B-08a Basic Phonics & Spelling Puzzles

Author: Elaine Kirn-Rubin    

Suitable for: K-8, Secondary, Young Adult, Adult

What They Are: 34 paper-and-pencil (or onscreen) letter and word puzzles of many types+16 pp of answer keys that focus on basic phonics patterns rather than "just answers," with pedagogical explanations before them + solutions after.  

get learners to practice the names and order of the 26 alphabet letters with activities called "Letter Lines," "Letter Shapes," "Letter Spaces," "Letter Finds & Counts," "Letter Words," "Letter Cards," and "Letter Formation," starting them out right away learning by doing  

                                             

introduce the concept of sounds spelled by letters with elemental info + charts of Initial & Final Consonants & Blends + Simple ("Short") & Complex ("Long")Vowel Sounds & Spellings    

                                          

"teach" very basic Sound-Letter Correlations through Letter & Word Play of 12 Puzzle Types:                                                                                       

•   Word Find     •  Criss-Cross    •  Linked Words    •  Letter Choices    •  Word Maze    •  Switched Letters   •  So What's Different?    •  Meaning Categories     • Letter Connect   •  Letter Jumble   •  Letter Blocks    •  Rebus Crossword         

     

involve learners in choosing, connecting, sequencing, and correcting letters in pleasing visual contexts--all with illustrated, everyday, one-syllable vocabulary words; have them compare their answers with those in reduced-sized Solutions