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Ned's Red Guitars
In this phonics practice activity, learners examine 10 words that have "ea" in them. Students color the guitars with the long e sound red and those with the long a sound gray.
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The Hole Story
In this long o worksheet, 1st graders will focus on the long o sound. Students will read a short passage and fill in the 5 missing words from the word box to correctly complete the story.
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Juggling Bugs
Students examine the letter 'u'. Through instruction and modeling they explore the sound the letter makes, how the letter is written, words that contain the letter, etc. They say tongue twisters with the /u/ sound in them. They listen to...
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"IIIIH" it is a bug!
Young scholars practice the long and short vowel sounds of /i/ in a variety of text with assessing different strategies. They utilize tongue twisters to assist them including "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" and "Liz is Six." Letterboxes are also...
Rock ’N Learn
Maze Madness- Silent E
In this silent E words learning exercise, students help a child find his way to the playground by tracing a path in a maze. If the word in the maze has a long A, students turn right; for a short vowel sound, students make a left turn.
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The Itsy Bitsy Pig
First graders recognize the short vowel I in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /i/ from other vowel sounds. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and...
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"Aaaaaa!!!!" Please Don't Cry Baby!
Students complete a variety of activities as they examine the letter 'a' as it makes the short /a/ sound. Through instruction and modeling, they explore the sound the letter makes and how the letter is written. They recite tongue...
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Dad's Fat Hat
Students complete a variety of activities as they examine the letter 'a' as it makes the short /a/ sound. Through instruction and modeling, they explore the sound the letter makes and how the letter is written. They recite tongue...
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Letter Hunt
Students search for and find certain letters, blends, or vowel combinations in words, sentences and paragraphs. They investigate how these letters, blends or combinations are used in "every day" writing.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Phonics lesson for -ew and -oo
First graders identify letters and sounds associated with -ew and -oo sounds. Each learner receives a stack of cards containing these sounds, and they must determine whether the word uses the -ew or the -oo sound. This could easily...
University of Texas
Essential Reading Strategies for the Struggling Reader
Beneficial for beginning readers, struggling readers, and those in need of review, a set of language arts activities is a great addition to any foundational reading unit. Focusing on phonological awareness, fluency, instructional...
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Spelling-Long E Words
In this spelling worksheet, students copy a set of 6 long e spelling words. Parents are given suggestions to help students study and learn the words.
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The Big Hit
Students are introduced to the phonetic sound associated with the short letter "i" and listen to a story which includes words with this sound. For this the big hit starfall lesson, students build sound letter accuracy. Students also...
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The Letter O
In this letter O worksheet, students determine whether an underlined word had the long or short o sound, circling the correct answer.
Starfall
Soap Boat
In this Language Arts learning exercise, students read a short book about a "soap boat." Students may practice reading it aloud and color in the illustrations.
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Iggy and the Icky Sticky Inchworm
Learners read and spell words. They have to recognize that letters stand for phonemes and spellings map out spoken words. Long and short vowels are hard to recognize and this lesson focuses on that. The short i is taught in the...
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Aye, Aye Captain
Students investigate how correspondences appear differently in different words. They also recognize the difference between long and short vowels. Students study how these correspondences are spelled and pronounced differently.
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Weekly Reading Test
In this reading worksheet, 1st graders are tested on short o words. Students read and write 10 words and choose 2 words to write three times each.
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Fluency is Freedom!
Students read orally in groups of two to increase reading speed and fluency in this lesson. They read provided books which emphasize the short vowel sounds. The pairs time each others reading and offer encouragement and support as they...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Phonics lesson for -ick family
Kindergarteners and first graders develop phonemic awareness for words that contain -ick. Each learner gets a stack of cards with different -ick words, highlighting the target sound as they review each one.
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Spinning Short Vowel Game
First graders, in pairs, use spinners to experiment with different combinations of letters. They combine letters and determine whether they have produced a word or not. They construct and record words choosing letters from designated tiles.
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Students participate in activities associated with the book, "The Very Hungry Caterpillar". They practice using new vocabulary and the days of the week. They create a book about what they ate on the different days of the week and how the...
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First Day of School
Primary learners complete pre reading, writing, during reading, and interdisciplinary activities for the book First Day of School. They will complete journal entries, answer short answer questions, have discussions, and much more.
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The Hole Story
In this filling in the blanks and sequencing learning exercise, learners use words from the word box to complete the sentences and number the pictures to show the order of events in the short story. Learners write 8 answers.