Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Launching Young Readers: Episode 2: Sounds and Symbols
Hosted by Annette Bening, Sounds and Symbols focuses on how children learn the relationship between sounds, letters, and words as an initial step before being able to decode the printed word. Features children's book author and...
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Tips for Parents From Top Researchers
This site features tips for parents from top researchers about developing your child's reading skills.
Other
Mes education.com: Printable Phonics Worksheets
Choose from variety of free printable phonics worksheets, coloring pages, and games to use for English language learners.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Songwriting for Beginning Letter Sounds
A great resource for teachers. This lesson plan uses songs and singing as a guide for students in learning letter names and beginning consonant sounds. Students in first and second grade can extend this lesson by creating new verses for...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Whole to Parts Phonics Instruction: Letter Sound Correspondences
Contains plans for two lessons that use the whole-to-parts phonics approach to beginning reading. It uses onset and rime to group word families and spelling patterns to show sounds in context. In addition to objectives and standards,...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Student of the Day: Create Sound/letter Understanding With Names
A recurring lesson plan focused on understanding letters and sounds. Each session lasts ten to twenty minutes with one session for each student in the class. Each student has a turn at being the Student of the Day and other learners...
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Phonics and Decoding
This resource provides information and techniques for teaching phonics and decoding, which assist with early literacy.
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Decoding and the Jabberwocky's Song
What is reading? Explore this article from to find the answer to this question.
Other
Owl and Mouse Educational Software: Learn Letters
This site provides three Freeware programs to help students learn the letters of the alphabet and letter-sound correspondence. Students need to be able to use a mouse to manipulate the images on the site. Instructions for downloading the...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Beginning Sounds
[Free Registration/Login Required] Match beginning sound to the correct picture.
Los Angeles County Office of Education
Teams: Distance Learning: Rhyming Words Activities
A K-1 lesson plan from TEAMS Distance Learning. "Students will practice rhyming words and also be able to identify words that rhyme. These lessons will have them active."
US Department of Education
U.s. Department of Education: Teaching Approaches: Phonics Instruction
Explore the world of phonics instruction. Students and teachers can benefit from this informative site, which outlines a phonics instruction plan.
Arcademics
Arcademics: Turtle Dash
Students will determine the correct double vowel sound to go in the given letters.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Princess Presto's Spectacular Spelling Play
Help Princess Presto put on a spelling play! After she makes the letter sound, choose the correct letter with your wand to make a simple word. The word you spell will become part of the play!
International Reading Association
Lesson Plan: Making and Writing Words
A detailed and thorough lesson/unit plan designed to lead students into a greater understanding of word building through intense study and activities. Students learn spelling structure, word recognition, and phonics. Great resource!
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Overview of Letter Sounds
This Overview of Letter Sounds resource has two sections: Introduction to Letter Sounds and Video Demonstrations. It provides downloads of the following: lesson plan, lesson materials, glossary, and video transcript. This section is...
Starfall
Starfall: Picture Hunt: Y as Long E
Become a better reader with this interactive game. Hunt for pictures words with Y as a long E sound.
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: By Car, Train, or Bus! The Sounds of Language on the Go
Come and check out this awesome pre-reading resource. This site offers examples of simple word games you can play with kids to increase their ability to recognize and use letters and sounds. Try these games the next time you're in the...
Auburn University
Assessing Phoneme Awareness and Decoding
How do you assess phoneme awareness and decoding? Use this site to find the answer to this question on phoneme awareness and decoding.
ABCya
Ab Cya: Weird & Watery Alphabet
ABCya! presents its sixth children's storybook for the classroom. The Weird and Watery Alphabet is an original work by Michelle Tocci. The story takes children on a unique underwater adventure introducing them to amazing creatures while...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Upper and Lower Case Match Up
This technology-based instructional activity has students navigate Internet sites to assist them with learning the letter names and sounds. Students also use slideshow presentations to identify letter matches and learn beginning sounds.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Spotting Sounds All Around
This is both a hands-on and technology based lesson where young scholars can apply their knowledge of letter/sound relationships while incorporating the use of classroom technology. This Language Arts activity will allow for the students...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Phonological Awareness/beginning Sounds
During this lesson students will develop phonological awareness through activities that focus on beginning sounds. Students will go on a scavenger hunt, make a picture book, and play games on the Internet in order to help them learn to...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Phonemic Awareness With Technology
This instructional activity allows learners to use the Internet to manipulate words by changing initial sounds. Students will use computer skills while learning how to change words by changing the initial sound.