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Carpet Area

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Station 1

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Give students magnifying glasses and hidden picture cards around the room with CVC words written in small print. Students become 'word detectives' and must find and record all the short 'a' CVC words they discover. Provide detective notebooks for recording their findings.

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Station 1

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Create word cards with CVC words, sight words, and simple verbs. Students arrange the cards to make simple sentences (The cat sat). Provide picture supports and sentence frames for scaffolding. Students can illustrate their sentences afterward.

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Using a pocket chart or interactive whiteboard, display various CVC and non-CVC words. Students take turns sorting words into 'short a' and 'not short a' categories. Make it collaborative by having the class give thumbs up/down to verify each sort.

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Station 2

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Place three plastic cups labeled with 'beginning,' 'middle,' and 'end' sounds. Give students picture cards of CVC words with short 'a' (cat, hat, map, etc.). Students sort letter cards into the cups based on where they hear the sound in the word. For example, for 'cat': 'c' goes in beginning cup, 'a' in middle, 't' in end.

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Create a simple board game where students roll a die and move spaces. Each space contains a CVC word with short 'a' (cat, mat, sad, tap, etc.). Students must correctly read the word to stay on that space. Make it more engaging by using fun tokens or mini characters as game pieces.

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Using magnetic letters and cookie sheets, call out a CVC word with short 'a'. Students must find the correct letters and arrange them to spell the word. For differentiation, you can show a picture of the word instead of saying it, or have students work in pairs.

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Station 2

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Station 2

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Hide picture cards of CVC words around the classroom. Students hunt for the cards and sort them into categories based on their ending sounds. For example, finding 'cat,' 'rat,' and 'bat' would go together. Make it more active by having students hop or skip as they search.

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Give students play dough and letter stamps or letter cards. Call out a CVC word with short 'a', and students must form or stamp the letters in the play dough. This provides a tactile experience while reinforcing spelling patterns.

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Create a memory game with matching pairs of CVC word cards and their corresponding pictures (cat-[picture of cat], map-[picture of map], etc.). Place cards face down and have students find matching pairs. This helps reinforce both reading and visual recognition.

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Place CVC word cards on chairs arranged in a circle. Play music and when it stops, students must sit and read the word on their chair. If they read it correctly, they stay in the game. Make it collaborative by having students help each other sound out words.

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Station 2

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Draw simple house shapes on paper. Each house represents a word family (-at, -ap, -an, -ad). Students sort picture cards or word cards into the appropriate houses. For example, cat, rat, and hat go in the -at house. Make it interactive by having students create their own houses and decorate them.

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Station 1

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Write individual letters on building blocks or connecting cubes. Students connect the blocks to build CVC words with short 'a'. They can then record their words in a personal word bank. Challenge students to build as many words as they can in a given time.