Phonics eBook Story for Short A Vowel Sound + Spelling Activities and Word Lists

Phonics eBook Story for Short A Vowel Sound & Spelling Activities and Word Lists

An ideal tool for traditional educators and homeschooling alike, merging systematic phonics, captivating storytelling, and comprehensive spelling practice into a potent resource. Primarily catered to grade 1-3 students, it underlines the vital role of phonemic awareness and decoding skills in language arts.

The narrative revolves around Captain Ant's fears about possible food shortage amongst his colony. Learners embark on an enthralling journey alongside characters Angie and Alex as they devise a plan to alleviate their colony's concerns while seamlessly integrating spelling drills into the action.

Using a refreshing presentation style this eBook employs contrasting green letters against black text specifically highlighting Short A sounds within words. This helps learners easily recognize these sounds boosting their comprehension of letter-sound correspondence.

• Tagged alongside the main story are numerous activities designed to provide a comprehensive learning experience beyond just the narratives.
• Included also are over one hundred instances of short 'a' spelling words providing our young learners coverage across varied examples in addition to mechanisms intended to reinforce understanding while challenging tricky words set up an extra layer of difficulty.

The inclusion does not stop at texts; there are reading comprehension exercises meant to assess student’s understanding upon plot details coupled with homograph activities that integrate well regardless if you're teaching as an individual or working with team settings.

Versions: US vs UK/Australian English Covered

No matter where you're located at on the globe - two separate versions catering differently for US English against UK/Australian English exists within this wealth of vocabulary knowledge ensuring your unique needs aren’t overlooked - articulately defining such variants as crawfish/yabbies - coloring/colouring - theater/theatre

Display and Print Options

The resource can be viewed on screen or printed to appeal to your specific mode of delivery – this includes both single-page display and booklet formats for even wider flexibility! In summary, the Phonics eBook Story redefines traditional learning methods by ably combining storytelling with spelling and phonics instruction, creating a more interactive, memorable learning experience.

In This Resource:

- engaging 26 page full colour phonics picture book story

- 113 Short A spelling words, (there is usually just one way to spell the Short A sound in words 'a')

- word lists

- tricky words

- reading comprehension

- homonyms

- grapheme chart

- story on one page

- coloring page

- spelling activity ideas

- cross curricula story based learning activities

Note: 2 versions are included to accommodate differences in US and UK/Australian spelling. The following different spellings occur in the story and accompanying activity pages.

US/UK: crawfish/yabbies, coloring/colouring, theater/theatre