Learning Short Vowel A Onset and Rime Words

This set of teaching slides has been carefully constructed by an early years teacher to guide your students along their phonological awareness journey. Focusing specifically on the short a vowel sound and CVC onset and rime words. Students are provided with ample opportunities to learn and understand about onset and rime words.

Throughout these slides students will be guided through looking at simple CVC words and together decoding these onset and rime words and blending them together. Both crucial elements for students to practise.

The rime’s that are included in this set of slides are:

• -at
• -ag
• -ad
• -ap
• -an
• -am

What is the Best Order to Teach Onset and Rime

Following a sequence and systematically teaching each word family, you will provide your students with the tools they need to become proficient readers and writers. Here is a suggested sequence to teach onset and rime to your students:

1. Begin with simple and common rimes. Short ‘a’ vowel rimes and short e vowel rimes as they are simpler for children to grasp.
2. Once students are comfortable with the initial set, introduce more short vowel rimes to expand their repertoire such as the short ‘i’ vowel rimes.
3. Gradually move to slightly more complex rimes such as the short ‘o’ vowel rimes and short u vowel rimes.
4. Introduce rimes with blends and digraphs.

Download and Learn About the Short A Vowel Onset and Rime Words

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This resource was created by Lindsey Phillips, a Teach Starter Collaborator.

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