Reading Rods® Word Families Kit
Emergent readers put consonants and high-frequency word endings together to build simple words, with this phonics "staple." Reading Rods® make beginning reading an enjoyable hands-on activity! Kit contains: - 24 double-sided activity cards - 48-page Instruction and Activity Book with over 100 full-color demonstration cards - 4 activity trays - 90 rods in a storage tub. - Rods include: consonants; beginning blends; and 2, 3, and 4-letter word families Skills taught: - Recognizing short and long vowel word patterns - Learning initial consonant sounds and initial consonant blends - Grouping words with similar vowel sounds - Establishing spelling patterns
