Learning to read can be an exciting time for kindergarten and first grade students. To see their beaming smile as they reach the end of a sentence or page can be pretty exciting for their parent or teacher too. However, for some children, the experience is one of overwhelming frustration. Let’s talk about how CVC words with pictures can help support your students.
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Isolating Sounds in Words
Identifying and isolating individual sounds can sometimes be difficult for beginning readers. It requires the student to realize the difference between beginning, medial, and ending sounds. They must also understand that words are created by blending these sounds together.
Support for English Language Learners
Readers struggle for many reasons.
It may be a language barrier.
Pictures can help second language learners focus on the skill of hearing that isolated sound rather than being intimidated by not knowing the specific word.
Learning can often be improved for dyslexic and autistic students with the aid of pictures. These students tend to be more visual learners and pictures often encourage participation.
You may also find that students who lack confidence find pictures more fun and make skill practice more appealing.
Utilizing CVC Words with Pictures
CVC words with pictures are an appropriate visual strategy for your entire class and a perfect way to engage students in both segmenting and blending to become successful readers. These cards give students an opportunity to practice identifying initial, medial, and final sounds in isolation.
For those ready for a greater challenge, word building cards are included.
These cards are perfect for guided groups as well as independent centers. Students can use magnetic letters, letter tiles, or the cards can be laminated and used with dry erase markers. These activities can help students improve their decoding and fluency skills.
Helping your students identify sounds within words is an important developmental step in language and overall literacy.
Resource Ranch
Rhonda is the author of Resource Ranch. Most of her classroom experience has been in early elementary. She has also taught Title I Reading, ESL, and gifted students. She is certified as a Texas teacher in grades 1-8 and as a K-12 librarian.
