Phonics games are a fun and engaging way to help your students revise and practice words during spelling time. A couple of fun phonics games you can try with your students are spin a word board games and cootie catchers (sometimes called chatterboxes or fortune tellers).
Whether you are teaching your students CVC words, digraphs or alternative spellings for particular sounds, phonics games are a fantastic way to practice and keep kids motivated and excited.
Spin a word phonics games
This board game is super easy to play and requires minimal work to set up. To play the spin a word games you will need:
- A laminated copy of the game board (or you could place the board in a plastic sleeve)
- Paperclip and pencil to make a spinner
- 2 different colored dry erase markers
Each student takes a turn to spin a word, read the word and then write it on the grid. The winner is the first player to get four words in a row in any direction.
You can use these phonics games for:
- Independent practice in class. Rather than students taking turns, they can spin a word and use the grid to practice writing and spelling their words.
- Part of a literacy station. Once students know how to play the game you can use them at a literacy station for partner work.
- Home practice and consolidation. If you have students who need some extra practice at home, copy the appropriate board and they can play the game with their family for consolidation of skills.
100+ spin a word phonics games
Keep spelling fun and easy for you. The Spin A Word Phonics Games Bundle gives you more than 100 different game boards that cover many of the sounds and their different spellings.
Set A covers the following sounds and spellings:
Sound /ae/, Spellings: ay, ea, a-e, ai, ai, eigh, ei
Sound /ee/, Spellings: e, ea, y, ee, ey, ie
Sound /oe/, Spellings: o, oa, ow, o-e, oe
Sound /er/, Spellings: er, ir, or, ur, ear
Sound /e/, Spellings: e, ea, ai
Set B includes the sounds and spellings:
Sound /ow/, Spellings: ou, ow
Sound m/oo/n, Spellings: oo, ew, ue, u-e, o, ui, u
Sound /ie/, Spellings: i, ie, y, i-e, igh
Sound b/oo/k, Spellings: oo, u, oul
Sound /u/, Spellings: u, ou, o, oo
Set C contains the sounds and spellings:
Sound /s/, Spellings: s, ss, st, c, ce, se, sc
Sound /l/, Spellings: l, ll, al, el, il, le, ol
Sound /or/, Spellings: or, aw, a, ar, au, al
Sound /air/, Spellings: air, are, ear, ere, eir, ayer, ayor
Sound /ue/, Spellings: ue, ew, u, u-e
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Cootie catchers for engaging phonics games
Who doesn’t love this classic game? I’ve taken the classic children’s game: cootie catchers and combined them with some practice in reading and spelling words that have a particular phonics focus. My kids have been enjoying using them as a way for us to review words and sounds that we’ve worked on in the past.
You can use cootie catchers in many ways including:
- Independent practice in class
- Small group work
- Part of a literacy station
- Review and remediation
- Home practice and consolidation
3 reasons to love cootie catchers
If you haven’t used cootie catchers in your classroom before and wonder what they’re all about, here are 3 reasons I love them:
- Cootie catchers are great for simple, but fun, review. It feels more like a game than additional practice for kids.
- They are best used in pairs but can be used for individual work as well.
- They don’t require much time. Have 5 minutes between other activities? Need something to occupy fast finishers? Cootie catchers are a great option.
Given the multiple ways to use them and the fun students have, you can never have too many cootie catchers!
100+ phonics cootie catchers
Imagine having cootie catchers that covered CVC words, consonant blends, digraphs and multiple spellings for one sound. The Phonics Cootie Catcher Bundle gives you more than 100 different cootie catchers for use with your K–2 students.
This pack includes 15 different cootie catchers split into five sets of words, where each set introduces new sounds/letters.
Set 1: a, i, m, n, o, p, s, t
Set 2: b, c, g, h
Set 3: d, e, f, v
Set 4: k, l, r, u
Set 5: j, w, x, y, z
Pack 2 – VCC, CVCC, CCVC words
This pack includes 16 different cootie catchers split into two sets of words.
Set 1: VCC and CVCC words
Set 2: VCC and CCVC words
Pack 3 – CVCCC, CCVCC, CCCVC, CCVCCC, CCCVCC words
This pack includes 18 different cootie catchers split into four sets of words.
Set 1: CCVCC words
Set 2: CVCCC and CCCVC words
Set 3: CCVCC and CCVCCC words
Set 4: CCVCC, CVCCC, CCCVC and CCCVCC words
This pack includes 14 different cootie catchers split into eight sets of words, where each one focuses on one digraph.
Set 1: sh
Set 2: ch
Set 3: ck
Set 4: th
Set 5: ng
Set 6: qu
Set 7: wh
Set 8: le
Pack 5 – Set A
This pack includes 26 different cootie catchers in color and black and white for eight different sets of words/sounds. Each set contains words that have the sound focus.
Sound /ae/, Spellings: ay, ea, a-e, ai, a, eigh, ei
Sound /ee/, Spellings: e, ea, y, ee, ey, ie
Sound /oe/, Spellings: o, oa, ow, o-e, oe
Sound /er/, Spellings: er, ir, or, ur, ear
Sound /e/, Spellings: e, ea
Sound /ow/, Spellings: ou, ow
Sound /oo/, Spellings: oo, ew, ue, u-e, ui
Sound /ie/, Spellings: i, ie, y, i-e, igh
Pack 6 – Set B
This pack includes 29 different cootie catchers in color for seven different sets of words/sounds. Each set contains words that have the sound focus.
Sound b/oo/k, Spellings: oo, u, oul
Sound /u/, Spellings: u, o, ou, oo
Sound /s/, Spellings: s, ss, st, c, ce, se, sc
Sound /l/, Spellings: l, ll, al, el, il, le, ol
Sound /or/, Spellings: or, aw, a, ar, au, al
Sound /air/, Spellings: air, are, ear, ere, eir, ayer, ayor
Sound /ue/, Spellings: ue, ew, u, u-e
If you’d like to try these out for free, then click here to pick up a FREE sample.
You save 30% when you buy the bundle instead of individual packs! Grab your Phonics Cootie Catcher Bundle now.
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