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Phonics: Encoding and Decoding, Vowel Stars ActivityPhonics: Encoding and Decoding, Vowel Stars Activity
Publisher
Florida Center for Reading Research
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Grade
K - 1st
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Duration
30 mins
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Year
2005
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Phonics: Encoding and Decoding, Vowel Stars

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Learners are given a star; each star contains a c_c form in the center and vowels on each point. They use the vowels to fill in the blank between the consonants making a simple CVC word. They write each word they make on a piece of paper. 

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

decoding, vowels, blending sounds, phonemes, phonemic awareness, phonics, letter-sound correspondence, spelling

Additional Tags

decoding, letter blends, letter sounds, making words, phonics, vowels, encoding, writing words, english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Laminate and use dry-erase markers to write and rewrite directly on the stars

Classroom Considerations

  • Prep time includes making copies

Pros

  • Includes 10 different CVC stars to print

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RF.K.2.e RF.1.2.b

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