Winter Phonics Sweater Holiday Craft CVC CVCE Vowel Teams R-Controlled Vowels
Looking for a fun, hands-on way to reinforce phonics skills during the winter months—without sacrificing instructional value? This Winter Phonics Sweater Craft combines explicit phonics practice with an engaging craft.
Students build a winter sweater by adding decorations that match specific phonics patterns, making this the perfect blend of learning + creativity.
✅ What’s Included
This resource includes multiple phonics skill sets, each with:
- A sweater craft template (one per student)
- Word sorting decorations
- Word lists for matching or writing
- Easy-to-follow directions
Phonics patterns included:
- CVC (short vowels)
- Silent E / VCe (magic e)
- Vowel Teams
- R-Controlled Vowels
🧠 Multiple Instructional Options
Use this craft in whatever way fits your classroom best:
- Word Recognition: Cut and sort given words
- Visual Phonics Practice: Students write words on matching decorations
- Find It in Text: Word hunt from decodable readers or passages
- Teacher Dictation: Say a word aloud; students encode and place it correctly
Perfect for:
✔️ Independent work
✔️ Small groups
✔️ Literacy centers
✔️ Whole-group phonics lessons
👩🏫 Best For
- Kindergarten
- 1st Grade
- 2nd Grade
- Reading intervention & small-group instruction
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