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AB Word Family Sentence Matching
Read each sentence card and match/sort it with the picture card that matches its content.
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Sight Words Digger and Sand Matching Game
Match printed sight-word template cards ('digger' and 'sand' pieces) that show the same word, per the teacher's literacy-center setup.
Sight words
Build A Caterpillar Sight Word - Primer (Dolch)
Students pick a caterpillar head labeled with a sight word and assemble matching caterpillar body segments (letters) to build/spell that word.
Phonics & word families
Pre-Primer Dolch Words Activity Packet
For the confirmed 'Sight Word Fish' activity: assemble double-sided fish cutouts with a magnetic fishing pole, take turns 'fishing' for word cards, and read aloud the word caught (keeping the fish if read correctly, tossing it back if not). Catalog additionally describes a spatula-flip variant and a flyswatter-swat variant using the…
Phonics & word families
AG Word Family Sentence Matching
Read sentence cards containing AG-family words (e.g., 'The bag is brown.', 'The dog can wag its tail.') and match each sentence to its corresponding picture.
Sight words
Burger and Fries Sight Word Matching
Students spread the burger and fries counters on a table with the plate mat in front of them; the teacher/caller says a sight word or shows the sight-word calling circle, and children search for and match the burger and fries counters bearing the same word, continuing through the word list.
Sight words
Build A Caterpillar Sight Word - (Dolch)
Students pick a caterpillar head labeled with a sight word and assemble matching caterpillar body segments (letters) to build/spell that word.
Phonics & word families
CVC Literacy Centers
Complete sound-matching center activities (match beginning/middle/ending sounds), match rhyming word pairs, build CVC words, and complete cut-and-paste sound sorts and rhyming sorts.
Phonics & word families
AN Word Family Sentence Matching
Read short decodable sentences (e.g., 'Dan has a pan.', 'The man has a plan.', 'The fan is bigger than the can.') and match each to its corresponding picture.
Phonics & word familiesSight words
Sight Words Dominoes Activity
Arrange domino-style word tiles by matching identical sight words across three 20-piece sets.
Phonics & word familiesSight words
Build a Caterpillar Sight Words - 2nd Grade
Students pick a caterpillar head labeled with a sight word and assemble matching caterpillar body segments (letters) to build/spell that word.
Phonics & word families
Fun With CVC Words | Literacy Center Activities
Match CVC word cards to pictures; play memory/concentration with the cards; read or write CVC words in a 'read/write the room' format; read rebus sentences and write or illustrate the complete sentence; build CVC words by assembling letter cards; identify correct medial vowel sounds on cards; play a cover-up (bingo-style) game matching…
Phonics & word families
OP Words Matching Mats
Cut out word cards (cop, hop, mop, top, pop, stop, shop, chop) and match them to an OP Family Word Mat; cut out sentence strips (e.g. 'I will chop it with an ax.') and match them to an OP Family Sentence Mat.
Phonics & word families
Themed Phonics Writing Center Activities Preschool Pre-K Kindergarten
Looking for a Science of Reading aligned literacy resource that combines phonics, writing, decoding, and hands-on learning? This Ultimate Decodable Monthly Writing Center Activities pack is designed to help preschool, Pre-K, kindergarten, and first-grade students develop foundational reading skills through engaging center-based…
Sight words
Build A Caterpillar Sight Word: 1st Grade
Students pick a caterpillar head labeled with a sight word and assemble matching caterpillar body segments (letters) to build/spell that word.
Alphabet
Burger and Fries Alphabet Matching
Students spread the burger and fries counters on a table with the plate mat in front of them; the teacher/caller says a letter sound or shows a letter circle, and children search for and match the burger and fries counters bearing the same lowercase letter, continuing through the alphabet.
Phonics & word families
AGE Words Sentence Matching
Read each AGE-word sentence card and match it to the corresponding picture card.
Alphabet
Literacy Intervention Packet: Letter Sound Correspondence | Differentiated Activities
A 108-page literacy intervention packet of 10 differentiated activities for teaching letter-sound correspondence, designed for small groups, interventions, or centers.
Phonics & word familiesSight words
Build A Caterpillar Sight Words - Pre-Primer
Students pick a caterpillar head labeled with a sight word and assemble matching caterpillar body segments (letters) to build/spell that word.
Literacy center collections
Toss An Ending Interactive Game
Toss a ball or chip onto two mats (one with base words, one with endings -ed/-ing/-s), combine the landed base word and ending to form a real word, then record the word and use it in a sentence on the recording sheet.
Sight words
Sight Word Sentences THE IS AND
Cut and rearrange word/picture cards to build the sentence 'The [animal] is [color] and [color].', then draw and write the completed sentence on a recording sheet; a final page has students write ten sentences they built using a sentence mat.
Literacy center collections
Literacy Center Printables
Look at the picture at the top of the page, read and paint over the printed sentence with watercolors and a cotton swab, draw a picture illustrating the sentence, and write an original sentence on the back about the same subject, following writing conventions (capital letter, spacing, ending period).
Phonics & word families
ACE Words Matching Mats
Cut out ACE word cards and match them to a word mat, and cut out sentence cards containing ACE words and match them to a sentence mat.
Sight words
Football Sight Word Compound Match Up
Flip and match two word-part cards to form a compound word, decide whether the resulting word is real, and record answers on a recording sheet; usable independently in a literacy center or as a paired game.