Are you looking for a hands-on way for students to practise blending and decoding long vowel words? In this Blend & Circle activity, students sound out and blend the letters in each long vowel a word, then circle the picture that matches.
What's included:
7 coloured mats, each with 7 long vowel a words to blend and colour
4 mats with 3-sound words
3 mats with 4-sound words
Answer keys included for easy checking
Looking for an interactive tool to go with it? Try The Hive’s Word Builder for more live blending practice - drag graphemes into place, mark heart words, and model the same blend-and-build process on screen during your phonics lessons. Try it out for free here.