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Chunking

For Teachers K - 2nd
Practice is a great way to build skills in reading with fluency and intonation. In leveled pairs, learners read a simple passage pausing as indicated by the marks on the page. They take turns reading the passage until they are both...
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Long Vowel U Sounds

For Students 1st - 3rd
This worksheet is straight-forward and easy to follow. Have your young learners look at the words below and place them in the correct category. Does the word have the ew letter combination or a u and silent e combination? For you very...
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Short Vowel A: Circle and Print

For Students 1st - 2nd
Study the letter a and the sounds it makes. With this worksheet, youngsters focus on the short vowel a sound like in bad, fat, and ran. Then, they read the words in the blue box, identifying which ones use the short vowel a sound. 
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Short Vowel Sounds

For Students 1st - 2nd
Some vowels make the same sound, like the vowels in grow and both. Read the words on the left hand side of the page (there are six) and match them to a similarly sounding word on the right hand side. 
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Short Vowel E Word Unscramble

For Students 1st - 2nd
What does the short vowel e sound like? After reviewing the sound with your class, give them this scramble worksheet to give them practice spelling words with the target sound. There are six words provided, and youngsters must unscramble...
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Puzzle Fun with Long /O/ and Long /I/ Words

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
Search this crossword puzzle for words with long /o/ and /i/ sounds. Some of the clues are challenging, so consider completing the most difficult clues together. As an extension, it is suggested that your learners find the homophones in...
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Vocab-u-lous! Build a Fabulous Vocab: Words Beginning with SL

For Students 10th - 11th
For this vocabulary worksheet, students select the best word to complete the sentence. They are challenged by the difficult words that contain a sl-blend.
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Vocab-u-lous! Build a Fabulous Vocab: Words Beginning with TR

For Students 10th - 11th
In this vocabulary worksheet, students select the best word to complete the sentence. They are challenged by the difficult words that contain a tr-blend.
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Vocab-u-lous! Build a Fabulous Vocab: Words Beginning with SC

For Students 10th - 11th
In this vocabulary worksheet, learners select the best word choice to complete the sentence. They are challenged with words that have sc-blends.
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Vocab-u-lous! Build a Fabulous Vocab: Words starting with GL

For Students 10th - 11th
In this vocabulary activity, students select the best choice to complete the sentence. They are challenged with difficult words that contain a gl-blends.
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Vocab-u-lous! Build a Fabulous Vocab: Words beginning with Pl

For Students 10th - 11th
In this vocabulary worksheet, students select the best word to complete the sentence. They are challenged with difficult words that contain a pl-blend.
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Fishing For F's

For Teachers K
Students discriminate initial sounds of words and categorize words based on the initial sound. They generate ideas and topics for writing and use prewriting and drafting strategies to formulate text.
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Phonics: Two Syllable Words

For Teachers 2nd
Learning the rules can make any task clear and achievable. Second graders have the task of segmenting two-syllable words. Lucky for them, they have a rule to guide them as they go along! They underline all the vowels in each word and...
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We Flew With a Baboon

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
More vowels? Elementary schoolers recognize how vowel patterns change a short vowel sound into a long vowel sound. With an emphasis on the /oo/ that makes the long U sound, kids identify the phoneme and letter combination through...
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Reintroduce /au/

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
Practice decoding au words with your first and second graders. They state the sound of au when the teacher points to the corresponding letter combination, and remain silent when any other letter combination is displayed. Complete...
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The Very Quiet World of Silent Letters

For Students 2nd - 4th
What is a silent letter? Review these terms and rules with your native and non-native English speakers to improve pronunciation. They read groups of words and identify which letter is silent.
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OW! I stubbed by toe

For Teachers K - 3rd
Drill and practice the /ow/ sound! Kids practice recognizing pictures that begin with the ou=/ou/ correspondence. They experience a letterbox lesson to help implement this task before them as well as reading the story, The Napping House,...
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Vowel Digraphs - Long i or Long e

For Students 1st - 2nd
Do you hear the long /i/ or the long /e/ sound? Kids read through 11 examples and decide which of the two sounds is used. Example words include die, flies, and shield. Correct the spelling error (sheild) before distributing...
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Beat the Heat

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Review common digraphs with your early elementary schoolers. They identify the digraph /ea/ in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion, they apply the rule for identifying and spelling words containing the /ea/ digraph....
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Shake With A

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Use letter boxes and letter tiles (d,a,y,l,p,w,k,f,r,i,t,s,b,c,I) to help your class distinguish between the sounds for short vowel a and long vowel a. They are introduced to the vowel patterns that comprise long vowel sounds, with a...
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Bee a Reader

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Use a fun tongue twister to help your class remember the /ee/ sound! With this lesson, they distinguish between the sounds for short vowel e and long vowel e. They are introduced to the vowel patterns that comprise long vowel sounds,...
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To the Sea

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Improve pronunciation and phonemic awareness in your first and second graders! With this plan, they distinguish between the sounds for short vowel e and long vowel e. They are introduced to the vowel patterns that comprise long vowel...
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I Scream You Scream We All Scream for Ice Cream!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
Use letter boxes and example words to help kids distinguish between the sounds for short vowel e and long vowel e. They are introduced to the vowel patterns that comprise long vowel sounds, with a particular emphasis on /ea/. They...
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How Many Feet Will We Meet?

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Emerging speakers distinguish between the sounds for short vowel /e/ and long vowel /e/. They are introduced to the vowel patterns that comprise the long vowel sounds, with emphasis on /ee/. They practice reading and spelling a variety...