I Spy Phonics

Education to the Core heard your calls and developed an entire resource dedicated to phonics-based I SPY Activities – updated to include 84 activity pages!

Beyond just the phonics skills practice, these worksheets help your students strengthen their visual discrimination, while building their attention and focus skills. (It takes some time and patience to find all of the images in each activity.)

Just imagine how quiet your classroom will be! This is such an engaging activity, your students will be begging you to do them every day. And with the number of pages you have at your fingertips, you can definitely include them weekly in your plans for the entire year!

That’s 84 I SPY Phonics based printables that include:

• Blends: S, L, R (3 pages)
• Mixed Blends (5 pages)
• CVC by Vowel (5 pages)
• Mixed CVC (5 pages)
• CVCe by Vowel (4 pages)
• Mixed CVCe/CCVCe (6 pages)
• Digraphs: sh, th, ch, wh, ph, ck (6 pages)
• Mixed Digraphs (3 pages)
• Diphthongs: -au, -aw, -eigh, -ew, -oi, short -oo, long -oo, -ou, -ow (towel), -ow (snow), -oy (11 pages)
• Mixed Diphthongs (5 pages)
• R-Controlled Vowels by Vowels (5 pages)
• Mixed R-Controlled Vowels (3 pages)
• Vowel Teams: -ai, -ay, -ea, -ee, -oa, -ie, -oe/-ui, -ue (8 pages)
• Mixed Vowel Teams (4 pages)
• Mixed Double Consonants (3 pages)
• Mixed Hard and Soft C and G (2 pages)
• Mixed Silent Letters (3 pages)
• Mixed Three Letter Blends (3 pages)

Why I Spy?

• Comprehensive: I Spy Phonics covers a wide variety of phonics skills for K-2 students.
• Engaging: Students are doing something engaging while they practice their phonics skills at the same time!
• Flexible Use: I Spy can be used for lesson practice for the provided phonics skill, review, small group, morning work, and more!
• Help Students with Visual Discrimination: Students will need to use close inspection of the provided images to locate the one they need.
• Encourages Focus and Attention: Students need to pay close attention to find their pictures.
• Fine Motor Skills: Students will be able to hone their fine motor skills to color small images after they locate them.
• Fun For All! 

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