Hi there! My Kinders are working on blending letter sounds together in order to sound out CVC words. So I thought it would be a great time to break out my good friend, Stretchy the Word Snake!
(If you are unfamiliar with him, you can read about Stretchy the Word Snake in an older post HERE. But basically you print these cards on card stock, cut them out, then slip them into those sliding pencil cases. The students pull out the pencil case drawer to reveal the word only at first, read the word, then pull the drawer out more to reveal the picture and check to see if they read the word correctly.)
Anyway, when I pulled this activity out of the cabinet, I realized it needed some updating. I added dots (black for consonants and red for vowels) and arrows. I will teach my students to point to the dots as they say the letter sounds, then drag their finger across the arrow (from left to right, of course) as they blend the sounds together to read the word.
I updated short "o" and short "u" at this point. You can find them for FREE at my Teachers Pay Teachers store. Enjoy!
Click HERE for short "o."
Click HERE for short "u."
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