Phoneme Manipulation CVC Word Cards
Make phonemic awareness fun and engaging with these Change It Up! Phoneme Manipulation Cards—a hands-on literacy center designed to help students build fluency with beginning, medial, and final sounds in CVC words. This interactive resource encourages students to change one sound at a time to create new words, reinforcing their ability to blend, segment, and manipulate phonemes with ease.
How It Works:
✔️ Students look at the two picture clues on each card.
✔️ Identify how the word has changed—beginning, middle, or ending sound.
✔️ Use magnetic letters, letter tiles, or writing tools to spell out the words.
✔️ Strengthens phonemic awareness and decoding skills in an engaging, hands-on way!
Over 120+ cards with three different types of cards are included. Choose from:
- cards with initial sound changing – cat > hat
- cards with medial sound changing – cat >> cut
- cards with final sound changing – cat >>> can
The number of arrows on each card also provides visual support – one arrow = beginning sound changing, two arrows = medial or middle sound, three arrows = final sound.
What’s Included?
✅ 120+ phoneme manipulation cards featuring high-quality visuals.
✅ Covers beginning, medial, and final sound changes.
✅ Works with CVC and short vowel words.
✅ Recording sheet + answer cards provided.
✅ Low-prep—just print, laminate, and use with manipulatives!
This pack is just what you need for your literacy center as you can use the cards many different ways – build the words from magnetic letters, write the words on our record sheets or on small whiteboards.
Use them for 1:1 assessments to check on each child’s ability to isolate individual sounds to make words and then work to change them to make new words.
Why You’ll Love It:
- Interactive and hands-on, helping students understand sound-symbol relationships.
- Encourages word analysis and phoneme substitution for stronger reading skills.
- Supports differentiated instruction, allowing students to progress at their own pace.
Perfect for:
✅ Pre-K, Kindergarten, & 1st Grade
✅ Phonological Awareness & Science of Reading (SOR) Instruction
✅ Literacy Centers, Small Groups, & Independent Work
✅ Intervention & RTI Support
File type –
Ready to print PDF
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