Browse Keep Reading and Learning’s Collection of Printable Phonics Card Games
When your students’ attention is waning but you don’t want their learning to stop, grab some printable phonics card games! Jenni shared that her students love the games so much that they “don’t even know they are learning”! With many five-star ratings on TPT, these printable games are sure to add some excitement to your structured literacy lessons, whether you’re a classroom teacher, a reading interventionist, or a private tutor.
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Taco-Themed Phonics Card Games
Skill: CVC Words (Aligned with Wilson Reading System Step 1)
Word Crunch: Taco-themed phonics card games for decoding practice with CVC words. Students take turns drawing a card, reading the word, and keeping it if they’re correct. But if they pull taco card, they lose their stack!
Purchase one set for focused skills practice, or grab the bundle. Then you can shuffle all the decks to review several skills in one game!
Click a link below to view Word Crunch on TPT.
- CVC Words: with and without digraphs
- CVC Words: with Bonus Letters/FLOSS Rule
- CVC Words: with Glued/Welded -am and an (Nasalized a)
- CVC Words: with suffixes -s and -es
- Purchase a bundle of all the games above.
S’Mores-Themed Phonics Card Games
Skill: Consonant Blends (Aligned with Wilson Reading System Step 2)
Let’s Read S’More: S’mores-themed phonics card games for decoding practice with consonant blends. Students take turns drawing a card, reading the word, and keeping it if they’re correct. But if they pull a s’mores card, they lose their stack!
Purchase one set for focused skills practice, or grab the bundle. Then you can shuffle all the decks to review several skills in one game!
Click a link below to view Let’s Read S’More on TPT.
- Glued/Welded Sounds: ng and nk
- Consonant Blends: CCVC and CVCC Patterns
- Closed Syllable Exceptions ind, ild, old, olt, ost
- Consonant Blends: CCVCC Pattern
- Consonant Blends: 3 Letter Blends
- Purchase a bundle of all the games above.
Pizza-Themed Phonics Card Games
Skill: Multisyllabic Words with Closed Syllables (Aligned with Wilson Reading System Step 3)
Slice a Word: A pizza-themed phonics game for decoding practice with multisyllabic words with closed syllables, like cactus, inject, and establish. Students take turns drawing a card, reading the word, and keeping it if correct, but if they pull a pizza card, they lose their stack!
🍕Click here to view Slice a Word with multisyllabic words on TPT.
Skill: Words with Silent e, One to Three Syllables (Aligned with Wilson Reading System Step 4, Fundations Level 2 Unit 6, and Just Words Unit 7)
Slice a Word: A pizza-themed phonics card game for decoding practice with silent e words (magic e words) and multisyllabic words containing silent e. Students take turns drawing a card, reading the word, and keeping it if correct, but if they pull a pizza card, they lose their stack!
🍕Click here to view Slice a Word with silent e on TPT.
Ice Cream-Themed Phonics Card Games
Skills: Various Vowel Options in One Syllable Words
Scoop Up a Word: Ice cream-themed phonics card games for decoding practice with various vowel patterns. Students take turns drawing a card, reading the word, and keeping it if correct. If they pull a melted ice cream card, they lose their stack!
Purchase one set for focused skills practice, or grab the bundle. Then you can shuffle all the decks to review several skills in one game!
Click a link below to Scoop Up a Word view on TPT.
- Silent e in 1 Syllable Words: Aligned with Wilson Substep 4.1
- Vowel Teams/Vowel Digraphs: ai, ay, ee, ea, igh, oa, ow, oe, ue, ew, and oo
- Bossy R (R-Controlled) Vowels: ar, er, ir, or, ur
- Vowel Diphthongs: au aw oi oy ou ow
- Purchase a bundle of all the games above.
Bubble Gum-Themed Sentence Fluency Card Game
Skill: Sentence Reading Fluency (Aligned with Wilson Reading System Steps 1 & 2)
A bubblegum-themed phonics game for practicing sentence reading with closed syllable words, including CVC words and words with blends. Students take turns drawing a card, reading the sentence, and keeping it if they’re correct. But if they pull a POP! card, they lose their stack!
😺Click here to view POP! on TPT.
Read what teachers have to say about Keep Reading and Learning’s phonics card games:
“My kids always love these card games they don’t even know they are learning.” -Jenni S.
“My students love this game! I love how it has real and nonsense words and for every substep in step 4.” -Isabel M.
“This game was such a fun way for my second graders to practice this phonics skill. Who doesn’t enjoy a game with pizza. We love it!” -Sara E.
“Love this game- interactive and fun. Great review of magic e in 1 and 2 syllable words.” -Genna W.
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Looking for more ways to increase engagement, but don’t have time for games? Check out Routine Without the Rut: How to Keep Structured Literacy Lessons Engaging.
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