Consonant Vowel Consonant (CVC) Plate Word and Letter Formation

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CVC Word plates are ideal for both guided and independent work by preschool and Kindergarten students, who use big curve, little curve, long line, short line to form the letters that make up the CVC words on the plates. Additional CVC word plates can be designed using the Letter and Word Formation Plates listed on another Thingiverse listing (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1746697) depending on the size of your 3D printer print area. When printing on a single extruder machine, the plates become more interesting by pausing to perform a filament change once the base layer has been made. For letters with crossing elements, four switches of filament colors create an even more colorful and intuitive letter formation plate. The CVC Plate Word and Letter Formation are useful supplements for preschool and Kindergarten students learning letter formation and practicing handwriting. Educators covering CVC word spelling with Kindergarten, 1st Grade, and 2nd Grade intervention may also use the plates as an engaging kinesthetic way for students to practice spelling at the same time. Students learn how to spell CVC words by building the words from letters, short lines, long lines, large curves, and small curves. While spelling CVC words, students are practicing letter formation. CVC Plate Word and Letter Formation Plates are primarily for preschool and Kindergarten. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.1.B recognizes that spoken words are represented in written language by specific sequences of letters. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.1.D recognizes and names all upper- and lowercase letters of the alphabet. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.2.D isolates and pronounces the initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in three-phoneme (consonant-vowel-consonant, or CVC) words. CVC Word and Letter Formation Plates can be integrated into current language arts curriculum as a kinesthetic activity or as an independent learning activity. It can range from 1-30 minutes depending on the number of plates created. Educator 3D prints the standard little line, big line, little curve, and big curve. Educator then prints example CVC word plates or using Thingiverse project (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1746697), 3D models new CVC words matching current curriculum and prints those. The CVC Word and Letter Formation Plates are easy for educators to use without much work. Refer to current curriculum for ideas of specific word lists from CVC study or sight words to build more plates. When students have completed building a plate, they can either show it to the teacher. If the classroom is mobile-enabled, students can take a picture to upload to their portfolio. Handouts would be the Language Arts curriculum being used by the educator that match the CVC words being practiced.