Reading Flashcards for Adults

Here you will find custom reading flashcards for adults. They are custom because you can actually customize the text that is printed on the back of the cards to make them more specific to your student or students. They are for adults because the images don't have the cutesy child look; they have a more mature look.

Some cards have more sentences than others, others are more basic.

Not all students are on the same level, and you can change the words to fit your needs. When I taught reading to adults, some were very beginners, and some of my students already knew quite a lot of sight words.

I am in the process of creating more categories, so if you have a request for a category that I haven't covered yet, or want additional items in the categories that I've already done, just let me know.

This first category is Transportation.

Transportation Reading Flash Cards
by Custom Flash Cards

Another common category that is helpful to adults is Food. This would be really helpful should your student shop in stores that don't show pictures on the can goods.

Food Flash Cards
by Custom Flash Cards

Visit my Custom Reading Flashcards on my other blog to see all the options:

Another set of words that could be helpful to your students, is to draw the various images and words that are posted on restrooms in your area. In my area, there are not just Men and Women, but gals and guys, mexican words, and more. This can be a very helpful lesson plan to persue to make life easier for your student.

All the best.

Cheryl Paton

Reference book for teaching phonics to adults

Teaching phonics to adults is different, in most cases, than teaching phonics to children. Adults, for the most part, already have a wide vocabulary and know how to say what they want. Some may also have a great recognition of numerous sight words, and others, not so much.

From my own experience of working with adult literacy students, adults who need and want to improve their literacy skills, usually also need to improve their decoding skills. They need help in learning letter patterns, and recognizing them, so that they can decode words on their own. Sometimes context isn't enough to help the learner figure out a new word; sometimes words are shown without any context.

Helping learners to recognize letter patterns can help them decode words by letter pattern recognition.

That is where The Phonics Guide: A Guide to Reading and Spelling Patterns, comes in to play, or any other resource to which they can refer.

In The Phonics Guide, various common spelling patterns and letter combinations are listed alphabetically, enabling the student to more easily find a specific letter pattern, blend, etc., once they know the alphabet.

This guide can be used by both tutors and students. Tutors can refer to various letters patterns and general rules, to help formulate their lesson plans. Students can use this book to help them see examples, and to reinforce the patterns and common spelling rules that they are learning.

Below is a sample page:

Tutors will have examples at their fingertips to help explain the current letter pattern that they are teaching.

Learners will see examples of common letter patterns along with some illustrations to help them remember the sound that a particular pattern represents. They will be able to look up common letter patterns, i.e. blends, alphabetically. It's a great resource for students to use in between lessons.

It gives them answers to questions that they may be asking, such as, When does the letter Y sound like I? The instructor can easily answers these questions during a lesson, and the guide helps to reinforce it when the students need backup learning in between the lessons. It gives the students another aid in becoming independent readers and learners.

The Phonics Guide by Cheryl Paton is easily ordered on Amazon.

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