Elkonin boxes (Short vowel CVC words)
NameDate / 10
Say the word. Write one sound in each box.
- 🦆duck
- 🚌bus
- 🦇bat
- 📌pin
- ☕mug
- 🐛bug
- 🔔bell
- 😢sad
- ⛰️hill
- 🔟ten
Elkonin boxes worksheets
Split words into their sounds: draw the sound buttons under each word, or write each sound in a box of its own. Pick the words, then print. New words every time.
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Elkonin boxes, or sound boxes, show how many sounds a word has: one box for each sound, so ship has three, sh, i and p, though it has four letters. Children say the word slowly, touch a box for each sound, then write the sounds in.
Say each word together first, stretching it out. A child who can hear the sounds in a word can spell it, and one who can see them can read it.
Play the phonics games, where Thena says every sound, or print a phonics chart to keep beside the sheet.
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Reading starts with sounds.
In Thena’s lessons every sound is said clearly, and children tap, blend and read with her, at their own level.
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