Common Exception Word Cards

Learn all the words that make English tricky with this set of 111 double-sided cards. Each card uses sound buttons and phoneme frames to help children memorise tricky Common Exception Words and identify the decodable parts.

On the front-side of each card is the Common Exception Word along with sound buttons and a visual clue colour-coded in pink to show the non-decodable part of the word. On the reverse is a phoneme frame, with the tricky part of the word missing so the student can use the write and wipe surface to add the letter (or grapheme). The other letters that are tricky are presented along with phoneme speech bubbles. Together these visual clues help children sound the Common Exception Word out and see the exceptions to the decoding rules. 

The outside borders are colour-coded in accordance with the phases of our phonics progression. Cards also integrate with the lessons in the Teacher Planners at the different year levels.