Do you need to increase your students’ ability to isolate and substitute initial sounds? This resource provides a hands-on way for students to work on phoneme substitution with beginning sounds.

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In this product, students practice isolating and substituting the beginning phoneme in a CVC word in two ways: Word Ladders and Printables. With the Word Ladders, students take on a more hands-on approach to complete 2 step or 4 step ladders by changing beginning sounds. Pictures are clues are given for each step. With Printables, students can work on 2 step or a word chain as they change the beginning sounds.

 

Why you will love this product?

→ Students get to hands-on and writing practice in changing beginning sounds

→ Easy to differentiate for all your students

→ Easy to implement into your established word work, morning work or guided reading routines

→ Just print and go- so time saving for you

 

In this unit you will find:

→ 83 different word ladders:

50 are 2 Step Word Ladders

33 are 4 Step or Word Chain Ladders

(Organized by short vowel and some ladders are a mix of short vowels)

→ 32 printables

→ Answer keys for all the ladders and printables

→ Student directions if use as word work or literacy center

 

See preview for a sneak peek!

 

You might also be interested in these phoneme substitution activities:

• Phoneme Substitution Activities | Change A Medial Sound

• Phoneme Substitution Activities | Change A Ending Sound