I recently presented a workshop on spelling strategies to some 1st and 2nd grade teachers in Dallas and Kansas City. Part of the discussion focused on the importance of using onset and rimes in our word study instruction. A few teachers asked for a copy of my word family cards, so I decided they might …
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Phonics
Onsets and Rimes / Phonograms / Word Families
Follow the link at the bottom of this post for some FREE downloadable word family cards that you can use to help your primary students learn some basic phonics patterns. First, a quick review: What are onsets and rimes? An onset is the consonant(s) before the vowel(s) in a syllable:/m/ in mind /str/ in streetNot all …
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