Looking for a quick, fun activity for your second graders? This free crossword puzzle with ‘oo’ and ‘ew’ words is perfect for independent work, centers, or even homework. No prep needed! It’s a great way for kids to practice vocabulary while building their reading skills, and it’s aligned with Common Core and the Science of Reading. Easy, engaging, and ready to go! What’s included in this product? Scripted Directions 1 Crossword Puzzle 1 Word List 1 Answer Key A Note from the Author: During my 38-year teaching career, finding meaningful activities to keep my students independently engaged while I was instructing small groups was always a challenge. I hope my crossword puzzles will help you fill that time with an activity that helps your students expand their vocabularies and use their thinking skills! How can this puzzle be used? Center Activity Small Group Guided Reading Remedial Interventions Homeschooling Home Practice Don’t miss out on this fun activity that’ll get your students excited to learn! Grab your Super Advanced Phonics FREE CROSSWORD PUZZLE today and watch them boost their reading skills with a smile! Common Core State Standards: CCSSRF.2.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. CCSSRF.2.3b Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams. Terms of Use: All products are for single buyer use only. Please direct your friends and colleagues back to my store to download or purchase their own copies. Questions? Email me at: pplumer@waltzingblossomliteracy.com Thanks for stopping by, Paula Plumer Waltzing Blossom Literacy

Looking for an effective way to help your students read words with diphthongs? Our free phonics lesson for the diphthong ou is the perfect solution! Taken from Super Advanced Phonics Level A Unit 4, this lesson has been expertly crafted by an experienced educator and is designed specifically for learners who are being introduced to diphthongs. Through a series of engaging activities and worksheets, your students will quickly grasp the sound for the diphthong ou, building the foundation for confident and fluent reading. And the best part? This lesson is completely free and easily accessible online, so you can start your students’ learning journey right away with no cost to you. There’s no better way to give your students the gift of literacy and help them achieve their full potential. Don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity to set your students up for success in reading and beyond. Download this free phonics lesson today and watch your students’ confidence soar! Common Core State Standards: CCSSRF.2.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. CCSSRF.2.3b Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams. Terms of Use: All products are for single buyer use only. Please direct your friends and colleagues back to my store to download or purchase their own copies. Questions? Email me at: pplumer@waltzingblossomliteracy.com Thanks for stopping by! Paula Plumer Waltzing Blossom Literacy

Looking for an effective way to help your students read words with diphthongs? Our free phonics lesson for the diphthong au is the perfect solution! Taken from Super Advanced Phonics Level A Unit 3, this lesson has been expertly crafted by an experienced educator and is designed specifically for learners who are being introduced to diphthongs. Through a series of engaging activities and worksheets, your students will quickly grasp the sound for the diphthong au, building the foundation for confident and fluent reading. And the best part? This lesson is completely free and easily accessible online, so you can start your students’ learning journey right away with no cost to you. There’s no better way to give your students the gift of literacy and help them achieve their full potential. Don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity to set your students up for success in reading and beyond. Download this free phonics lesson today and watch your students’ confidence soar! Common Core State Standards: CCSSRF.2.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. CCSSRF.2.3b Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams. Terms of Use: All products are for single buyer use only. Please direct your friends and colleagues back to my store to download or purchase their own copies. Questions? Email me at: pplumer@waltzingblossomliteracy.com Thanks for stopping by! Paula Plumer

Are you a first grade, second grade, or intervention teacher looking for a simple and effective way to check if your students have mastered the letter-sound correspondences in the Common Core State Standards for foundational skills? If so, the Super Advanced Phonics FREE SOUNDS TEST is just what you’re looking for. This resource assesses students’ knowledge of the grapheme-phoneme correspondences for single consonants, consonant digraphs, consonant blends, short vowels, long vowels, vowel teams, and r-controlled vowels! How can this resource be used? As a screening assessment to determine if Super Advanced Phonics is a good fit for your students As a post-test for first graders or students finishing Foundational Phonics As a pretest for second graders to assess their mastery of the first grade CCSS for foundational skills in reading As a quick assessment to learn more about students who may need additional support Super Advanced Phonics is a reading curriculum written by a veteran reading teacher and former district curriculum writer to cover the 2nd and 3rd grade Common Core State Standards in foundational skills. This test is designed to help teachers quickly determine any missing skills before beginning instruction and can be used to supplement most phonics programs. Best of all, it’s completely free. Download your copy of the Super Advanced Phonics FREE SOUNDS TEST today and see the difference this assessment can make in your classroom! Common Core State Standards: CCSSRF.K.3a Demonstrate basic knowledge of one-to-one letter-sound correspondences by producing the primary sound or many of the most frequent sounds for each consonant. CCSSRF.K.3b Associate the long and short sounds with common spellings (graphemes) for the five major vowels. CCSSRF.1.3a Know the spelling-sound correspondences for common consonant digraphs. CCSSRF.1.3c Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds. CCSSRF.2.3b Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams. Terms of Use: All products are for single buyer use only. Please direct your friends and colleagues back to my store to download or purchase their own copies. If you have any questions or concerns, please email me directly at: pplumer@waltzingblossomliteracy.com Thanks for stopping by! Paula Plumer

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Looking for an effective way to help your students read words with diphthongs? Our free phonics lesson for the diphthong oi is the perfect solution! Taken from Super Advanced Phonics Level A Unit 2, this lesson has been expertly crafted by an experienced educator and is designed specifically for learners who are being introduced to diphthongs. Through a series of engaging exercises and activities, your students will quickly grasp the sound for the diphthong oi, building the foundation for confident and fluent reading. And the best part? This lesson is completely free and easily accessible online, so you can start your students’ learning journey right away with no cost to you. There’s no better way to give your students the gift of literacy and help them achieve their full potential. Don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity to set your students up for success in reading and beyond. Download this free phonics lesson today and watch your students’ confidence soar! Common Core State Standards: CCSSRF.2.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. CCSSRF.2.3b Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams. Terms of Use: All products are for single buyer use only. Please direct your friends and colleagues back to my store to download or purchase their own copies. Questions? Email me at: pplumer@waltzingblossomliteracy.com Thanks for stopping by! Paula Plumer

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Looking for an effective way to help your students read words with diphthongs? Our free phonics lesson for the diphthong oo is the perfect solution! Taken from Super Advanced Phonics Level A Unit 1, this lesson has been expertly crafted by an experienced educator and is designed specifically for learners who are being introduced to diphthongs. Through a series of engaging exercises and activities, your students will quickly grasp the long sound for the diphthong oo, building the foundation for confident and fluent reading. And the best part? This lesson is completely free and easily accessible online, so you can start your students’ learning journey right away with no cost to you. There’s no better way to give your students the gift of literacy and help them achieve their full potential. Don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity to set your students up for success in reading and beyond. Download this free phonics lesson today and watch your students’ confidence soar! Common Core State Standards: CCSSRF.2.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. CCSSRF.2.3b Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams. Terms of Use: All products are for single buyer use only. Please direct your friends and colleagues back to my store to download or purchase their own copies. Questions? Email me at: pplumer@waltzingblossomliteracy.com Thanks for stopping by! Paula Plumer

Are you teaching beginning readers and wondering where to start? Let the Foundational Phonics Scope & Sequence be your roadmap. From simple CVC words to more complex multisyllabic words, your students will have a clear pathway to success. Not only will this resource save you time and effort in planning, but it will also help ensure that you are covering all the Common Core State Standards in 1st grade for Foundational Skills. What sets this free scope & sequence apart from the rest is its carefully designed lesson progression created by a reading teacher with 38 years of experience. Each lesson is strategically placed to create a structured and systematic flow of learning, allowing your students to build upon their knowledge and skills with ease. With a focus on phonics, this comprehensive scope & sequence covers everything from CVC words to consonant digraphs, consonant blends, silent e, vowel teams, 3-letter blends, r-controlled vowels, and even early multisyllabic words. How can the FREE Foundational Phonics Scope & Sequence be used? Explore the Foundational Phonics curriculum before purchasing it. Use the links in this product to download and try some of the free resources! Ensure you are covering the 1st grade CCSS Reading Standards for Foundational Skills by using it as a checklist. Identify phonics lessons you can add to your current curriculum program to fill any gaps and enhance students’ learning. Follow the comprehensive lesson sequence to create your own phonics curriculum incorporating the free resources linked within this resource. Whether you’re a general education teacher, a remedial specialist, or a homeschool educator, this resource outlines all the essential beginning phonics skills your students need to start their reading journey. So why wait? Watch as your students become confident readers, equipped with the essential phonics skills they need to succeed. Download your free copy of the Foundational Phonics Scope & Sequence now! File Type: PDF - 16 pages Terms of Use: All products are for single buyer use only. Please direct your friends and colleagues back to my store to download or purchase their own copies. Questions? Email me at: pplumer@waltzingblossomliteracy.com Thanks for stopping by! Paula Plumer

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Introducing our incredible Free Phonics Flash Cards 9! This power-packed set is designed to supercharge your students’ reading skills and phonics knowledge. With a focus on 1st grade level skills, these flash cards are the perfect tool to help your students master essential phonics sounds. They cover a range of sounds including all, igh, ey and ie, as well as the suffixes y, and ly, ensuring a comprehensive learning experience. But that’s not all - these flash cards also include high frequency words that are crucial for reading fluency. Your students will become familiar with words like picture, does, goes, year, again, and move, giving them a solid foundation in sight word recognition. And the best part? These flash cards are absolutely free! You can even print them out from the comfort of your own home, making learning accessible and convenient. So don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity to supercharge your students’ reading skills. Get your hands on our Free Phonics Flash Cards 9 today and watch your students soar to new heights in reading and phonics mastery! Common Core State Standards: CCSSRF.1.3c Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds. CCSSRF.1.3g Recognize and read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words. File Type: PDF – 4 pages Terms of Use: All products are for single buyer use only. Please direct your friends and colleagues back to my store to download or purchase their own copies. Questions? Email me at: pplumer@waltzingblossomliteracy.com Thanks for stopping by! Paula Plumer

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Supercharge Phonics Skills with Free Phonics Flash Cards 7 - -ng, -nk, -old, and -ild! Are you on the lookout for a cost-effective and top-notch resource to elevate your students’ phonics proficiency? Look no further! Discover the power of Free Phonics Flash Cards 7 from Foundational Phonics—an invaluable tool designed to help your students master phoneme/grapheme correspondences and high-frequency words. What Makes Free Phonics Flash Cards 7 Exceptional? Comprehensive Coverage: Our flashcards cover essential sound cards (-ing, -ang, -ong, -ung, -ink, -ank, -onk, -unk, -old, and -ild) and six high-frequency word cards (water, people, down, been, now, and any). Prepare your students for phonics success with these comprehensive resources. Common Core Aligned: Rest assured that these flashcards are crafted to align with the Common Core State Standards, ensuring they meet the highest educational standards. Cost-Free: Yes, you read that right! These flash cards are free to download, providing a budget-friendly solution without compromising on quality. But that’s not all! We offer even more value with our Free Phonics Lesson: Master the -ng Consonant Digraph Sound. It’s a sneak peek into the high-quality resources that Foundational Phonics is renowned for. Educators everywhere are singing praises about the efficacy of these resources. Just listen to what one teacher had to say: “THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for your resources. I believe they are so valuable. Our students are going to really benefit thanks to you!” Don’t miss out on this golden opportunity to enhance your students’ reading potential. Download Free Phonics Flash Cards 7 today and watch as your students soar towards becoming successful readers! Join the growing community of educators benefiting from Foundational Phonics resources. Witness the transformative impact these flashcards have on your students’ phonics journey. Act now and give your students the boost they need to unlock a world of reading possibilities. Embrace the power of Free Phonics Flash Cards 7 and set your students on the path to phonics greatness! Common Core State Standards: CCSSRF.1.3a Know the spelling-sound correspondences for common consonant digraphs. CCSSRF.1.3g Recognize and read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words. File Type: PDF – 5 pages Terms of Use: All products are for single buyer use only. Please direct your friends and colleagues back to my store to download or purchase their own copies. Questions? Email me at: pplumer@waltzingblossomliteracy.com Thanks for stopping by! Paula Plumer

Looking for a fun and educational way to reinforce decodable words, sight words, and other foundational phonics skills with your early readers? Look no further than this free printable board game! With its 48 CVC word cards, this board game is perfect for young learners who are just beginning to explore the world of reading. The game board itself is easy to set up and play, with simple rules that will have your students engaged and having fun in no time. But don’t let the simplicity of the game fool you - this board game is a powerful tool for improving reading skills and reinforcing key concepts. Teachers have already praised the effectiveness of this game in their classrooms, with one reviewer saying, “I love all the games you have created. The kids love playing them and it’s so helpful.” And with related products like the Foundational Phonics Level 1 Unit, and other literacy games like “Go Fish” Digraphs and Trigraphs and “I Have, Who Has?” Consonant Blends, you’ll have everything you need to support your students’ literacy development. So why wait? Download this free CVC Words Board Game today and start seeing the results in your students’ reading skills! And don’t forget to check out our 20 on 20 sale, where you can save 20% on every product in our store on the 20th of every month. This game taken from the Foundational Phonics curriculum which is written to cover the learning targets from the Common Core State Standards for kindergarten through second grades, including those in phonological awareness, sound and letter correspondences, encoding, decoding, concepts of print, fluency, and comprehension. The curriculum also aligns with the current recommendations supported by the Science of Reading research. Try a free lesson by downloading Free Phonics Lesson | Short a. Common Core State Standards: CCSSRF.K.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. File Type: pdf - 10 pages Terms of Use: All products are for single buyer use only. Please direct your friends and colleagues back to my store to download or purchase their own copies. Questions? Email me at: pplumer@waltzingblossomliteracy.com Thanks so much, Paula Plumer

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Are you looking for a fun and effective way to teach your students the Vowel Team ee sound? Look no further! Our free phonics lesson, extracted from Foundational Phonics Unit 5, is here to help your young learners master this important long vowel digraph sound. Crafted by an experienced educator, this lesson is specifically designed to engage and captivate young minds, laying a strong foundation for confident and fluent reading. This download includes a meticulously scripted lesson plan, two interactive worksheets, and five visually appealing printable mini posters. Each component has been thoughtfully created to make learning enjoyable and effective as well as to align with the Science of Reading best practices. The best part? This phonics lesson is free and easily accessible online. By taking advantage of this opportunity, you’re giving your students the gift of literacy and setting them up for success in reading and beyond. Download our free phonics lesson today and witness the magic of learning unfold before your eyes. Watch as your students’ confidence soars, their reading skills flourish, and their love for learning grows. Start their educational adventure now! What Educators Are Saying: “I have been using these materials since the first day of school and I can definitely feel and see the improvement in my first graders. Not only do they feel empowered as readers, but I also feel like I am doing a better job at teaching the foundations of reading.” -Maria V. Common Core State Standards: CCSSRF.1.2 Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes). CCSSRF.1.3b Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words. CCSSRF.1.3c Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds. File Type: pdf - 13 pages Terms of Use: All products are for single buyer use only. Please direct your friends and colleagues back to my store to download or purchase their own copies. Questions? Email me at: pplumer@waltzingblossomliteracy.com Thanks so much, Paula Plumer

Introducing the Free Phonics Flash Cards 1 - a comprehensive set of alphabet sound cards designed to help children learn the fundamental building blocks of reading and writing. This set includes letter/sound cards, early word cards, and sight word cards from the Level 1 Unit of the Foundational Phonics curriculum. It’s perfect for educators looking to teach phoneme/grapheme correspondences and beginning high frequency words to their students. But don’t just take our word for it! Here’s what one of our satisfied educators had to say: “THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for your resources. I believe they are so valuable. Our students are going to really benefit thanks to you!” - Casey K. The Foundational Phonics curriculum was originally developed to cover learning targets from the Common Core Standards with general education first grade students. It focuses on phonemic awareness, sound and letter correspondences, encoding, decoding, concepts of print, fluency, and comprehension. And, it aligns with the current recommendations supported by the Science of Reading research. These flash cards can be used in a variety of settings, including whole group instruction, small group lessons, one-on-one tutoring, remedial interventions, and even as part of a homeschool curriculum. Ready to see for yourself how effective these flash cards can be? Try a free lesson by downloading the** Free Phonics Lesson | Short A**. Start your child on the path to reading and writing success with Free Phonics Flash Cards 1. Common Core State Standards: CCSSRF.K.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. CCSSRF.K.3b Associate the long and short sounds with common spellings (graphemes) for the five major vowels. CCSSRF.K.3c Read common high-frequency words by sight (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does). File Type: pdf - 9 pages Terms of Use: All products are for single buyer use only. Please direct your friends and colleagues back to my store to download or purchase their own copies. Questions? Email me at: pplumer@waltzingblossomliteracy.com Thanks so much, Paula Plumer

Looking for a cost-effective and high-quality resource to boost your students’ phonics skills? Look no further than Free Phonics Flash Cards 6 - Long O and U Vowel Teams from Foundational Phonics! These flashcards are designed to help students master phoneme/grapheme correspondences and high frequency words, with six vowel team cards and six high frequency word cards included. Not only are these flash cards based on the Common Core State Standards, but they’re also free to download! And with the Free Phonics Lesson: Master the Vowel Team oa Sound as well, you can get a taste of the high-quality resources that Foundational Phonics provides. Teachers everywhere are raving about the effectiveness of these resources, with one saying, “THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for your resources. I believe they are so valuable. Our students are going to really benefit thanks to you!” So why wait? Download Free Phonics Flash Cards 6 - Long O and U Vowel Teams today and give your students the boost they need to become successful readers! Common Core State Standards: CCSSRF.1.3c Know final -e and common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds. CCSSRF.1.3g Recognize and read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words. File Type: pdf - 4 pages Terms of Use: All products are for single buyer use only. Please direct your friends and colleagues back to my store to download or purchase their own copies. Questions? Email me at: pplumer@waltzingblossomliteracy.com Thanks for stopping by, Paula Plumer