Reading Rods® Word Building Classroom 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. Grades 1 and up.
Kit contains:
• 24 double-sided activity cards
• 48-page Instruction and Activity Book with over 100 full-color demonstration cards
• 4 activity trays
• 109 rods in a storage tub
- Rods include: vowels, consonants, blends and digraphs, advanced vowels, and silent "e"
Skills taught:
• Building CVC words using silent "e"
• Recognizing spelling patterns
• Learning consonant blend and digraph sounds and usage
• Comprehending vowel digraphs, diphthongs, and r-controlled vowels
