Phonics Level 2 Sound Mat 3: Long Vowel and R-Influenced Vowel Sounds
Children see the long vowel sounds, the r-influenced vowels such as ar, er and or, and other vowel sounds such as ow, oy and oo, each with spellings and examples.
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Phonics Level 2 Worksheets: CVC, CCVC, CVCC Word Families & Blends for Early Readers (Ages 4-7)
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How to use this worksheet
Use it as a look-up mat when a word has a vowel sound your child has not met yet. Level 2 words use short vowels; this mat prepares for Level 3.
Materials needed
- None
Extension activities
- 1Find two words on the mat that rhyme
- 2Clap the sounds in one example word
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Hemsweta Jain · Teacher Cheena
MBA and Early Childhood Educator, teaching since 2014 · Founder of RaisoActive, Mumbai
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