Listen, Write, Checkįlip through a deck of word cards. Or have them find all the word cards and bring them back to the table or rug to read them. Give students a checklist and have them find each word on the list. Use a pencil with a string and magnet on the end as a fishing rod. Students can draw a word card from a deck of the second set of cards, and “fish” for the matching word to make a pair. Or you can attach paper clips to one set of word cards and display them face up. If the partner doesn’t have it, the player must “go fish” by drawing from the deck. One partner asks the other for a word they need in order to make a match. When students have a large bank of words they know how to read, have them play Go Fish with a partner. They can place the words face down and take turns choosing two to try to make matches. Print pairs of word cards for students to play Memory with a partner. (Choose words that will be easy to draw!) Memory Read and Drawĭisplay a word card and have students read it and sketch the word on a dry-erase board. For extra fun, let kids take turns slapping each word with a fly swatter or flipping it over with a spatula. Have students blend the sounds and point to the correct word card. Listen and Blendĭisplay a set of word cards for students. For a full description of phoneme-grapheme mapping, check out Susan Jones Teaching’s video. Mapping sounds in words can help this process along: Say a word from the short ‘a’ list, help students isolate each spoken sound, write letters to match the sounds, and read the word. Orthographic mapping is the mental process that happens when the human brain links the letters and sounds in a word and stores it permanently. Pick the words you use carefully for each activity focus on those that include consonant sounds that students know, and be sure students know what the words mean. Choose a few and teach them as routines you can easily keep directions the same and swap words with other sounds later. There are tons of low-prep ways to practice reading and writing words with the short ‘a’ sound. (Find lots of ideas for teaching high-frequency words over at Fun Sight Word Activities That Work!) How To Use the Word List and Cards We Are Teachers (You may have to call out some unexpected consonant sounds, such as the “s” that spells “/z/” in “as” and “has.”)Īm, an, as, at, and, can, had, has, that, than These high-frequency words fit right into lessons about words with the short ‘a’ sound. Many high-frequency words can be taught as part of normal phonics lessons. The most effective way to teach high-frequency words-words used most often in print-is by calling students’ attention to the letters and sounds in the word. Str: strap High-Frequency Short ‘A’ Words St: stab, stag, cast, fast, last, mast, vast, staff Nt: ant, pant, rant, chant, grant, plant, scant, slant Nd: band, hand, land, sand, bland, grand, stand (Some of the words below also include consonant digraphs, double consonants, or more than one blend.)Ĭl: clan, clam, clap, clamp, clank, clash When students become comfortable blending two or more consonants, there are so many more short ‘a’ words they can read and write. Note: Words with ‘a’ like “ball” and “fall” are not examples of the short ‘a’ sound. Sh: shag, sham, bash, cash, mash, rash, sash When they learn how to use double consonants for a one-syllable short vowel word ending in f, l, s, or z, add those words to their practice list! When students learn the consonant digraphs ch, sh, th, and wh, they can read and write the words below. More short ‘a’ words: gal, gas, pal, tax, wax, yak Short ‘A’ Words With Consonant Digraphs and Double Consonants (For convenience, we’ve included the starter CVC words with short ‘a’ from above in this list too.)Īt: bat, cat, fat, hat, mat, pat, rat, sat, vatĪd: bad, dad, had, lad, mad, pad, sad, tadĪn: ban, can, fan, man, pan, ran, tan, vanĪg: bag, gag, hag, lag, nag, rag, sag, tag, wagĪp: cap, gap, lap, map, nap, rap, sap, tap, yap, zap Kids can read and write short ‘a’ words that follow the consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) pattern once they know the consonant sounds in each word.
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