Grade 3 Phonics, Decoding & Spelling Patterns: Soft C
216 printable 3rd Grade phonics worksheets on Soft C. 6 activity types: Crack the Code, Lesson, Read and Draw, Roll and Read. The first three are free to download; All Access opens all 216.
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Includes 6 activity types: Crack the Code, Lesson, Read and Draw, Roll and Read, Sentence Scramble, Word Search.
Teaching Soft C
What it is
Soft c is the /s/ sound c makes before e, i, or y: cent, city, cycle. Before other letters it is hard /k/: cat, cup.
When a child is ready
Teach it after the child reads hard c words easily and knows the vowels.
If they struggle
Have the child look at the letter after the c before reading. A simple test, 'e, i, or y makes c say /s/,' handles almost every word. Sort words into hard and soft piles.
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