Reading Rods Initial Consonants and Word Families
Kit
Imagine
the excitement of making and reading
your first word! Your emergent readers
will experience just that thrill
as they focus on initial consonants
of words and pair a blue consonant
rod with a two- to four-letter word
family on a yellow rod. Grades K
and up.
Target
skills:
Build high-frequency
words students will see in books
Develop word recognition
with picture definitions
Identify initial consonants
(onsets)
Substitute onsets to
build new words
Explore alliteration
or repeated sounds
Sort words by initial
consonant
Sort words
by meaning
Reading
Group Kit includes 5 Individual Student
Kits, 5 Activity Trays, 54-page Teacher’s
Resource Guide, Overhead Materials, FREE
Implementation DVD
