Learning to Read Words with Letter Blends Practice Activities for Kindergarten
Our CVC centers and CVCe centers have been a HUGE hit in our classroom…I knew I had to make some fun letter blends practice activities for Kindergarten. The kiddos love the interactive, hands-on activities they get to use during center time and they’re truly becoming great readers and writers. It really makes me one happy teacher!
Since most of my students have mastered their CVC words and CVCe words, we needed something a little more challenging so I created some fun letter blends practice activities for Kindergarten and games to reinforce the reading and writing strategies we’ve been working on. They are very similar to the other games and centers, so there wasn’t a lot of re-teaching that had to go on. My students understood how to play right away!
Match it Up
This game is really great because it is scaffolded so ALL my students feel successful. They match the picture cards to each other and then practice blending the onset and rime to read each word. They also see the blend isolated which really helps them in decoding.
I also created some fun printables to reinforce the beginning blends. They cut out the letters, glue them at the beginning of each word, and re-write the word on the line. These would be a great center activity, but you could also send them home for homework or use them at the end of the unit as a spiral review!
Build a Word
For this letter blends practice activity for Kindergarten, your students will choose a word card and finds the letters to build each word.
They can use magnetic letters, bottle cap letters, or a dry-erase marker to build them.
Then they will practice sounding out each word on this page and writing the letters in each box. These word well in write and wipe pockets so that they can use it over and over again in centers, but it would also be a great formative assessment!
And another cut and paste activity! Throw in fine motor practice anywhere you can!
Sorting Blends
Here is another fun letter blends practice activity for Kindergarten you can use in your classroom to reinforce what your students have already learned. Below is a fun pocket chart activity to help your students sort the picture cards by their beginning blend. Each blend {l blends, r blends, and s blends} are different colors so they’re easier to differentiate.
And of course, a couple printables for them to show what they know.
Lastly, I included the POP! game that is so popular in my other word work centers.
This is a fun 2-4 player game. Each kiddo can have their own playing card of they can work as a team. They will take turns picking a gumball letter from the bag and placing it in the correct spot on their board. If they can’t use the letter, they will put it back and skip their turn. If they pick a POP card, they can take any letter from the other team. First team to build all their words wins!
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You can also find centers for CVCe practice.
As well as CVC practice too.
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