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Onset and Rime Mini Books

  • Updated

    Updated:  18 Aug 2024

Practice onset and rime phonemic awareness with this set of mini books that each focus on the short vowel sounds (a,e,i,o,u).

  • Editable

    Editable:  Google Slides

  • Non-Editable

    Non-Editable:  PDF

  • Pages

    Pages:  9 Pages

  • Curriculum
  • Grades

    Grades:  K - 1

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teaching resource

Onset and Rime Mini Books

  • Updated

    Updated:  18 Aug 2024

Practice onset and rime phonemic awareness with this set of mini books that each focus on the short vowel sounds (a,e,i,o,u).

  • Editable

    Editable:  Google Slides

  • Non-Editable

    Non-Editable:  PDF

  • Pages

    Pages:  9 Pages

  • Curriculum
  • Grades

    Grades:  K - 1

Practice onset and rime phonemic awareness with this set of mini books that each focus on the short vowel sounds (a,e,i,o,u).

Break Down Onset and Rime Understandings

This set of mini books has been created to help students practice their knowledge in the simplest parts of onset and rime. Onsets (the beginning sound) and rimes (the ending sound). For each mini book there are three different options to choose from, either the onset provided and they need to write the rime, the rime provided and they need to provide the onset, or both onset and rime blank and students need to encode both! This allows for a versatile resource that suits the skill level of multiple students. 

Each mini book has been carefully designed by an early years teacher to be engaging and easy to follow, with PLENTY of repetition to help reinforce key phonemic awareness.

The following mini books are included in this download:

  • Onset and Rime – Short A Words
  • Onset and Rime – Short E Words
  • Onset and Rime – Short I Words
  • Onset and Rime – Short O Words
  • Onset and Rime – Short U Words

Making Your Onset and Rime Word Booklets

To make these handy onset and rime word books for kids, do the following.

  1. Print the mini book template on standard copy paper, double-sided.
  2. Have students cut apart the pages and stack them in any order, ending with the cover on top.
  3. Staple the books along the left side.
  4. Students will write the onset and rime words shown on each mini-book page and color the pictures.

Once complete, your students will have fun reading and sharing their books inside and outside the classroom.

Download and Use Today!

Use the dropdown menu to choose between the easy to print PDFs or the editable Google Slides. If you are downloading the Google Slide version – all of the mini books are included in the one file for you, otherwise, the PDFs can be downloaded separately using the drop down menu.


This resource was created by Lindsey Phillips, a teacher in Michigan and Teach Starter Collaborator.


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