Word Chains Phonics Practice Word Ladders

Description

These NO PREP word chain lists and activities will help kindergarten, first and second grade students master phonics skills and become better encoders. Word chains (or word ladders) are a way to infuse phonemic awareness and phonics. It allows students to understand if they can spell one word, they can use part of it to spell new words.

Word chains can be done whole group, small group, 1:1, and even as literacy centers, Typically, I use letter cards and have one student change the cards while the rest are writing on whiteboards.

Word chains promote orthographic mapping. Students must pay attention to every phoneme, and hear the change, to make the new word.

This resource includes:

Word lists for:

• closed syllable short a words
• closed syllable short e words
• closed syllable short i words
• closed syllable short o words
• closed syllable short u words
• closed syllable mixed short vowels
• closed syllable digraph words {ch, ck, sh, th, wh}
• closed syllable FLoSS Team words
• Initial consonant blends
• Final consonant blends
• VCE silent e words
• R-controlled vowels
• Diphthongs {ai/ay, au/aw, oi/oy, ou/ow}
• ee/ea words

Word Chains for:

• 2 word chain activities for short /a/
• word chain for short /e/
• 2 word chain activities for short /i/
• 2 word chain activities for short /o/
• word chain for short /u/
• 2 word chain activities for mixed short vowels
• 2 word chain activities for digraphs
• 2 word chain activities for consonant blends
• 2 word chain activities for VCE words/silent e
• 2 word chain activities for r-controlled vowels
• word chain for diphthongs