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Blend Sounds with CVC Dot Pages

By thisreadingmama 7 Comments

Have you ever sat and listened to a young reader try and blend sounds in words? It might sound a little like “h-o-t, cat?” Often, we just need to strengthen their ability to listen and play with sounds in words {phonemic awareness} without the printed letters to stumble them up.

Other times, they just need a little focused practice to understand how it works. That’s exactly what these free CVC dot pages are for. They are perfect for young readers learning how to blend sounds in simple words!

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Blend Sounds with CVC Dot Pages

While working through Learn to Read with my Kindergartner, I realized after the first unit that she needed a little extra help on blending sounds. And while there are activities that address this in Learn to Read, it isn’t the only focus. So, I created these simple CVC dot pages to help her blend sounds. They were an immediate success with her!

 

Blending Sounds Pack tpt - Sounding Out CVC Words

I have also created Blending Sounds Pack to help learners blend CVC words at my shop or my Teachers Pay Teachers Store.

Today, I’m sharing 5 of my CVC Dot Pages for FREE with you! In this free pack are one dot page for each short vowel sound. They are SO simple to implement!

 

sounding out CVC words with dot pages

She used Dot Paint to to dab each letter, while making the sound of that letter out loud.

 

find the picture after blending sounds in the word

She blended the 3 sounds together to form a word and then found and dabbed the picture that matched the word.

 

use transparent counters to blend sounds

Don’t have dot paint? Learners can use transparent counters

 

use Power Magnets to blend sounds

or Power Magnets {these are so fun!}

 

coloring in CVC dot page for blending sounds

or just color in each letter and picture.

 

More Fun Ways to Blend Sounds

All learners are different. The six activities in my Blending Sounds Pack are all different to hopefully hit the learning style of your child/students. We want that light bulb to come on! Here are few more fantastic ideas for helping kids sound out those words.

 

sounding out words with playdough snake and letter tiles

Sometimes it’s difficult for learners to sound out words because the letters are so close together in a text. Make a quick list of the words you want your learner to sound through.

Roll out a playdough snake and arrange the letter tiles on the snake spaced apart. The learner says the sounds in a separated way at first (r–u–g) and moves them closer together each time until the word has been blended (rug).

 

 

5 Tips for Helping Kids Sound Out Words

Helping Kids Sound Out Words – lots of ideas shared here

 

word slider cards image 1

The Measured Mom’s Word Slider Cards

 

1-2-3 Spell It and Flip It for Short Vowels

1-2-3 Flip It CVC Game

 

Get Kids Moving When Sounding Out CVC Words!

Love this multi sensory approach from Heidi’s Song!

 

 

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Enjoy!

~Becky

 

 

 

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Comments

  1. dclownfish03 says

    June 7, 2016 at 12:57 pm

    These are wonderful! Thank you for sharing them. My 4 year old is doing so well with reading that her regular practice sheets are getting boring (we’re moving along, but the same old stuff…). I printed these sheets and gave her one as a reward for doing her reading lesson and she LOVES them.

    Reply
  2. Shelly Cole says

    April 4, 2017 at 12:12 pm

    Hello! I went to print out your free dot printables and they are not printing correctly. The pictures print fine, but only part of the words are printing. It is like they are cut off at the top. I thought at first it was my printer running out of Ink but when I printed something else it printed fine. Just wanted to let you know.

    Reply
    • thisreadingmama says

      April 25, 2017 at 9:08 pm

      Very strange. They have printed just fine for me and I haven’t had anyone else with that problem. I’m not sure what to tell you, except that maybe it’s a printer setting??

      Reply
  3. Ms. A says

    July 5, 2017 at 8:51 am

    I love your worksheets they are all very helpful. Thank you for sharing

    Reply
    • thisreadingmama says

      July 6, 2017 at 8:45 pm

      You’re welcome! 🙂

      Reply
  4. Afreen says

    December 17, 2017 at 7:39 pm

    Are there more dab pages if purchased?

    Reply
    • thisreadingmama says

      December 17, 2017 at 9:51 pm

      Yes. There are 2 for each vowel plus mixed review pages. You may also like just our Dab It! & Find It! Pack -> https://thisreadingmama.com/product/dab-find-cvc-blends-digraphs/

      Reply

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Hi! I’m Becky, a homeschooling mama with 4 blessings who keep me on my toes {and knees}. Before homeschooling, I was a classroom teacher (M.Ed.) and reading tutor. Read more about me here.

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