Impactful and FUN word study?! YES, you can have both! These three letter blends games for THR, SHR, SQU, and SPL Triple Blends (Beginning Complex Consonants) make word study more engaging for our students in the Within Word Pattern stage! With the Make a Word board game and Layer On independent activity, you’ll be sure to increase student engagement and personal teaching joy during word study, spelling, or word work. These activities focus on triple blends beginning with THR, SHR, SQU, and SPL with words like three/throw, shrimp/shred, square/squirt, and split/splash. (Aligned to Words Their Way Spelling Lists for Within Word Pattern Spellers Sort 43)

→ → This activity set is included in the BEGINNING AND ENDING COMPLEX CONSONANTS GAMES AND ACTIVITIES FOR WITHIN WORD PATTERNS SPELLERS Unit 6 Bundle. Save 33% with the Unit 6 Bundle or save 50% with the Within Word Patterns Mega Bundle of Units 1-8.

Whether you’re looking for hands-on, engaging word study activities for students to complete independently, partner games, centers, or resources to spice up your small group lessons, the creative thinking and planning is done for you with these activities for Triple R Blends THR, SHR, SQU, and SPL! Versatility and consistency (not an oxymoron!) are built right in for you with most of the activities in the Unit 6 bundle having the same format, you won’t have to teach students how to play with each new word sort!

While these games 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!

Partner Game:

In the Make A Word board game, students draw word part cards and try to match them with the beginning or ending consonants on the game board in order to make a word. The game play involves friendly competition and a recording sheet that makes it easy for the teacher to check that students understood the beginning or ending complex consonants and hold students accountable for staying on task.

✔ Teacher Directions

✔ Game Board

✔ Word Cards

✔ Student-Friendly Directions

✔ Recording Sheet

✔ Answer Key

Independent Activity:

In Layer On (played much like a popular letter tile game), students spin a complex consonant and match it with a word part card to make a word. They add the word (by writing or building it) to an existing word tower. Students "layer on" as many words as possible to create a word tower with as many words as they can.

✔ Teacher Directions

✔ Gridded Mat for Word Building

✔ Word Part Cards

✔ Spinner with Student Friendly Directions

✔ Letter Tiles for Building Words

✔ Recording Sheet

✔ Answer Key

* Everything comes in black and white and color versions!

Who are these games and activities for?

> > > These resources were developed with 3rd - 5th graders in mind, but could successfully be used in lower grades within small group lessons and with teacher guidance.

> > > These games and activities are designed for students in the late stages of Within Word Pattern. Students should have a firm grasp on long vowel sounds and patterns, including CVCe, CVVC, less common long vowel patterns, r-controlled vowels, and diphthongs and ambiguous vowels before they are developmentally ready to study how vowels affect consonants..

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!

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