Beginning Blends Pocket-Sized Phonics Routines Science of Reading Lessons

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Phonics that fits in your pocket! The Beginning Blends Pocket-Sized Phonics Routines were developed to give you a quick, on-the-go solution to your phonics lessons. These quick beginning blends phonics routines can be done completely orally in just minutes each day, or used for longer whole and small groups guided phonics lessons.

Science of Reading Aligned: These lessons align 100% with my Science of Reading Guided Curriculum. There is one pocket-sized routine for each lesson. However, they can be used regardless of your phonics or small group curriculum.

What is included?

• 25 Pocket-Sized phonics routine cards – one for each lesson in the Science of Reading Guided Curriculum Unit 5

How do the Pocket-Sized Phonics Routines work?

Just print on cardstock or laminate, chop, and place on a ring! These lessons can be done 100% orally or with a written component. Instructions for both are included.

What skills do the Pocket-Sized Phonics Routines include? Each set focuses on one main phonics skill, although you will see some smaller skills such as multisyllable words mixed in. Each lesson includes:

• Phonological and/or phonemic awareness
• Skill reviews
• Blending
• Segmenting or decoding
• Encoding

Take a closer look at the routines:

Beginning Blends: Every lesson will introduce one beginning blend with lessons for review mixed in.

Beginning blends phonics lessons include:

• Phonemic awareness – students will practice adding phonemes.
• Sound segmentation– students will segment words into sounds.
• Blending – you will say three sounds. Students will blend them together to say a word.
• Segmenting or decoding – If done orally, you will say a word and students will segment it. If done written, you will write a word and students will decode it.
• Encoding – If done orally, you will say a word and students will skywrite it. If done written, you will say a word and students will write it.

How can I used the Pocket-Sized Phonics Routines?

⭐Whole group or small group phonics lessons: Use these quick phonics routines when you are short on time. These short routines pack a powerful punch and fit in all necessary components of a phonics lesson. You can add in a follow up worksheet or decodable text for practice after if you’d like.

⭐On the go routines: Take these cards on the go! You can easily fit in a short phonics review lesson while waiting in line, waiting for an assemble to start, and more!

⭐Phonics warm-ups: You can use these routines as a phonics warm-up each day.

These pocket-sized routines will be even more powerful when followed up by or used to review after each lesson in the Science of Reading Guided Curriculum!

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Are these cards editable? I’m sorry, most cards are not editable.

Do I need to use these lessons and routines in order? For most you do not. However, please keep in mind that most of the lessons build on each other.

Can I use these lessons and routines even if I don’t use your curriculum? YES! These phonics routines would work well with any curriculum that follows a similar scope and sequence.

Are these routines aligned with the Science of Reading? Yes, these routines were developed with best practices from SOR in mind. The lessons are explicit and the skills build in a systematic way through the scope and sequence.

What phonics scope and sequence will these lessons follow? They will follow the scope and sequence of my Science of Reading Guided Curriculum 100%.