Sound boxes
Draw three boxes. Say a word slowly and kids push a counter into a box for each sound: /d/ /o/ /g/. Then they write the letters in the boxes. Hearing every sound before spelling it is the secret to CVC success.
Why it works: teaching letter sounds directly and in order is one of the best-supported findings in reading research (National Reading Panel, 2000).
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