Description
Build phonics and reading confidence with these engaging Build a Word Phonics Mats! Designed for Kindergarten and 1st Grade, these hands-on mats help students practice blending, encoding, and reading word family words, with picture support and 3 differentiated print formats for every mats.
The 115 mats span a full phonics progression, from CVC words, Digraphs and Blends through to Vowel teams, R-Controlled Vowels, diphthongs and glued sounds.
What’s Included
CVC Word Family Mats (26 mats)
- Short a: ab, ad, ag, am, an, ap, at
- Short e: ed, eg, en, et
- Short i: id, ig, in, ip, it
- Short o: ob, od, og, op, ot
- Short u: ub, ug, um, un, ut
CVCe (Silent E) Word Family Mats (23 mats)
- Long a: ace, ade, age, ake, ale, ane, ape, ate, ave, aze
- Long i: ice, ide, ike, ile, ime, ine, ite, ive
- Long o: ole, one, ope, ose
- Long u: ute
Blends & Digraphs Word Family Mats (28 mats)
- Final blends: amp, and, ang, ank, ant, end, ask, est, ost, ift, old, ing, ong, ink, unk, unch, ark, alk
- Digraphs: ack, eck, ick, ock, uck, ash, oth
Vowel Team Word Family Mats (22 mats)
- ai, ay, ea, ee, ie, igh, oa, oe, ow, ue, ui, ew
R-Controlled Vowel Word Family Mats (5 mats)
- ar, art, irt, orn, urn
Diphthong Word Family Mats (8 mats)
- aw, oi, oo, ou, ow, oy
Glued Sound Word Family Mats (3 mats)
- all, ell, ill
3 print formats for every one of the 115 mats:
- Color letter mats
- Outlined letter mats
- Blanks mats
A picture clue for every word on every mat
Why Teachers Love This Resource
- Comprehensive Phonics scope and sequence
- Built-in differentiation: 3 print formats let you offer word building support for one student and independent spelling for another, using the exact same word families
- Decoding and encoding in one activity: students read and spell as they build the words
How to Use This Resource
These phonics mats are ideal for:
- Phonics centers
- Small groups
- Intervention
- Independent practice
- Morning bins
- Early finishers
- Sub plans
Skills Covered
This resource supports students as they practice:
- Decoding words with picture support
- Encoding, building words sound by sound
- Blending and segmenting
- Word reading fluency
If you are teaching phonics and want one resource that grows with your students from CVC words through diphthongs and glued sounds, this Build a Word Phonics Mats set makes it easy to give every student picture-supported, hands-on practice building and reading words at exactly the level they need.
