1st grade Phonics Games Bundle - 4 In A Row Decodable Center

🎲 Decoding Games: Four-in-a-Row Phonics Centers 🎲

Need simple, engaging decoding games that keep your students practicing phonics skills independently? These Four-in-a-Row games are just what you need! All of the centers follow the same format, so once you teach the directions, your students can play again and again—perfect for small groups, centers, interventions, or even sub plans.

⭐ What’s Included:

✔ 17 Four-in-a-Row Games

✔ Each game has 30+ picture cards

✔ Each game includes enough game boards for up to 6 players

✔ FREE Bonus: Final Stable Syllable -Consonant LE game

🎯 Skills Covered:

• Short vowels (CVC words) – a, e, i, o, u
• Beginning blends with short vowels
• Beginning & ending blends and digraphs
• Silent e words
• Long vowels (a, e, i, o, u)
• Bossy R (R-controlled vowels)
• Diphthongs
• Compound words
• BONUS: Final Stable Syllable (-le)

🕹 How to Play Four-in-a-Row:

1. Each student gets a game card.
2. Place picture cards in a stack.
3. Students draw a card, read the word, and look for the match on their board.
4. If the word is on their card, they cover it up.
5. First student to cover 4 in a row (horizontally, vertically, or diagonally) wins!

❤️ Why Teachers Love It:

• Easy prep, consistent format = maximum independence
• Perfect for small group instruction, literacy centers, interventions, morning bins, and sub tubs
• Keeps students engaged and excited while practicing important decoding skills
• Versatile resource that grows with your phonics instruction

📂 File Type: PDF (instant download)

📌 Grade Levels: 1st – 3rd (and intervention for older students)