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Practicing Letters e and f
Which of these words begins with the letter e? Scholars become familiar with lowercase letters e and f by visually matching. After tracing each letter, they draw lines from the letter to images beginning with the same sound. Encourage...
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Practicing Letters a and b
Start out your alphabet practice right using this phonics and printing worksheet. Pre-readers begin by tracing and printing lowercase letters a and b and adding them to an incomplete alphabet at the bottom. They connect each letter to...
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Phonemic Alliteration Lesson Plan
Old MacDonald had a ... dragon? A shared reading of this funny take on the classic children's song engages beginning readers as they learn about phonemes and alliteration.
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Consonant-Vowel-Consonant Words
In this recognizing consonant-vowel-consonant words worksheet, students pronounce three-letter picture words, circle one letter from each column for the beginning, middle, and final sounds, and write the picture words. Students write...
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CVC Spelling
In this spelling worksheet, 1st graders will focus on spelling CVC words. Students will study 7 pictures and choose the correct letters for the beginning, middle, and ending sounds before writing the complete word three times each on...
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Three Letter Words
In this three letter words learning exercise, students say the name of 8 pictures. From 3 choices, students circle the first, middle and ending letter of the word. Students write the whole word on the line.
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Letter Practice: Short O
In this letter worksheet, students fill in either beginning or ending sounds to make a word match a picture. All words have a short "o" in the middle, pictures appear in the middle of springtime "flowers."
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Can You Read And Spell These Words?
In this language arts worksheet, students learn to build words by combining beginning, middle and ending sounds. Students cut out 20 letter cards. There are no directions about what to do with these cards.
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Say It Connect It
In this spelling learning exercise, 1st graders will focus on spelling CVC words. Students will study 6 pictures and choose the correct letters for the beginning, middle, and ending sounds before writing the complete word on the lines...
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Beginning Reader
First graders work in an individual tutoring atmosphere. First the student reads books with the teacher. The student sorts words found in the books using phonetic similarities. Finally, the student writes sentences summarizing the book.
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Review Letters and Words: 20
For this reviewing letters and words worksheet, students name letters, say sounds of letters, read sentences, say beginning sounds, and more. Students complete 5 exercises.
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Short Vowel Words
In this short vowel sounds practice worksheet, students examine 8 pictures, say the names of the pictures, and select the correct letters to spell the 8 words.
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Practicing Letters m and n
Pair printing practice with initial sound recognition using a matching instructional activity. Learners focus on lowercase letters m and n as they match each to words that begin with the same sound. There is space for printing practice...
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Initial Ss Blends
In this beginning blends activity, learners practice listening for the initial blends. They circle the correct sounds for the beginning blend - middle vowel - and final sound. They write the word that names each of 8 pictures.
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"There Is No K In Christmas"
Do you hear a k in the word Christmas? It sounds like it, but it's really a ch that creates the same sound! Teach young learners this fun song, "There is No K in Christmas," and show them words that use ch to make the same /k/ sound.
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Short Vowels
In this short vowels learning exercise, 1st graders listen for the short vowel sounds by saying the picture word slowly and listening for the sounds. Students circle one letter from each column for the beginning, middle, and final sound....
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"Gazunheit!"
Students study the /a/ phoneme by determining how the mouth move when it makes the sound by imitating a sneeze. They recite a tongue twister, practice writing the lowercase "a" and listen to a story while identifying the letter sound....
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Initial R Blends
In this initial r blend worksheet, students look at pictures and write the correct sound for the beginning blend, middle vowel and final sound of each picture.
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Trucks and Community Workers
First graders identify community helpers and their roles. In this transportation lesson plan, 1st graders complete a series of lessons integrating technology and literacy. Students decode sounds of short u, c/s/ and g/j/ words and...
Starfall
Ii is for Igloo
For this printing worksheet, students form the upper and lowercase letter Ii. Students also color in pictures that begin with the letter Ii.
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Uu is for Umbrella
For this printing worksheet, learners form the upper and lowercase letter U. Learners also color in two pictures that begin with the letter U.
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Aa is for Apple
For this printing worksheet, students form 11 upper and lowercase letter A's. Students color in pictures of words beginning with the letter and write two rows of A's on their own.
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The Best Pet
Students listen to the story , Pet Show, and discuss the variety of animals that were in the show. The class recalls the animals and practice sounding out the names. Then they decide which animal should receive the best of show ribbon.
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Lesson 1 - Skill 1 - CVC WORDS - Recognition Memory
In this CVC recognition memory worksheet, learners examine 20 pictures, say the picture words listening to the sounds, and circle the 1 letter from each of the 3 columns to spell the word in each of the 20 problems.