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Ladybug CVC, Short Vowel and Phonics 5 Game Bundle – Free Version
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This is the non editable version soif you need to change the words to suit your lessons, classrooms and students consider the fully editable version, it goes to help support the website as well.

Not every lesson needs a teacher at the front all the time. If you want to try a little self directed learning then this is a simple but fun and colourful set of board games that helps students sound out and blend CVC and onset and rhyme words and sounds. Easy to print and fully editable so you can change it anyway you like. Just credit and link me if you link it in your website and lead people here :) This game as all the short vowel CVC words in it. SO its great for consolidation and pair work as well.

Can be used as station learning or even whole class activities, and i will be uploading more versions to help with a differentiated learning environment as well.

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Ladybug CVC, Short Vowel and Phonics 5 Game Bundle – Fully Editable
Original price was: $1.99.Current price is: $1.00.
This is the fully editable version so you can change the words to suit your lessons, classrooms and students.

Not every lesson needs a teacher at the front all the time. If you want to try a little self directed learning then this is a simple but fun and colourful set of board games that helps students sound out and blend CVC and onset and rhyme words and sounds. Easy to print and fully editable so you can change it anyway you like. Just credit and link me if you link it in your website and lead people here :) This game as all the short vowel CVC words in it. SO its great for consolidation and pair work as well.

Can be used as station learning or even whole class activities, and i will be uploading more versions to help with a differentiated learning environment as well.

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Y as a Vowel 3 worksheet bundle – Fully Editable
Original price was: $1.49.Current price is: $1.00.

This is the fully editable version for you to put school name, or change the format. By purchasing it you ensure the website can be maintained and we thank you for that!

The letter ”y” can be both a consonant and a vowel. There are some rules we can teach our students to help them grasp the concept. Of course, this being English these rules are mostly true and there are exceptions to this as well.

As mentioned ”y” can be a consonant and a vowel. The ”y” usually makes the consonant sound when it is a the beginning of the word. Examples are words like yellow, yacht, yes, or you.

Just to be extra confusing the letter ”y’‘ has more than one vowel sound as well as the consonant sound at the beginning. There are some rules you can use to explain to your students. If the ”y” is at the end of the word, and it is a one syllable word (I will put syllable lessons for young learners on my site as well) like dry, try, buy, why then the ”y” will make the sound of a long i.

If the word has the ”y” at the end but it has two or more syllables then the sound of ”y” is the long e sound. Word examples include candy, actually, fundamentally, tiny, wavy and many many more.

To teach this i have some worksheets and word sorting activities you can check out and i will link to them at the bottom, but also if you need stories and some online games or activities I have found some on the StarFall website. This is a Y as Long e game you can check out.

The worksheets and sorting activities can help form part of a full phonics lesson if you want to teach this. They can be downloaded at the bottom, and if you want to add or edit it i will leave the PowerPoint premium version there as well.

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Free Version – Four in a Row / Connect Four 6 Game Bundle – Phonics, ABC, CVC and more
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These are the free versions, if you need editable ones then please consider supporting the website. They are here in the store for the price of a coffee!

I have made six of these four in a row games. Each PowerPoint includes the template for the game, the counters and some teachers notes.

They are a real win in classrooms and I love using them with my students! Great for student centred learning, and as they are different levels, great for differentiation in the classroom as well.

The games cover the following phonics

single sounds ( including some outside of the 26 sounds of the alphabet)

Onset and rime ( with different gameplay)

CVC words

SH, WH, TH and CH words which are often CCVC or CVCC.

Blends

Magic E words with the CVC word highlighted as well.

This will also be part of a reading activity pack i am putting together, so if it is useful please look out for this as well!

The games and playing styles are similar but not identical. I have used these in class and they are a great way to demonstrate group work and learning stations approach.

You will needs some dice, or a way for them to roll up to 6 if you play this way otherwise everything you need is there.

Printing it on A3 would be better for them to put on their desks.

All six games included and if any questions please ask!

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Free Version – 4 Syllable Worksheets and Answer Keys – Differentiated learning versions
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This is the free version if you need or want to edit them please consider the editable ones in the store as well. It all goes to help support the website :)

I love teaching these in my classrooms, it really adds understanding and comprehension to even beginning and young learners of English. The ability to cut and put a word together is a really important skills for English learners and i hope these help you achieve this.

I have made a video below that introduces the worksheets to save you time before you download.

I teach it initially by using the clap method, where students clap out the chunks of the word, and also introduce the open mouth method (where your month opens for each syllable.

Once they have a good grasp of that i also introduce how we make a syllable, the vowel sounds of the word for the basis, and ask them to try to find the syllables in words. This requires students knowing what vowel sounds are first, but i have resources on this as well. It is not always the easiest way to teach it which is why i leave it till they have fully understood the idea of what a syllable is. I often find that they will count the vowels, which is definite progress but doesn’t always work ( it doe sometimes which can make it even more confusing for the students) I have tried to include words that have vowel digraphs in them in these worksheets so that you have words to explain how this method works.

I have also tried to include words that incorporate some of the other skills i have written about recently as well, such as diphthongs and the letter Y sounds.

These four worksheets are differentiated for different level of learners. so if you have mixed ability classrooms then these should be of use.

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Free Version of Animopoly – Animal Classroom and Riddle Game
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This is the Free Version version of the Animopoly game, Which is ready to play. If you would liek to support the website the editable version is also in the store for the princely sum of 1 Dollar!

As teachers we all love teaching students about animals, there is something that just catches the imagination about this topic. This resource came after making another Monopoly type game for phonics and CVC words, and some other language elements, and i though the idea could be used for other vocabulary elements, so i have started with animals. The download is at the bottom of this page. The name came out of my head, so if you have any better ideas please let me know!!

This game follows the very basic format of the old board game monopoly but has animals instead of streets, the instructions are here and on the file as well. I have written them for students and for teachers.

However i do have the PowerPoint versions of these as well. These will cost $1 USD when i put them up. Just because it took such a long time to make! If you are in desperate need of the editable one you can email me on the link below, or sign up as I do giveaways of the editable versions of the big resources for subscribers as well.

These games are great for both student and teachers, as the students are fully engaged and it frees up the teacher to focus on students needs as they are working ( or in their mind playing) It also turns the lesson into student centered instead of teacher centred and this results on more students on task.

Did i mention it is great to see them having fun as well 😉 IF you want more like this please sign up, and if you watch the video then subscribe as well!!

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Free Version Animal Dominos and Riddles Activity – for ESL, Kindergarten and Primary Students
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Free Version of our most popular download over 20,000 so far!

I love doing this activity, it can be totally self directed by the students and they really practice reading and comprehension skills from this. It is a whole class activity that can be done in groups, pairs or individual. I much prefer giving it as an individual task so students have their own work to present and take home.

I have a video guide for you, which as this can be a little confusing i suggest you at least skip through it, but i will put the main details below as well.

How to use Animal Dominos

we made a YouTube video to check out to help you :)

http://youtu.be/4eRxR1Mc2YU

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Animal Dominos and Riddles Activity – for ESL, Kindergarten and Primary Students – Fully Editable Version.
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Original price was: $1.99.Current price is: $1.49.

FULLY EDITABLE VERSION of our most popular download over 20,000 so far!

I love doing this activity, it can be totally self directed by the students and they really practice reading and comprehension skills from this. It is a whole class activity that can be done in groups, pairs or individual. I much prefer giving it as an individual task so students have their own work to present and take home.

I have a video guide for you, which as this can be a little confusing i suggest you at least skip through it, but i will put the main details below as well.

How to use Animal Dominos

we made a YouTube video to check out to help you :)

http://youtu.be/4eRxR1Mc2YU

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Fully Editable – Pets Dominos and Riddles – for ESL, Kindergarten and Primary Students
Original price was: $1.99.Current price is: $1.40.
This is a whole class activity that can be done in groups or pairs. I have left it editable in this paid version so you cna change the images or pictures as you wish :)

Students are given a board and the pets/description and have to match the description to the pet and glue it to the board

They go horizontal across the top and the bottom and vertically along the sides

When you ( or the students) cut out the dominos make sure there is a picture AND a description on the domino ( dominos have two sides)

Make sure the students know how to glue them as sometimes they will stick them all at the top.

Once they have finished, they can complete the centre part of the board and describe their favourite pet. If you need an editable version there is one linked at the bottom.

I have put examples in the file so it will be clearer!! I hope 😛

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Fully Editable – Four in a Row Connect Four 6 Game Bundle – Phonics, Abc, CVC and more.
Original price was: $2.49.Current price is: $1.99.
I have made six of these four in a row games. Each PowerPoint includes the template for the game, the counters and some teachers notes.

They are a real win in classrooms and I love using them with my students! Great for student centred learning, and as they are different levels, great for differentiation in the classroom as well.

The games cover the following phonics

single sounds ( including some outside of the 26 sounds of the alphabet)

Onset and rime ( with different gameplay)

CVC words

SH, WH, TH and CH words which are often CCVC or CVCC.

Blends

Magic E words with the CVC word highlighted as well.

This will also be part of a reading activity pack i am putting together, so if it is useful please look out for this as well!

The games and playing styles are similar but not identical. I have used these in class and they are a great way to demonstrate group work and learning stations approach.

You will needs some dice, or a way for them to roll up to 6 if you play this way otherwise everything you need is there.

Printing it on A3 would be better for them to put on their desks.

All six games included and if any questions please ask!

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Sale!
Fully Editable – 4 Syllable Worksheets and Answer Keys – Differentiated learning versions
Original price was: $1.49.Current price is: $0.99.
I love teaching these in my classrooms, it really adds understanding and comprehension to even beginning and young learners of English. The ability to cut and put a word together is a really important skills for English learners and i hope these help you achieve this.

I have made a video below that introduces the worksheets to save you time before you download.

I teach it initially by using the clap method, where students clap out the chunks of the word, and also introduce the open mouth method (where your month opens for each syllable.

Once they have a good grasp of that i also introduce how we make a syllable, the vowel sounds of the word for the basis, and ask them to try to find the syllables in words. This requires students knowing what vowel sounds are first, but i have resources on this as well. It is not always the easiest way to teach it which is why i leave it till they have fully understood the idea of what a syllable is. I often find that they will count the vowels, which is definite progress but doesn’t always work ( it doe sometimes which can make it even more confusing for the students) I have tried to include words that have vowel digraphs in them in these worksheets so that you have words to explain how this method works.

I have also tried to include words that incorporate some of the other skills i have written about recently as well, such as diphthongs and the letter Y sounds.

These four worksheets are differentiated for different level of learners. so if you have mixed ability classrooms then these should be of use.

Add to cart