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Cootie CatchersConsonant Blends

VCC, CVCC, CCVC Words

A fun way to practice reading & spelling words!

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Cootie catchers (or chatterboxes/fortune tellers) are a fantastic way for your students to practice reading, writing and spelling words that have a particular phonics focus.

Cootie catchers give students practice in a variety of skills including blending and segmentation. You can use them for reading, phonics, spelling and literacy intervention.

There are many ways you can use the cootie catchers, including:

• Independent practice in class.• Small group work.• Part of a literacy station.• Review and remediation.• Home practice and consolidation.

The cootie catchers are split into two sets of words. The sets include:

Set 1: VCC and CVCC wordsSet 2: VCC and CCVC words

Each set of cootie catchers also includes a word overview sheet. This sheet provides all of the words used in each cootie catcher.

The following pages explain how to assemble the cootie catchers as well as how you can use them in your class with your students.

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Cootie Catchers: VCC, CVCC, CCVC Words

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Cootie catchers are easy to assemble, follow the below steps.

1. First, print and/or copy the cootie catcher you want to use.2. Cut out around the outside edge of the cootie catcher.3. Have the cootie catcher facing with the pictures down.4. Fold each corner in so that they meet in the center of the square.

5. Turn over and repeat the procedure, folding corners in to meet in the center. This will create four triangular flaps.

6. Turn the cootie catcher over so the pictures are facing up.7. Place thumbs and forefingers under the square flaps. Move thumbs

and forefingers in an open and shut motion. This will mean the cootie catcher opens and shuts, revealing four of the eight words each time.


How To Assemble


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This is how I use the cootie catchers with my students, but feel free to create your own ways that suit the needs of your students.

1. Have students work with a partner. One student (student 1) operates the cootie catcher.

2. The other student (student 2) picks one of the pictures and reads the word.

3. Student 1 opens and closes the cootie catcher while saying the sounds. For example, if the picture is of a dress, the student would say: /d/ /r/ /e/ /ss/, so that student would open/close the cootie catcher 4 times.

4. Student 2 reads one of the words.

5. Again student 1 opens/closes the cootie catcher for the number of sounds in the word.

6. Student 2 picks another word.

7. This time student 1 opens the flap to reveal a word. Student 1 reads the word to student 2.

8. Student 2 writes the word on a mini whiteboard (or piece of paper). The student then checks the spelling is correct by looking at the word on the cootie catcher.

9. Students alternate taking turns operating the cootie catcher.


How To Use


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Set 1: VCC and CVCC Words


Cootie Catcher 1

elk elm ink gulf

jump rest wept yelp

Cootie Catcher 2

act ant ink bank

dots hump lift mats

Cootie Catcher 3

ant elf elk bats

desk film pond wisp

Cootie Catcher 4

act elf elm bulb

cats helm milk tent

Cootie Catcher 5

ant ink belt help

hunt lips self vest

Cootie Catcher 6

elf ant bend camp

pulp rips soft tilt

Cootie Catcher 7

act elm cups hand

kelp list melt wink

Cootie Catcher 8

ant ink dust gift

land next silk wind


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inkhe

lplip

svest

ant

vest

self

ink

belthelp

hunt

lips vest

self

hunt

help

beltink

antlips

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Cootie Catcher 5

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elkpu

lpca

mpsoft

elf

soft

bend

elk

ripspu

lp

tilt

camp soft

bend

tilt

pulp

ripselk

elfca

mp


Cootie Catcher 6

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Set 2: VCC and CCVC Words


Cootie Catcher 9

act elk blob drip

floss Scott smog twig

Cootie Catcher 10

elf elm clam drum

grill pram sled spot

Cootie Catcher 11

act ant clog dress

frog slug spill trim

Cootie Catcher 12

elk ink crab flag

grin skull spin swam

Cootie Catcher 13

elf elm club Fred

gloss plug skip snap

Cootie Catcher 14

ant ink clip drop

grub plus stem stop

Cootie Catcher 15

act elm cross flat

plum slip smell swim

Cootie Catcher 16

elk ink blob drill

floss glad slam snip


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elkbl

obfl

osssm

og

act

smog

twig

elk

dripbl

ob

Scott

floss smog

twig

Scott

blob

dripelk

actfl

oss


Cootie Catcher 9

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elmsled

drum

clam

elf

clam

spot

elm

grillsled

pramdrum clam

spot

pram

sled

grillelm

elfdr

um


Cootie Catcher 10

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