Segmenting and Blending Words

Developing fluency in young readers is a long and difficult journey. This series of eight activities adds a little fun to the process as children play matching and board games, piece together puzzles, and make flip books. Covering a...

Mr. Snowman wants to help emerging readers understand compound words, so he segments some familiar words to help them see that they are made of two distinct words. Learners repeat the words, both segmented and blended, and observe them...

Plan out your class's literacy program with the support of this professional development resource. Offering a clear explanation of phonemic awareness with supporting examples and suggested instructional approaches, this is a...

Emergent readers use the illustrated templates provided with this resource to practice segmenting words into phonemes and blending phonemes together into words. Additional templates provide opportunities to identify similar initial,...

Segmenting and blending phonemes helps budding readers understand words. Use this strategy in an engaging game where partners test each other's auditory processing using familiar words. Using picture cards and a chart (included),...

Beneficial for beginning readers, struggling readers, and those in need of review, a set of language arts activities is a great addition to any foundational reading unit. Focusing on phonological awareness, fluency, instructional...

Looking for ways to spice up your phonics instruction? Choose from a variety of phonological activities to complement a reading lesson. The guide goes through the basic components of good phonics instruction focusing on sound types,...

Start beginning readers on a path toward fluency with the help of this phonemic awareness resource. Taken from a larger comprehensive literacy program, these sample materials and lessons support children as they learn to recognize...

Chants, rhymes, practice pages, picture, word, and punctation cards provide extra support for reading high-frequency words, substituting, blending, segmenting, and identifying phonemes in this Down on the Farm themed unit. 

Fill your classroom with the delicious aroma of freshly baked pumpkin pie using this fun language arts lesson plan. Beginning with a class reading of the book Big Pumpkin by Erica Silverman, learners practice identifying rhyming words,...