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Reading · Ages 5–6 · 10 minutes

CVC Onset-and-Rime Slide

Children combine beginning consonants with stable word endings to read several related CVC words efficiently.

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CVC Onset-and-Rime Slide

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Today I am practising: blending an onset with a familiar rime

1

Slide c into -at. Write and read cat.

2

Slide h into -at. Write and read hat.

3

Slide p into -ig. Write and read pig.

4

Slide w into -ig. Read wig and draw it.

5

Use -op with m, h, and t. Write the three words.

6

Choose one rime and add a different onset to make a new real word.

Grown-up note: Ask your learner to explain one answer in their own words.

For the grown-up

How to teach this page

  1. Step 1Point to the onset, pause, then sweep into the rime.
  2. Step 2Keep the ending chunk continuous rather than spelling every letter repeatedly.
  3. Step 3Ask the child which words share the same ending sound.