Split Digraph (“Magic e”) Word Cards (with Magic Wand Prompt) – Colored Background

Split Digraph (“Magic e”) Word Cards (with Magic Wand Prompt) – Colored Background

These split digraph word cards (“Magic e”/“Bossy e”) are great for practising decoding split digraph words through hands on activities and games.

Features:

* Contains split digraphs with all vowels (a-e, e-e, i-e, o-e, u-e).

* Words are divided into Level 1 and Level 2. Level 1 words contain split digraphs and only single sounds or consonant blends (which are easier to decode). Level 2 words contain split digraphs with other digraphs or irregular sounds which the students may not have learnt yet. Introduce split digraphs using Level 1 words, then introduce Level 2 words as they learn the other digraphs and irregular sounds.

* Magic Wand visual prompt that shows the magic flowing over the consonant to make the vowel say its name.

* Colored background

Ideas for Use:

* Hide cards around the room for a word hunt (students read the words as they find them).

* Hide in a sensory bin (students read the words as they find them).

* Knock down/target games. Attach the word cards to objects that can be knocked down, eg. Stacking cups, ten pin bowling pins, magnetic tiles. Children use items eg. a small bean bag or a soft ball to knock them down. They read the ones they knocked down and collect them. If you have the appropriate space and if it’s safe, you could also use items such as a water gun (outdoors) or remote control car to knock down the objects.

* Tossing into containers. Attach cards onto a series of plastic bowls/buckets or in the holes on a cupcake baking tray. Children then toss small objects (eg. Ping pong balls, small beanbags, large pom poms etc) into the containers. If they get it in they read the word on that container and collect it.

* Card games such as “Memory”, “Snap” or “Go Fish”.

* Sticky Hand Game. Lay the cards either face up or face down (whatever you prefer) and the children try to slap the cards with the sticky hand and retrieve them. They read and keep the words they retrieve with the sticky hand.

* Path games. Make a path in the style of a track or stepping stones. Ideas for making the track include using chalk, natural materials if outdoors, skipping ropes, ribbon, flat sturdy cushions, non slip mats etc. (always consider safety, risk and what is right for the children in your setting). Place word cards along the path for children to read as they move along the path in order to get to the end. Alternatively, you could make a “small world” path to move a toy along, reading the words as they go. Magnetic tiles work really well for this.

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For best results, print using “high quality” print settings and good quality paper (higher gsm) or card (check your printer’s specifications for how high a gsm it can print with).