Save yourself time with this closed syllable exceptions resource with hours of activities to support your students in mastering reading and spelling words with the -ost, -old, and -olt spelling patterns (as in post, gold, and bolt).  Utilizing the Science of Reading approach, this resource hits on the five areas of literacy: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.  The included authentic texts at differentiated reading levels can provide you with pre and post-fluency results and are accompanied by numerous follow-up reading and spelling activities, taking the guesswork out of delivering comprehensive reading resources for your struggling readers.  As a special education teacher, I create age-appropriate resources for students who are in the upper grades but still need practice with key phonics concepts! Within this resource, you will find the following:  A suggest five-day lesson plan A poster listing the closed syllable exceptions -old, -ost, -olt A phonemic awareness activity to practice the foundational skill of manipulating sounds in words  Three reading passages filled with words with the -old, -ost, and -olt graphemes graded at third, fourth, and fifth-grade levels. The story centers on a son that helps his mom prepare for the grand opening of her new clothing store Corresponding teacher passages to track fluency progress Visualization exercises that have students illustrate what they pictured while they read -- an essential component to reading comprehension A summary writing activity  A worksheet that has students put six key details in chronological order and then illustrate those six key details  A word sort and corresponding worksheet that directs students to copy the words under the correct categories Three vocabulary worksheets (differentiated levels of difficulty) “Roll & Spell” encoding activity where students spell numerous words with the -old, -ost, -olt letter combinations “Look, Say, Cover, Write & Check” spelling activity Spelling lists to accompany the “Roll & Spell” and “Look, Say, Cover, Write & Check” activities Words with -old, -ost, -olt board game (color and black & white versions)  A drawing activity that directs students to draw a poster illustrating a key detail from the story Answer Key Ways to use this resource ✏️ As a whole-class lesson ✏️ As small-group activities ✏️ To track data for IEP's or parent/teacher conferences ✏️ In reading intervention ✏️ In speech/language sessions Before students dive into closed syllable exceptions, have them understand the more commonly found sound for vowels in closed syllables -- the short vowel sound. Check out the Short Vowel Sounds Fluency Passages Word Work and Reading Activities resource today!