Combining Practice in Vocabulary, Phonics & Spelling Patterns

A wonderful way to review and reinforce vocabulary, phonics, and spelling patterns: r-controlled vowels, digraphs, diphthongs, VCe patterns, and blends.

The Word Bank provides scaffolding for self-correction, ensuring accuracy. This enables students to experience personal success while learning not only vocabulary but spelling as well. The Sound Bank at the bottom of each page provides the phonics and spelling patterns needed to fill in the labels correctly.

I suggest letting students work on these in pairs, as that promotes partner learning. You could also project them on the whiteboard and use them for whole-class lessons.

Materials: The student’s copy of The Illustrated Dictionary of Everyday Things and a pencil.

To reinforce and extend the lesson, develop critical thinking, and build oral and written language skills, you could have students create their own simple definition for the labels—for example, “Bark is the outside covering of a tree.” You could also have students write a story using at least five labels.