Often, primary teachers have many phonics materials available in their classrooms. One teacher I worked with had write-on cutouts for students to use for working with word families. These are good materials for literacy work stations. However, don’t put out too much at once. And differentiate the materials so the right kids are working with the right word study patterns.
Here are photos of materials we recently sorted (and color-coded) for students in kindergarten (or grade 1):
Dont put out all the phonics charts at once. Less is more!
These word study patterns are the easiest ones from the set. Use these with students reading easier books at DRA levels 5-6.
Other students at DRA levels 5-6 might use these cards with more challenging patterns after they show mastery of easier ones.
For kids working at DRA levels 3-4, provide CVC activities, such as these write the CVC word picture cards with Elkonin boxes or Word Sliders from Lakeshore (after youve taught with them in small group).
Debbie Diller 