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Sh Sh Sh: The Baby is Sleeping
Learners work with the /sh/ digraph. They read and spell words that contain the phoneme /sh/. Students read Sh!Sh! Stop that Noise. They identify the words containing the phoneme /sh/ while reading the story. Learners practice spelling...
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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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Money, Money, Money!
Letter boxes and a reading activity introduce the /sh/ sound to young learners. First they hear the target sound, then they identify words that contain it, and then they manipulate letters in their letter boxes. After these activities,...
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I Like to Shuffle Along in My Shiny Shoes
Students study the letters s and h as they blend together to make one sound. They practice making the sound, reciting a tongue twister while stretching the sh sound, and writing the letters. Next, they make words using letter boxes...
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Shhhhhhh! The sheep are sleeping!
Pupils examine the use of /sh/ in written and spoken words by watching how their mouth moves while making the sound, identifying words, listening to a story, and making words with Elkonin letterboxes. As an assessment, they complete a...
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Introduce /ee/
Learners explore phonetics by participating in a pronunciation activity. In this vowels instructional activity, students identify words in the English language which contain the "ee" sound. Learners participate in an activity in which...
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Hot Rod
Students complete a variety of activities related to the short /o/ sound. They spell different words containing the short /o/ sound using letter manipulatives, and with a partner read the book "Big Top." With their partner they count...
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She Ships Shells to the Shore
First graders identify the digraph /sh/ in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion the independent and combined sounds of the phonemes /s/ and /h/ students practice identifying initial and final placement of the new digraph...
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Shelly Shark Goes Shopping
Students identify the digraph /sh/ in written and spoken language. Students practice the production of the /sh/ sound through words and tongue twisters. They identify the initial and final placement of the new digraph /sh/ through...
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Don't Wake Mama
Students identify the digraph /sh/ in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion of the independent and combined sounds of the phonemes /s/ and /h/ students practice identifying initial and final placement of the new digraph...
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Fish, Fish, Fish
Learners identify the digraph /sh/ in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion the independent and combined sounds of the phonemes /s/ and /h/ students practice identifying initial and final placement of the new digraph /sh/...
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"The Tiger Who Came to Tea"
Young scholars complete various activities related to the book "The Tiger Who Came to Tea" by Judith Kerr Collins. They participate in a shared reading activity, list the foods from the story, write and read sentences in speech bubbles,...
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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.
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Wheat Berry Sprouts
Students prepare a wheat berry sprouts sandwich and discuss digraphs. In this wheat berry sprouts activity, students circle the digraphs in the recipe for the wheat berry sprouts sandwich.