5 Days of Explicit CVC Short A Whole Group Phonics Teaching Slides – Science of Reading Aligned PowerPoint Slides

Ready to streamline your phonics instruction with zero prep and maximum impact?

This 5-days of done-for-you phonics lesson slides helps you explicitly teach short vowel cvc a without worksheets, overwhelm, or late-night planning. Whether you're just getting started with the Science of Reading or looking to strengthen your current routines, these whole group lessons are built for engagement, structure, and mastery.

What's Included:

• 138 interactive slides (spread over 5 days of instruction)
• High impact phonics routines including:
• Letter-sound review
• Phonemic awareness warm-ups
• Word building
• Phoneme-grapheme mapping
• Segmenting & blending of CVC word
• Sound swaps
• High-frequency word review (introduced this week: as, has).
• Dictation
• Monitoring dictation task on Day 5 (1 sheet can be printed, or students can complete in writing books for a zero prep option).
• Many editable components: all slide text (besides headings) and many of the images are editable and moveable!

These slides follow a consistent structure with daily variations, so your students know what to expect—and you can focus on teaching, not reinventing the wheel.

WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT:

• SOR-aligned (explicit, systematic instruction)
• Repetition with variety—scaffolded for real retention
• Saves hours of prep time each week
• Perfect for whole group phonics in Kindergarten, Prep, or 1st grade classrooms

Students actively engage with the slides by tapping out sounds, reading aloud, writing on whiteboards, and interacting with clickable elements on the screen. On Friday, assess student progress with a built-in monitoring dictation task.

Perfect for Kindergarten/Prep/Foundation or Year 1 classrooms, this resource saves you time while delivering high-impact instruction grounded in the Science of Reading.