Glued Sound Squad Cards (Style 1 and 2)

Description

What’s Included

The Glued Sound Squad Cards include 16 glued sound cards, designed to help students recognize, read, and spell glued sounds through consistent visual and emotional cues.

Each glued sound is included in two styles:

• Character + phonogram only

• Character + phonogram + Orton-Gillingham keyword

Glued sounds included:

• -ank

• -ang

• -ing

• -ink

• -onk

• -unk

• -ong

• -ung

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Why Glued Sounds Matter

Glued sounds with -ng and -nk can be challenging for early readers because the letters work together so closely that they are difficult to separate. The Glued Sound Squad helps students:

• Recognize glued sounds as a single unit

• Build automaticity and confidence

• Reduce frustration during decoding and spelling

• Stay emotionally regulated during challenging phonics tasks

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Why Feelings-Based Phonics Works

Each Sound Squad character pairs a phonics skill with an emotional trait, helping students connect sound practice with confidence, persistence, and self-awareness. This approach supports both literacy development and emotional regulation, especially for young learners who benefit from multisensory instruction.

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Instructional Alignment

These cards are:

• Science of Reading informed

• Orton-Gillingham aligned

• Designed for explicit, systematic phonics instruction

• Appropriate for K–3 classrooms, intervention settings, and home learning

Use them for:

• Morning meeting

• Sound review

• Phonics warm-ups

• Small groups

• Intervention

• At-home practice

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File Details

• Digital printable resource

• PDF format

• Immediate download

• For personal or classroom use