Independent practice activities are great for student's to do at their own pace or their own time. These can be done at school on their downtime or they can be done at home. You could modify these activities to make them easier or harder based on the special needs of your student. These would be passed out for homework or during downtime. These activities could be used for any learner or you could choose which activity would work best for your specific learner.
Independent Practice Activities
1. Fill-in-the-Blank Stories
Short, simple, and engaging, these cloze stories give children the repeated practice they need to master words belonging to 50 different word families. Children use a word bank and text and picture clues to fill in missing words that give each story meaning. A word search provides further practice in reading and spelling target words. Great for independent learning or homework.
2. Learning Mats Put children on the road to reading success with this set that helps develop their phonemic awareness and improve their decoding skills. The set includes 10 two-sided word-family mats, 144 letter tiles, and a pack of crayons, plus an activity guide. These Word Families mats help promote these important developmental skills: • identifying basic patterns and word-family endings • reading and writing word-family words • developing vocabulary and fluency 2. Word Search
Parents or teachers can choose from a variety of word searches that allow children to independently practice their word families.
3. Read and Write Mini-Books
Help children build essential reading skills with this collection of adorable mini-storybooks that give them practice reading and writing words from 25 different word families. Each book uses a few simple rhyming words to tell a lively and funny story. Includes ready-to-photocopy pages and extension activities.
4. Word Family Bingo Ladders
Mastering must-know word families is easy with these super-fun games that put a new twist on bingo. Kids learn in a snap and play again and again. Perfect for groups, partners, or independent use! For use with Grades K-2.
5. Fun Flaps Word Families With these engaging manipulatives in hand, your students will flip for reading practice! This interactive format—a favorite for generations—includes more than 30 different "fun flaps" that feature dozens and dozens of phonograms to help build reading skills. Kids fill in a missing word-family, lift the flap to reveal the answer, then read additional words with the same spelling pattern!
Independent Practice Activities
1. Fill-in-the-Blank Stories
Short, simple, and engaging, these cloze stories give children the repeated practice they need to master words belonging to 50 different word families. Children use a word bank and text and picture clues to fill in missing words that give each story meaning. A word search provides further practice in reading and spelling target words. Great for independent learning or homework.
2. Learning Mats
Put children on the road to reading success with this set that helps develop their phonemic awareness and improve their decoding skills. The set includes 10 two-sided word-family mats, 144 letter tiles, and a pack of crayons, plus an activity guide.
These Word Families mats help promote these important developmental skills:
• identifying basic patterns and word-family endings
• reading and writing word-family words
• developing vocabulary and fluency
2. Word Search
Parents or teachers can choose from a variety of word searches that allow children to independently practice their word families.
3. Read and Write Mini-Books
Help children build essential reading skills with this collection of adorable mini-storybooks that give them practice reading and writing words from 25 different word families. Each book uses a few simple rhyming words to tell a lively and funny story. Includes ready-to-photocopy pages and extension activities.
4. Word Family Bingo Ladders
Mastering must-know word families is easy with these super-fun games that put a new twist on bingo. Kids learn in a snap and play again and again. Perfect for groups, partners, or independent use! For use with Grades K-2.
5. Fun Flaps Word Families
With these engaging manipulatives in hand, your students will flip for reading practice! This interactive format—a favorite for generations—includes more than 30 different "fun flaps" that feature dozens and dozens of phonograms to help build reading skills. Kids fill in a missing word-family, lift the flap to reveal the answer, then read additional words with the same spelling pattern!