Magnetic Grapheme Tiles
Ordering: For schools interested in purchasing additional grapheme tiles, please email literacy@ocdsb.ca. Please specify "Grapheme Tile Orders" in the email subject box. Thank you.
How to Use Grapheme Tiles and Cookie Sheets
French and English
Grapheme tiles have a multitude of uses in the literacy classroom. These can be used with the cookie sheets provided or any magnetic surface. These have currently been allocated for use in Grade 1 and Grade 2 English, French and ETFI Grade 2.
Example Activities
Word Work section of UFLI Foundations
decoding and encoding practice
Sample word lists for word chaining (English)
letter/sound recognition
Storage:
clear craft storage containers with dividers (available Dollarama approx. $3.75 ea)
clear bead organizer (available at Michaels approx. $14.99 ea)
Organization:
You can organize tiles by simple to complex graphemes (see below)
We recommend only using only the tiles you are teaching on the trays and storing extras in an organization system
Assembly
Carefully fold along perforated lines or use scissors to cut into individual tiles.
Templates:
Click here for a variety of templates formatted for the dimensions of the cookie trays (10 x 16.5).
These can be printed on ledger (and trimmed) or printed through print services (with principal approval) for .70 cents each, in colour, on never tear (the thinnest gauge that will still hold the magnets). If printing through Print Services, please contact Steve.carr@ocdsb.ca
English tiles include:
short vowels (red)
consonants (blue)
digraphs: ff, ll, ss, zz, ng, nk (white), ck, ch, sh, th, wh, ph (green)
ending spelling patterns: tch, dge, tch, ed, ing (white)
r-controlled vowels (yellow)
long vowel teams (pink)
silent letters: kn, wr, mb, gh (white)
French tiles include:
voyelles (rouge)
consonnes simples (bleu)
voyelles avec accents: a, é, è, ê, î, û (rouge)
voyelles équipes : oeu, ou, oi, ai, eu, ei, ui, au, eau (rouge)
digrammes: ch, gh, ph, th (vert)
sons complexes: et, es, ez, eil, eille, em ill, ille, ail, aille, er, ouille, im,
ont, ion qu, in, ain, aim ein, an, en, ent, ent, ant, on, ien (rose)
