Do you need motivate your students with phonics and fluency in reading? We have a fast-prep series of activity cards that your students will love!
Zoom Cards are a way for students to gradually build their skills in recognizing letters, sounds and decodable words though a sequenced set of activity cards. Students can work at their own level, practice and self-monitor their assessment.
Each of the sequenced phonics cards is provided in the a hand-sized format (4 to a page sized) as well as jumbo page-sized versions, perfect for students who need large print. Why not also use the page sized cards for a whole-class fluency focus lesson?
They include cards for
- single sounds
- word families
- cvc words
- consonant blends
- ccvc words
- cvcc words
- consonant digraphs
- nasal sounds
- a great warm-up in guided reading groups
- comprehensively cover a broad range of abilities
- fast to prep
- easy to implement and maintain
- engaging and foster independence
- sequenced and increasingly challenging
- helping students with automaticity
- making a huge difference to their reading levels
The cards are backline so you can copy them onto brightly coloured paper to add some interest.
Give each student a small plastic pouch to keep their cards in. You can assess the students quickly on a Friday to determine if they are ready to move onto the next card. It is personal choice, but I would recommend aiming for 100% accuracy.
Students have a card for the whole week and time themselves reading the sounds/words each night. They can record their best times and try to get faster as the week progresses. With 34 cards, there is enough to cover the whole year.
Our printable Zoom Cards file can be found in our TpT store!
We hope this system helps you think of ways you can master phonics fluency in your classroom and that this printable packet can support you in your pedagogy.