each sound is heard
flat
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39. g l
gl
glue
glow glad
glamglue

40. Consonant Blends: Their sounds blend together, but each sound is heard
glow
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41. p
plumplug
pl
plow plus

42. Consonant Blends: Their sounds blend together, but each sound is heard
plug
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43. s l
sl
slice
sled
and
slip
slug
slow

44. Consonant Blends: Their sounds blend together, but each sound is heard
sled
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45. Consonant r-blends
d r
rd
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drag
drew
tree
trip
tray
tramgrin grew
grab gradFred
brad
bran
free
from
crab
crow
crop
crib
frog

46. consonant s-blends
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snip snug
k
sk
slip
l
slim
slotslid
swap
swim
skim
skid
sl
st
spsp
stew
stop

47. Choose the correct consonant blend for each group:
bl, cl, fl, gl, pl and sl
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48. Choose the correct consonant blend for each group:
bl, cl, fl, gl, pl and sl
lcl
l
l
lll
p
f b
s
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52. How to Teach Kids beginning Phonics
It is the ability to match individual sounds with
their corresponding letters or letter patterns
to read words.
CVC Words Silent e Words
Consonant blend
Words
and more…