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. Kit contains 24 double-sided activity cards, a 48-page Instruction and Activity Book with over 100 full-color demonstration cards, 4 activity trays, and 109 rods in a storage tub. Rods include: vowels, consonants, blends and digraphs, advanced vowels, and silent "e". Skills taught: building CVCe words using silent "e"; recognizing spelling patterns; learning consonant blend and digraph sounds and usage; and comprehending vowel digraphs, diphthongs, and r-controlled vowels. Grades 1 and up.
