Words like dough, although, and furlough can be tricky to spell and decode—especially when the letters ‘ough’ make the /əʊ/ sound. This reading and spelling card pack is designed to help.
Created by a qualified dyslexia specialist, this set supports your child to notice patterns, explore word meanings, and practise spelling with confidence. The pack includes two sets of word cards—one with the ‘ough’ spelling highlighted in red, and one without—plus a progress tracker and suggestions for multi-sensory activities.
These cards aren’t flashcards in the traditional sense. They’re designed for use during active, hands-on learning. Think play-dough word shaping, silly sentence building, or a kitchen scavenger hunt for ‘ough’ words. Each idea builds confidence, curiosity, and familiarity with this less common but important spelling pattern.
Suitable for children with dyslexia, slow processing, or simply those who enjoy learning through play.
Support your child’s spelling and decoding skills with this engaging, multi-sensory pack focused on the /əʊ/ sound spelled using the letter ‘o’. Designed by a Level 7 qualified dyslexia specialist, these cards are ideal for learners working on vowel spellings and reading fluency.
Use the cards in a variety of interactive ways—from window writing and memory games to echo reading and snakes-and-ladders-style spelling. The target sound is clearly highlighted in red on one version of the cards, with a duplicate set in plain black for additional flexibility.
Also included is a tracking sheet to help monitor your child’s blending and automatic reading over time.
Whether you’re a home educator, tutor, or parent supporting a struggling reader, this pack is designed to bring confidence and clarity to learning tricky spelling patterns—without relying on rote memorisation.
This downloadable set helps your child practise reading and spelling words containing the /əʊ/ sound spelled ‘oe’, using proven, multi-sensory strategies.
Designed by a dyslexia specialist, these cards support learners who benefit from seeing, saying, hearing and moving as they learn. Each word card is provided in two versions: one with the ‘oe’ spelling pattern clearly highlighted in red, and one without – making it easier to tailor support as your child grows in confidence.
This set includes:
Carefully selected /əʊ/ words like toe, oboe, potatoes, roe
A wide range of multi-sensory activity ideas, from jumping games and silly sentence building to spelling with window pens
A simple progress tracker to help you note when words are blended and read automatically
The cards can be used at home alongside your usual phonics scheme or as part of a structured intervention. They’re ideal for supporting children with dyslexia, slow processing speed, or those who need lots of overlearning and movement-rich practice.
For extra ideas and video examples of ways to use this resource, check out my social media pages or blog. You can also browse the shop for other resources exploring different /əʊ/ spellings or root words.
Help your child grow confident with the /əʊ/ sound – as in banjo, metro, and only – using this structured, dyslexia-friendly activity pack.
Created by a dyslexia specialist teacher, this downloadable resource supports children who need extra help with spelling and decoding. Each activity is designed to reinforce the /əʊ/ sound at home.
You’ll find:
Carefully designed wordsearches with and without support
Cloze sentence sheets with simple sentence structures
Ideal for home education, spelling practice, or revision at home.
🎯 Especially helpful for children with dyslexia or slow processing
📥 Instant download – no prep needed
For more ideas on how to use the activities in multi-sensory ways, follow Great Expectations Education on social media.
This interactive resource explores the sound /əʊ/ spelt with the letter ‘o’, through a collection of reading and spelling cards, sentence work, and multi-sensory activities designed for dyslexic and neurodivergent learners.
The words in this set—such as gecko, memo, bonus, and over—are grouped by shared spelling patterns to support phoneme-grapheme mapping, blending, and confident word construction. Learners are invited to build the words, read them aloud, and use them in context through sentence-writing prompts.
As a dyslexia specialist, I’ve included a wide range of practical, multi-sensory activity suggestions that go far beyond basic flashcard drills. From Jenga word games to chalk writing and silly sentence prompts, this resource encourages exploration of sound, structure, and meaning in a way that’s both engaging and evidence-informed.
👂 Suitable for home and 1:1 use
🧠 Structured for learners who benefit from repetition, pattern spotting and hands-on practice
🎯 Includes ideas for visual, auditory, and kinaesthetic learners
✍️ Encourages sentence-level fluency, not just decoding
📚 Use alongside other morpheme and sound packs for cumulative learning
👉 Check my Instagram or Facebook for photos and extra ideas for using these cards in creative, multisensory ways.
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This little set of ‘test’ themed resources is a gentle way to try out how I teach spelling, morphology and vocabulary, without committing to full price.
Each one is 75% off for a limited time and works well as a standalone activity or as a taster before diving into the other packs.
Ideal for: home educators, 11+ candidates and anyone wanting a low cost starting point.
This downloadable pack explores the root ‘test’ (from Latin testari, meaning to witness or affirm). It includes a clear set of printable word cards designed for spelling, reading, and vocabulary practice – with a focus on how words are built.
All words in this set contain the root ‘test’ (e.g. attest, protestation, testimony, untestable), and are organised for ease of printing. These cards are not flashcards in the traditional sense – they’re designed to be used within play-based, sensory-rich tasks. Check out a scroll-through of the resource.
Included in the pack:
✅ 36 word cards featuring the root ‘test’
✅ A simple tracker to monitor blending and reading fluency
✅ 40+ activity suggestions using tactile, oral, visual, and movement-based approaches
Examples include:
• Writing with window pens or tracing in salt
• Playing Snakes and Ladders with a word per turn
• Echo reading, silly sentences, and morpheme matching
• Body spelling, hopscotch games, and torchlight hunts
These activities are especially supportive for learners who benefit from movement, repetition, and meaning-driven reading. The tracking sheet allows you to note when a word can be blended or read automatically – helpful for both planning and celebrating progress.
Decode big words like ‘testament’ and ‘protester’ — morpheme by morpheme.
This downloadable literacy pack helps children explore the morpheme ‘test’ (meaning to witness or to examine), using a Structured Word Inquiry (SWI) approach. Through colour-coded cards, clear explanations, and hands-on activities, learners discover how complex words are built — and what they really mean.
Inside the pack:
A complete set of morpheme cards (in both colour-coded and neutral green versions)
A parent guide that explains word parts clearly — including what a linking vowel is and when to drop the ‘e’
A progress tracking table for blending and reading
10+ multi-sensory word-building games and puzzles
Examples of real ‘test’ word families (e.g. testify, protest, testimony, untested, countertestimony)
Check out a scroll-through video of the resource.
Activities include:
Missing morpheme puzzles
Snap! word family edition
Build-your-own definition games
Word wall creation
Card sorting and classification
Designed by a qualified dyslexia and literacy specialist, this pack supports:
Home educators
Learners who thrive on pattern and logic
Spelling confidence through morphology
Older learners revisiting tricky words with purpose
📎 Part of the How Words Workcollection | ✏️ 75% Off | 🎞️ Scroll-through video included
This sample resource introdu ces learners to vocabulary built from the Latin root “testari”, meaning to bear witness. It’s part of my wider How Words Work: Root Study & Vocabulary collection — a series of tools for building spelling confidence and deeper word understanding.
This pack includes structured grids for exploring words like testify, protest, attest, and testimonial, using:
Clear definitions
Synonyms
Sentence prompts
Etymology (word origins)
The word contest is fully modelled as an example, and suggested answers are provided at the end to support independent learning. Illustrating the words is encouraged, particularly for visual memory or neurodivergent learners.
This sample is ideal for:
🟊 Home educators exploring root-based learning
🟊 Children preparing for 11+ exams
🟊 Learners who benefit from structured vocabulary work
🟊 Anyone curious about how words connect
🎞️ A scroll-through video shows the full resource before purchase
💸 Download it for 75% off as part of the test word collection
📄 Pairs well with my Test spelling sheets and word cards
A ready-to-use set of spelling and decoding grids exploring the root test (to bear witness or show evidence).
From test and attest to testimony, protest, and intestacy, this pack offers structured practice with over 30 derived words — all carefully segmented for reading, spelling, and meaning.
Each sheet supports multi-sensory learning, encouraging children to:
▪️ Explore the sounds
▪️ Create the word
▪️ Read, Spell, and Use it in a sentence
Also includes a page of hands-on activity ideas — from tracing and air-writing to chalk play and morpheme sorting.
Perfect for learners exploring morphemes, building vocabulary, or strengthening reading and spelling fluency.
🟩 You’ll get:
• Three printable spelling grids
• Word lists split by morpheme
• Sentence-writing prompts
• Multi-sensory activity suggestions
• Colour-coded versions to support visual memory
Check out the resource on this video.
Designed for home learning or 1:1 support.
Pairs well with the matching “test” jigsaw word cards.