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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Molly of Denali: Party Moose Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This lesson, using the animated story "Party Moose" from the series Molly of Denali, shows the importance of paying attention to meaning while reading and using strategies, such as rereading, when something doesn't make sense. Molly and...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Molly of Denali: Bird in Hand Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This lesson, based on the 11-minute story "Bird in Hand" from the PBS KIDS series MOLLY OF DENALI, helps children use strategies, such as examining the parts of unfamiliar words to figure out their meaning. When Molly and Tooey come...
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Activity
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Tic Tac Toe Spelling [Pdf]

For Students 2nd - 8th Standards
For this PDF spelling activity, choose three activities "in a row" to complete for your weekly spelling assignments. These activities include creating a comic strip using at least seven of your spelling words, write your spelling words...
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Interactive
Other

Galactic Phonics: Cvc Word Interactive Spelling

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
Practice spelling common Consonant Vowel Consonant words in this game-style interactive activity.
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English Zone

English Zone: Pronunciation Fun Maze: But (Schwa Sound)

For Students 2nd - 6th Standards
A printable maze where students follow words that use the schwa sound to work their way through the maze.
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Handout
Other

Your Dictionary: Commonly Misspelled Words [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
A printable table of commonly misspelled words for intermediate readers.
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Interactive
Other

Ki Co4 School English: Compound Words

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
This is a self-scoring matching game in which pairs of words are matched to form compound words.
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Graphic
Other

Free Phonics Lessons: Breath Sound Consonants: Beginning Consonant Sounds

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Ready-to-print phonics chart on beginning consonant breath-sounds. Students can click on the letters, pictures, or words to hear the sounds independently or as a part of the words.
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Unit Plan
Other

First School Years: Literacy: Phonics: Vowels: Sort the Long and Short 'A' Words

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This site contains a sorting activity through which students can practice identifying pictures with either a long or short 'a' vowel sound.
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Unit Plan
Other

First School Years: Literacy: Phonics: Vowels: Sort the Long and Short 'E' Words

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This site contains a sorting activity through which students can practice identifying pictures with either a long or short 'e' vowel sound.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Count the Vowels

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Learners are given a list of words and told to count the vowels and turn the sheet over. They are then asked to list the words. In this exercise, students discover how the words are arranged and find it easy to remember them.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Short Vowel Sounds

For Students K - 1st Standards
A five-part learning module with links to images and videos about short vowel sounds.
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Interactive
Roy the Zebra

Roy the Zebra: Reading Games: Long Vowel Phonemes

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
A free downloadable interactive game. Help a baby bird fly by making words with a long "a" sound and a silent "e."
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Interactive
Roy the Zebra

Roy the Zebra: Reading Games: Long Vowel Phonemes: Words With the "Aw" Sound

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
Download this game to practice words containing the "aw" phoneme. Drag the phoneme into the correct part of the word to help a baby bird named Mango fly with her friends.
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Interactive
Roy the Zebra

Roy the Zebra: Reading Games: Long Vowel Phonemes: Words With the "Ay" Sound

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
Complete words with the "ay" phoneme to create a long "a" sound in this interactive game. Just download the game and complete the words to help Mango the baby bird fly with her friends.
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Interactive
Roy the Zebra

Roy the Zebra: Reading Games: Long Vowel Phonemes: Words With the "Ea" Sound

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Download this free interactive game to help a baby bird fly with her friends by building words that use the phoneme "ea" to create the long "e" sound.
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Interactive
Roy the Zebra

Roy the Zebra: Reading Games: Long Vowel Phonemes

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
A game where players can create words with the long "e" sound created by a double "e."
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Interactive
Roy the Zebra

Roy the Zebra: Reading Games: Long Vowel Phonemes: Words With the "Ow" Sound 2

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Download this free game and help a baby bird fly with her friends by completing words that use the "ow" phoneme to create the long "o" sound.
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Interactive
Roy the Zebra

Roy the Zebra: Reading Games: Long Vowel Phonemes: Words With the "Oy" Sound

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
A free game to download that allows students to practice placing the "oy" phoneme into words in order to help a baby bird fly with her friends.
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Interactive
Roy the Zebra

Roy the Zebra: Long Vowel Phonemes: Exploring Words With "Oa" Sound Eg. Boat

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
In this game, students help Uncle Tom get ready for bed by clicking and dragging the "oa" sound to make words and then giving Tom one of his bedtime bits. Links are available to lesson plans using the "oa" sound and to other games.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Phonics

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This interactive flipchart explores beginning word sounds, ending word sounds, and short vowels. There are assessment questions included. The vocabulary level is appropriate for primary elementary...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Prefixes and Suffixes

For Teachers 2nd - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart reviews prefixes, root words, and suffixes. Students practice constructing sentences.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Real Words or Nonsense Words?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson helps students to distinguish between real words and nonsense words. Real words are words that we use to communicate. Nonsense words are words that we do not use.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Short and Long Vowel Discrimination

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Short and long vowel practice.