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
