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Word families classroom kit

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T1282

Reading Rods® Word Families Classroom Kit -- Emergent readers put consonants and high-frequency word endings together to build simple words, with this phonics "staple." Reading Rods® make beginning reading an enjoyable hands-on activity! Kit contains 24 double-sided activity cards, a 48-page Instruction and Activity Book with over 100 full-colour demonstration cards, 4 activity trays, and 90 rods in a storage tub. Rods include: - Consonants - Beginning Blends - 2, 3, and 4-letter word families Skills Taught: - Recognizing short and long vowel word patterns - Learning initial consonant sounds and initial consonant blends - Grouping words with similar vowel sounds - Establishing spelling patterns

Word building classroom kit

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Reading Rod® Word Building Kit -- Explore word-building at many different levels with the wide array of Reading Rods® in this kit. Students start out building simple words with consonants and vowels, and advance into incorporating silent "e", blends, digraphs, and advanced vowel combinations. Kit contains 24 double-sided activity cards, a 48-page Instruction and Activity Book with over 100 full-colour demonstration cards, 4 activity trays, and 109 rods in a storage tub. Rods include: - Vowels - Consonants - Blends and digraphs - Advanced vowels - Silent "e" Skills Taught: - Building CVCe words using silent "e" - Recognizing spelling patterns - Learning consonant blend and digraph sounds and usage - Comprehending vowel digraphs, diphthongs, and r-controlled vowels

Sentence building classroom kit

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T1284

Parts of speech and sentence building become easy with colour-coded Reading Rods® that link together! Students learn to distinguish the nine most common parts of speech and put them together to form sentences. Kit contains 24 double-sided activity cards, a 48-page Instruction and Activity Book with over 100 full-colour demonstration cards, 4 activity trays, and 156 rods in a storage tub. Rods include: - Nouns - Adjectives - Adverbs - Verbs - Pronouns - Conjunctions - Articles - Interjections - Punctuation Skills Taught: - Recognizing the parts of speech - Constructing sentences - Identifying subjects and predicates - Placing punctuation appropriately

Phonemic awareness classroom kit

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T1281

Beginning readers will love learning uppercase and lowercase letters with colourful Reading Rods®! By linking together letter and picture rods, children develop valuable pre-reading skills. Kit contains 24 double-sided activity cards, a 48-page Instruction and Activity Book with over 100 full-colour demonstration cards, 4 activity trays, and 108 rods in a storage tub. Rods include: - Vowels - Consonants - Pictures with initial vowel sounds - Pictures with initial consonant sounds Skills Taught: - Recognizing uppercase and lowercase letters - Sequencing the letters of the alphabet - Identifying phonemes (sounds) - Matching letter sounds with pictures (r with rabbit)

Sight words classroom kit

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T1303

Students will learn words frequently taught in key stages 1 & 2, develop beginning spelling skills and engage in word building activities with this Reading Rods® Kit. Designed for beginning readers, it teaches the integration of commonly used sight words with spelling and word recognition. Skills Taught: - Recognizing common sight words - Building simple words - Spelling high frequency words - Identifying words in context Kit Contains: - 104 rods - 24 double-sided activity cards - Set of Reading Rods® in a sturdy storage tub - 4 Reading Rods® activity trays - 48 page Instruction & Activity Book with over 100 full-color demonstration cards

Prefixes & suffixes classroom kit

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T1309

Perfect for small group learning, this new addition to the Reading Rods® programme promotes hands-on reinforcement of word construction with prefixes and suffixes, practice of spelling changes, exploration of root words, word analysis and vocabulary building. Kit Contains: • 99 colour-coded, interlocking Prefixes & Suffixes rods (enough for up to four students to work together) • 24 double-sided activity cards • 48-page instruction and activity book • four activity trays • a storage tub for the Reading Rods®. Skills Taught and Reinforced: • Word construction using prefixes and suffixes • Greek and Latin root words • Using word analysis to build vocabulary Who Should use Prefixes & Suffixes Kit: • Children ready to explore more complex vocabulary • Advanced readers ready to independently build vocabulary using word analysis

Simple sentences classroom kit

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T1314

Students can work independently or in small groups as they practise simple sentence building, parts of speech and punctuation usage and recognition of synonyms, antonyms, and homophones. Kit Contains • 160 colour-coded, interlocking Simple Sentences rods (enough for up to four students to work together) • 24 double-sided activity cards • 48-page instruction and activity book • four activity trays • a storage tub for Rods Skills Taught and Reinforced: • Construction of simple sentences • Introduction to parts of speech • Recognition of synonyms, antonyms and homophones Who should use Simple Sentences Reading Rods: • Early readers ready to sharpen and extend beginning writing skills • Children ready to investigate word relationships

Extra word families rods pk 90

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T1286

Emergent readers put consonants and high-frequency word endings together to build simple words, with this phonics "staple." Reading Rods® make beginning reading an enjoyable hands-on activity! Kit contains 90 rods including: - Consonants - Beginning Blends - 2, 3, and 4-letter word families Skills Taught: - Recognizing short and long vowel word patterns - Learning initial consonant sounds and initial consonant blends - Grouping words with similar vowel sounds - Establishing spelling patterns

Extra word building rods pk 109

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T1287

Explore word-building at many different levels with the wide array of Reading Rods®. Students start out building simple words with consonants and vowels, and advance into incorporating silent "e", blends, digraphs, and advanced vowel combinations. Kit contains 109 rods including: - Vowels - Consonants - Blends and digraphs - Advanced vowels - Silent "e" Skills Taught: - Building CVCe words using silent "e" - Recognizing spelling patterns - Learning consonant blend and digraph sounds and usage - Comprehending vowel digraphs, diphthongs, and r-controlled vowels

Sentence building rods pk 156

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T1288

Parts of speech and sentence building become easy with colour-coded Reading Rods® that link together! Students learn to distinguish the nine most common parts of speech and put them together to form sentences. Kit Contains 156 rods including: - Nouns - Adjectives - Adverbs - Verbs - Pronouns - Conjunctions - Articles - Interjections - Punctuation Skills Taught: - Recognizing the parts of speech - Constructing sentences - Identifying subjects and predicates - Placing punctuation appropriately

Phonemic awareness rods

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T1285

Beginning readers will love learning uppercase and lowercase letters with colourful Reading Rods®! By linking together letter and picture Rods, children develop valuable pre-reading skills. Kit contains 108 rods including: - Vowels - Consonants - Pictures with initial vowel sounds - Pictures with initial consonant sounds Skills Taught: - Recognizing uppercase and lowercase letters - Sequencing the letters of the alphabet - Identifying phonemes (sounds) - Matching letter sounds with pictures (r with rabbit)

Beginning phonics reading rods

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T1225

Set of 208 rods.

Newcomers themes reading rods

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T1226

Set of 233 rods.