PHONICS PUZZLES 1

A BIG set of 268 phonics puzzles for teaching

and reviewing spelling and reading of different
word families. Includes the following word
families: at, ad, ap, an, en, et, ed, ig, in, un, unt,
op, ot, ock, ack, th, thr, sh, ch, tch, oo, oa, ee, ea,
ir, er, ur, ar, or, ai, ay, oi, oy, ow, ou, al, CVCE - long
a, i, o, u (list of words at page 3).

Phonics teaches the relationship between

letters/letter combinations and the sounds they
make. The study of phonics enables children to
decode new words, thereby improving reading
skills, gaining spelling fluency, enlarging
vocabulary and helping them to understand
pronunciation patterns quickly. The pictures on
the puzzles will make the process of
remembering the unknown vocabulary and understanding its meaning easier in a fun and
engaging way.
The set can be used in language learning centers, public schools, by tutors or parents in
homeschooling.

How to use:

- introduce the new sounds and the letters that form them one at a time. Write a new
phonic on the board or show the appropriate card and pronounce it;

- model a sound a number of times for students to repeat;

- play some games (after having learnt some vocabulary and played with puzzles, ask the
students what words have a certain phonic):

џ shuffle the parts and make children do the puzzles. If your students know more than one
phonic, divide them into groups and ask each group to find and do all the puzzles with
the appropriate phonic.

џ listen, point and say. When all puzzles are done, call out word by word. The children
listen and point to the correct puzzle. Then you point to the puzzles one by one (when
they become more and more confident, point to the cards randomly and speed up), the
children must read the words. Option: describe the location of the card, e.g. It's between
soap and toast. What's this? The children then look and say the word.

џ play a game “Describe and guess” after having all puzzles done. One student chooses
a word on any puzzle and starts to describe without showing it to other participants. (e.g.
It's a small slow animal, it can crawl.) Others try to guess the word, asking questions: Is it
a snail? Yes, it is. Variation: hide the parts of puzzles around the classroom and describe
it. Students have to guess what it is, find all parts and do the puzzle.
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џ play “What's missing?” Ask kids to do the puzzles first and place them on the table (or floor)
in order all the players could see them properly. Students look at the puzzles trying to
memorize as many as possible. Ask them to close their eyes and remove one (or more cards
with only phonics, single letters from the words or all the puzzles). Ask: what's missing? They
must name the missing letters in the words or words. The student who does it first, gets a
point or has a go to take away another card. To make the game more effective, and reduce
teacher talking time, give the students puzzles with phonics you want them to learn or revise
and make them play in mini groups on their own.

џ play “Who's first?”. Shuffle the puzzles known for children and put them face down. Open
card by card quickly. Looking at the card, students have to guess and call out the word. Who
does it first, gets a card. At the end of the game, you may ask them to spell the whole words
according to the parts they have.

џ play a “Bottle of Fortune”. Shuffle the puzzles known for children, put the cards in a form of a
circle face down. Children take turns to spin a
plastic bottle (or you may use a spinner).
When it stops, it points to a card. To win a part
of a puzzle, the player has to name the word
according to the seen part of a picture. At the
end of the game, you may ask them to spell
the whole words according to those parts they
have or make short sentences with target
grammar and vocabulary using the cards they
have won.

To teach phonics more effectively you can

combine the phonics puzzles with phonics
cards:
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product
/PHONICS-flashcards-3922621

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5 rat, mat, cat, bat, fat, hat, dad, mad, cap, nap,
10 tap, clap, pan, fan, can, dan, van, man, bad,
14 sad, pen, hen, men, Ben, net, wet, jet, pet, vet,
19 Ted, bed, red, zed, web, ten, stop, top, shop,
24 mop, hot, pot, dot, clock, block, sock, black, rock,
28 crack, sack, back, sh, shock, shirt, shoe, shelf,
32 shorts, pig, wig, dig, sit, bin, g, tin, pin, sun, bun,
38 run, gun, hunt, jump, bath, thumb, throw, chess,
42 chair, cheese, chin, cherry, church, chest, chop,
45 chicken, catch, kitchen, watch, look, book, hook,
49 room, moon, spoon, stool, boom, boot, roof, foot,
53 pool, root, tooth, cook, wood, spook, tool, wool,
57 food, scooter, coat, boat, foam, oak, soap, toast,
61 toad, loaf, goat, road, sheep, feet, bee, beet,
65 teeth, heel, weep, seed, week, weekend, queen,
68 green, peel, jeep, tree, sleep, bird, girl, dirty, thirsty,
73 skirt, shirt, the rst, the third, circle, sir, cake, lake,
77 rake, take, name, date, snake, wave, frame,
81 game, bike, kite, pipe, like, smile, lime, dive, nose,
85 rose, rope, stone, bone, phone, note, photo, ve,
89 tube, mule, fuse, June, dune, cube, snail, mailbox,
93 paints, tail, train, grains, chain, rails, brain, rain,
97 rainbow, daisy, hail, jail, wain, nails, crayons, pay,
101 pray, way, clay, May, day, CD player, coin, boy,
105 toys, boil, grey, hay, they, meat, sea, jeans, tea,
109 read, clean, ea, seatbelt, ball, call, mall, fall, tall,
114 small, wall, salt, owl, cow, brown, gown, clown,
118 crown, mouse, house, blouse, shout, mouth, cloud,
121 thousand, count, corn, horse, storm, popcorn,
124 thorn, shorts, fork, torch, horns, cork, dark, cards,
128 park, shark, start, garden, turtle, purple, purse,
132 nurse, burn, curds, driver, singer, letter, teacher,
135 ruler, computer, paper, rubber, fur, turn, mark.
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rat

ma t
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cat
bat
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fat
hat
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dad

mad
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cap

nap
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tap

cl a p
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pan

fan
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can
Dan
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van
man
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bad
sad
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pen

hen
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men

Ben
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net
wet
 18

jet

pet
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vet
Ted
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bed

red
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Zz
zed
web
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10
ten
stop
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top

shop
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mop

hot
 25

pot

dot
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clock

bl o ck
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s o ck

bl a ck
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r o ck

cr a ck
 29

s a ck

b a ck
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f i sh

sh o ck
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sh i r t

shoe
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sh e lf

sh or ts
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pig

wig
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dig

sit
 35

bin

f ig
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tin
pin
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sun

bun
 38

run
gun
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hunt

jump
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bath

thumb
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throw

chess
 42

chair

cheese
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ch i n
cherry
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church

chest
 45

chop

chicken
 46

catch

kitchen
 47

watch

l oo k
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book

hook
 49

room

moon
 50

spoon

stool
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boom

boot
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roof

foot
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pool

root
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tooth

cook
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wood

spook
 56

tool

wo o l
 57

food

scooter
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co at

bo a t
 59

f o am

oak
 60

soap

toast
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toad

loaf
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goat

road
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sheep

feet
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bee

beet
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teeth

heel
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weep

seed
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Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su

Monday Sunday
Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su

Tuesday Saturday
Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su

Wednesday Friday
Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su

Thursday

week
Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su

Saturday Sunday

weekend
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queen

green
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peel

jeep
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tree
sleep
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bird

girl
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dirty

thirsty
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skirt

shirt
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the first
m b e r
Septe

2 3 4
1

the third
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circle

sir
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cake

lake
 77

rake

take
date
I am Jake

name 78
sn a k e

wave
game

fr ame 80
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bike

kite
 82

pipe

like
 83

sm i l e

lime
 84

dive

nose
 85

rose

rope
 86

st one

bone
 87

pho n e

note
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ph o t o
5
v
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f
i
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tube

mu le
 90

fuse
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

June
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dune

cube
 92

snail

mailbox
 93

paints

tail
 94

g r a i ns

train
 95

chain

rails
 96

brain

rain
 97

rainbow

daisy
 98

hail

jail
 99

wain

nails
 100

crayons

pay
 101

pray

way
 102

clay

May
 103

CD player

day
 104

coin

boy
 105

toys

boil
 106

grey

hay
 107

they

meat
 108

sea

jeans
 109

tea

read
 110

clean

f lea
 111

seatbelt

ball
 112

call

mall
 113

fall

tall
 114

small
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brown
 117

gown

clown
 118

crown

mouse
 119

house

blouse
 120

shout

mouth
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thousand

cloud 121
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count

corn
 123

storm

horse
popcorn

thorn 124
 125

shorts

fork
 126

torch

horns
 127

cork

dark
 128

cards

park
 129

shark

start
garden

turtle 130
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curds

driver
purple

purse 132
 133

nurse

burn
134
teacher

ruler 135
computer

paper 136
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rubber

fu r
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