Letter W Reading Strips

Practice reading simple sentences with these letter W reading strips. Students will read words that begin with the letter V using the picture clue on each strip. There are 14 total reading strips that focus on the initial /w/ sound. All sentences are in the form of "W is for ___."

These letter W reading strips are suitable to preschool or kindergarten kids who are learning to identify the initial sound of the letter W. These cards are perfect for introducing new vocabulary to students.

What is Included:

This resource contains 14 reading strips for the letter W.

When to Use:

• Literacy Centers - These cards work well in a literacy or reading center for students to read independently or with a partner.

• Small Group Activity - The teacher can pull aside a small group of students who need extra practice with the target sound to use these cards.

• Early Finisher Task - If students finish a task early, they can grab these cards to look at and read.

• Take Home Book - The black and white pages can be sent home for students to make their own letter sound book.

• Task Box Activity by using pencil boxes

Ways to Use

• Teachers can place the cards on a ring for a simple reading ring for a reading center.

• The teacher can cut the picture from the strip and have students match the picture to the sentence.

• Teachers can have simply have students read the strips to practice recognizing words that begin with the target letter.

Skills Assessed:

• Reading Simple Sentences

• Beginning Sounds

• Using picture clues to figure out new words

These reading strips are a low prep activity. The teacher simply needs to print out the strips and then cut them apart to create this activity. The strips can be laminated if desired. They can be places in a reading or literacy center and used over and over. By placing these strips on a ring or in a pencil box, students can easily take out and clean up this literacy center.

These strips can be combined with the strips for other letters to create a sorting activity. Students can also sort the strips according to each beginning sound.