
Reading Rods® Word Building Classroom Kit
Explore word-building at many different levels with the wide array of Reading Rods® in this kit. Students start out building simple words with consonants and vowels, and advance into incorporating silent "e", blends, digraphs, and advanced vowel combinations. Grades 1 and up. Kit contains: - 24 double-sided activity cards - 48-page Instruction and Activity Book with over 100 full-color demonstration cards - 4 activity trays - 109 rods in a storage tub - Rods include: vowels, consonants, blends and digraphs, advanced vowels, and silent "e" Skills taught: - Building CVC words using silent "e" - Recognizing spelling patterns - Learning consonant blend and digraph sounds and usage - Comprehending vowel digraphs, diphthongs, and r-controlled vowels