Want to enhance student engagement during word study? With these onset and rime games and independent activities for Short A, E, I, O, & U Word Families, you can transform word study into a highly anticipated time of day for your students in the Letter Name-Alphabetic stage! This bundle engages students in identifying the medial short vowel sound in CVC words as well as working to isolate, identify, and blend onsets and rimes in a variety of word families (-at, -ot, -it, -an, -in, -un, -ad, -ed, -ab, -ob, -ag, -og, -ig, ug, -eg, -ill, -ell, -all, -ack, -ick, -ock, -uck, -ish, -ash, -ush).

The download for each sort includes a partner game and an independent game (that can also be modified to play with a partner). The partner games found in Unit 4 include Carnival Themed board games. The independent activities found in Unit 4 include Spin Cover Build Write, a picture board and spinner activity. It is my hope that these activities help you increase student engagement and personal teaching joy during word study, spelling, or word work! (Aligned to Word Sorts for Letter Name-Alphabetic Spellers Unit 4: Sort 33-Sort 39)

→ → Save 33% with the Unit 4 Bundle or save 50% with the Letter Name Alphabetic Mega Bundle of Units 1-7.

While these games and activities are aligned to Words Their Way, they can be used to complement any word study program or focus with your students. See the preview for detailed lists of the included words!

Sort Sets Included in the Unit 4 Bundle:

33: AT, OT, IT Word Families Games and Letter Name Alphabetic Activities

34:AN, IN, UN Word Families Games and Letter Name Alphabetic Activities

35: AD, ED, AB, OB Word Families Games and Letter Name Alphabetic Activities

36: AG, OG, IG, UG, EG Word Families Games and Letter Name Alphabetic Activities

37: ILL, ELL, ALL Word Families Games and Letter Name Alphabetic Activities

38: ACK, ICK, OCK, UCK Word Families Games and Letter Name Alphabetic Activities

39: ISH, ASH, USH Word Families Games and Letter Name Alphabetic Activities

★ Partner Games ★

In the Carnival Themed board games, students take turns drawing a picture or word card and covering the appropriate CVC word on the game board, trying to collect the most words to win the game. All game board activities include words found in the word sort lists aligned with Words Their Way. The game play involves friendly competition and a recording sheet that makes it easy for the teacher to check that students understood the word families of their game.

✔ Teacher Directions

✔ Board Game

✔ Game Cards

✔ Student-Friendly Directions

✔ Recording Sheet

✔ Answer Key

★ Independent Activities ★

In the Spin Cover Build Write activities, students choose a picture board from the 4 versions, spin for a word family using the spinner and cover images of words that match the word family or hint they spun. Students are then challenged to build and/or write the word being depicted by the image that corresponds with a particular word family.

✔ Teacher Directions + Ideas for Extending the Fun of the Picture Boards with other activities

✔ 4 Picture Boards

✔ 2 Spinners with Student Friendly Directions

✔ Recording Sheet

✔ Answer Key

* Everything comes in black and white and color versions!

Who are these games and activities for?

> > > These games and activities are designed for students in the middle of the Letter Name-Alphabetic stage. These students have already been introduced to same-vowel word families as well as digraphs and consonant blends but are still sometimes confusing short medial vowels represented in CVC words.

These activities provide a great way to add meaningful variety to your word study routine, keeping it fresh and interesting for students. With these activities, your word study block will be a time that students look forward to as they work to master these key spelling and word study concepts!

Whether you're looking for hands-on, engaging activities students can complete independently, partner games, centers, or ideas to spice up your small group lessons, the creative thinking and planning has been done for you with these Mixed Vowel Word Families games and activities! With all of the games and activities in the Unit 4 bundle utilizing similar formats, you'll have versatility AND consistency built right in for you and you won’t have to teach students how to play with each new word sort!

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