Bed for b and d Reversals

Today, I made a free classroom poster pack for you. You can use it to teach a concept for helping to prevent b/d reversals in your students' handwriting. 

• imagine a bed made from the word bed 
• say the word bed
• hear that bed starts with b
• write the word bed and visiualize drawing the bedhead line first

Students that have strength in visualizing will already be good at writing b and d correctly - so you may need additional support for your students who continue to reverse the letters. 

To help students continuing to struggle with b and d reversals: 

• review the bed concept
• let them experience the visual in a hands-on way
• help them make the word bed with manipulatives, like magnetic letters
• ask them to run their finger down the straight side of the b - tell them to feel how straight and tall it is - just like a bed post
• ask them to write the word bed for themselves - reminding them that we are starting the 'b' like the bedhead with a straight line
• laminate the plain poster and have them write bed over it with a dry-erase marker

Along with the free poster, I am providing you with some word cards. Let students practice sounding-out or reading these to reinforce the bed concept. All the words are cvc words with b in the initial position. 

cvc Game with B's in the Bed

To further supporting reading and extend this learning sequence, we have a printable card game for sale in our store

It is called B's in the Bed and your students will match b's with different vowel-consonant combinations to make and read words. They will need to sound out the letters to read the words. The constant revision of putting the 'b' first and making the bed visual, will reinforce and automate concept.

You can find it at TpT HERE