The wind broke Finn’s rainbow! Help him explore a colorful St. Patrick’s Day world, complete seven picture-supported CVC activities and find seven rainbow puzzle pieces. Students practice all five short vowels—A, E, I, O, U—through 154 questions, including missing vowels, word building, word-family sorting, scene searches, word and picture choices, and mystery pictures. Build SUN at the end and make the rainbow shine!
Designed for Kindergarten–Grade 1 and ESL/ELL beginning readers. Use for literacy centers, partner practice, small groups or guided whole-class play.
The Mission
The wind broke Finn’s rainbow! Students help Finn search Clover Cottage, Mushroom Garden, Rainbow Bridge, Lucky Mill, Shamrock Woods, Wishing Well and Gold Hill. Complete seven CVC activities and find a rainbow puzzle piece at each stop. Each piece fills part of the rainbow. Finally, build SUN to move the cloud and make the rainbow shine over the pot of gold.
Skills Practiced
- Reading and decoding CVC words
- Identifying short vowels A, E, I, O, U
- Blending and segmenting three-sound words
- Building CVC words and sorting word families
- Matching printed words to pictures
What's Included
- 7 interactive CVC activities with 154 questions
- 7 rainbow puzzle pieces and a final SUN word-building task
- Optional teacher-controlled full-word audio
- Optional printable CVC worksheets and answer keys
- Teacher guide
- Teacher dashboard and progress tracking
- Classroom codes, nickname access and optional timer
Seven CVC Activities
- Find the Vowel: 20 missing-vowel questions
- Build the Word: build 20 CVC words
- Sort the Picture: sort 24 pictures by word family in three rounds
- Read and Find: read 30 words and find their pictures across six scenes
- Pick the Word: choose the matching word from four choices in 20 questions
- Pick the Picture: match 20 words to pictures
- Uncover the Picture: reveal four pictures with 20 vowel questions
Optional Full-Word Audio
Students tap a speaker button to hear a whole word. Teachers choose Audio on or Audio off before generating a classroom code. New codes use that choice; existing codes keep their own audio setting.
How to Play
Activate the mission, choose word audio on or off and generate a classroom code. Students join with the code and a nickname; no student email is required. Monitor progress and add an optional time limit. An internet connection and desktop, laptop, Chromebook or compatible tablet are required. Not designed for phones.
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NOT A PHYSICAL PRODUCT. This is a digital, browser-based resource. No physical item will be shipped.