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NO PREP Hard and Soft C and G Pages

By thisreadingmama 3 Comments

Today, I’m sharing four free sample pages from my NO PREP Hard and Soft C and G Pack.

*You can find the free download towards the end of this post. Look for the teal, oval button and click on it.

NO PREP Hard and Soft C and G Pages - This Reading Mama

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Hard and Soft C and G Letter Sounds

Some letter sounds are trickier than others. C and G are two of them because they more than one sound. The two typical sounds of C and G are their hard and soft sounds: Cc- /k/ and /s/ and Gg- /g/ and /j/. But, how are readers and spellers supposed to know when to use which sound?

While I’m not a big fan of learning rule after rule for phonics {because most rules are broken}, there is a pattern that governs that seems to govern which sound the C and G makes. I created a little chant for it, which is included in my C & G pack:

Soft C and G Chant - This Reading Mama

Basically, when e, i, or y follows a c or g, they make their soft sounds. While there are some exceptions like girl, get, & cello, this “rule” is mostly followed in the English language.

 

NO PREP Hard and Soft C and G Pages

To help learners with this concept, I’m sharing 4 free, NO PREP pages for Hard and Soft C & G. You can read about each one below.

If you want more hard and soft c/g activities, I encourage you to grab my NO Prep pack, which has TWO levels of learning: 1- initial hard & soft c/g activities and 2- middle/final hard & soft c/g activities.

 

Hard and Soft C and G Pack - 2 Levels of NO PREP Activities - This Reading Mama

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Hard C and Soft C Picture Sort - free - This Reading Mama

Included in the freebies are two picture sorting pages for hard and soft c and g. Learners simply cut the pictures out {which have the words for added support}, sort them, and glue them down. Then, learners are asked to tell what they notice about words that have a hard c or soft c, an important step you don’t want to skip!

 

free Soft C and G Word Sort with word bank

I’m sharing one of my six word sorts from the pack. My favorite thing about the word sorts are the “oddball” words mixed into the word bank. This requires learners to do a little more thinking about word patterns instead of just copying words in columns.

 

playing A Row of 4 for hard and soft c-g

A Row of 4 is a simple game to reinforce reading those hard and soft c/g words. It’s played with a partner, which each partner using a different color counter or dot paint marker.

 

A Row of 4 Winner for Hard and Soft C-G Game

It’s played in a similar fashion as Connect 4, with the winner getting four in a row. The Measured Mom has several of these games for different phonics skills.

 

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Enjoy teaching!
~Becky

 

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Comments

  1. Joy says

    May 4, 2016 at 11:57 am

    These are great reading resources. I love the creative thinking in approaching the subjects. Thank you!

    Reply
    • thisreadingmama says

      May 8, 2016 at 5:42 am

      You are very welcome.

      Reply
  2. sjoffeySharon says

    August 7, 2016 at 9:11 pm

    Looks great.

    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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