Mystery Words and Word Ladders are fun, interactive lessons that allow students to play with sounds by segmenting, blending, adding, substituting, and deleting sounds as they study words and discover spelling patterns. These two lessons are aligned to the Essential Instructional Practices in Early Literacy: Grades K to 3, specifically practices 4, 5, & 6.  In the course, by explicitly explaining letter-sound and sound-letter relationships, you will learn how to replicate these lessons in your classroom to support phonological awareness development (particularly phonemic awareness), alphabet knowledge, and sound-spelling knowledge.

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