If You Can Say It...

A quick note before this:

This is me for the next 7 days!!

I wanted to share an easy activity I've had A LOT of

success with this school year...

 

"If you can say it, you can write it!"

 

I heard our amazing Spanish teacher say this to her class & it has caught on. Earlier in the fall, I started a file of images that feature the phonics sounds and spellings we learn in K-2nd grade. These pictures are bright & colorful and there are SO many opportunities to include environmental print(!!).

I use them for sorting, vocabulary, & dictation.

 

We just wrapped up r-controlled vowels & used these for review:

 

 

We sorted the pictures (i.e.: /ar/ vs. /or/) and used the easier spellings for dictation ("corn," "Scar," "bird"). My students LOVE these & feel so proud of themselves when they can spell their fave characters' names :)  I wish I could post these pics for download, but since I don't work for Disney... a quick search on Google Images will bring them up!

 

We will be tackling /ng/ and /nk/ when we return from break.

Here are the cards I will be using:

 

think, bank, sink, wink, pink, skunk

 

ring, sing, gong, king, swing, hang

 

 

Do children even know what a gong is??

 

I hope you find the cards useful

click here to download your own set!

 

I will also be using my Skunk! Word Endings packet to reinforce /nk/. I just updated it for this year's learners:

 

 

 

I hope you have a happy & healthy holiday!