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Give the Dog a Bone

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students listen as the /sh/ sound is modeled and discover the sound as it appears in the words "sheep", "fish", and "ship". They then play a secret game with a magic code placing the correct dog with its bone. Once all the words are...
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Gone Fishing

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students practice decoding words phonetically. The teacher discusses the association between spoken and written language. After the discussion, each student is given a word that is spelled phonetically. They decode the word by playing...
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Who Wants to be a Poodle? I Don't

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners explore the book, "Who Wants to be a Poodle? I Don't" by Lauren Child. In this early childhood literacy lesson, students complete extension activities after reading the story. Activities include connect the dots, matching game,...
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Silent-Letter Word Fluency

For Teachers 1st
First graders play a word card game to study words with silent letters. In this word sounds lesson plan, 1st graders say the words on the cards as fast as possible. Students continue to shuffle the cards and practice saying the words.
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Advanced Phonics Redux Fluency

For Teachers 1st
First graders review various advanced phonics words by playing a game. In this advanced phonics lesson, 1st graders read through a stack of word cards, they build fluency by identifying letters in words that get doubled and letters...
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Letter Combination Accuracy

For Teachers K - 1st
Students practice letter combination while playing a game. In this letter combination lesson, students draw a card from a bag and take turns saying the sound of the letters on the card. Students continue to pass the bag of cards...
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Aaa-aaa-aaa-choo!!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students study the /a/ sound by mimicking the sound one makes when they sneeze. Next they work with a tongue twister, which they recite while stretching out the initial short a sound. Next, they practice writing the letter and read "A...
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Go Fish

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ from other vowel phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation in a story...
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Peter and the Wolf

For Teachers 1st
First graders integrate music and fairy tales to improve their listening and analytical skills. In this music and fairy tales lesson, 1st graders view and listen to the musical fairy tale 'Peter and the Wolf' using a SmartBoard. Students...
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Icky Sticky

For Teachers 1st
First graders the /i/ sound by practicing the way the mouth moves while making the sound while saying "icky, sticky." They write the letter "i" using both upper and lower case letters, make words using letterboxes, and write about a...
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Creaky Door E

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners recognize the short vowel "E" in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /e/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and fill in the...
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Batter's Up

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ from other vowel phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify...
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Waaahhh Cries the Baby!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify the...
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Eerie Exits

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel e in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the short vowel /e/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and...
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The Cat Ate My Apple

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the phoneme for the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through a variety of activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter...
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How 'Bout Them Apples?

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation in words and phrases.
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Toyland, Toyland Word Search

For Students K - 3rd
In this simple word search worksheet, students search for a total of 12 "toy" words, such as bear, car, doll, game, etc. Link to related pages is given.
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Alphabet Letters Aa-Zz

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In these alphabet letter worksheets, students color in the uppercase and lowercase letters from Aa through Zz. Students color 26 worksheets.
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Ever Changing Pumpkin Faces

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students create different faces and facial expressions on a real pumpkin using laminated black face items. In this facial expressions lesson plan, students can use the pumpkin to show feelings.
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Alphabet Fun 1

For Students Pre-K - 1st
For this alphabetical order worksheet, students examine 10 series of 6 letters each. Students identify the letter in each series that does not belong in the series of letters.
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Alphabet Fun 2

For Students Pre-K - 1st
For this early childhood alphabetical order worksheet, learners examine 20 series of letters that include blanks that need to be filled in the with the appropriate letters.
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Alphabet Fun 3

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this early childhood alphabetical order worksheet, learners examine 10 series of 4 words in alphabetical order and write the next 5 letters that belong in each line.
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How Do You Do?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars practice the names of other students in the classroom.
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Spelling Takes a Hit!

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students actively practice spelling words. In this spelling instructional activity, students use a flyswatter to swat at letters that spell each of their spelling words.