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Short Vowel Sound

For Students K - 1st
Use this creative way to review words that have short vowel sounds. Learners read a word and then identify the words in the group that have the same vowel sound. It is a motivating way to have learners explore this topic.
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Missing Short Vowels

For Students K - 2nd
Younger learners can practice reading and spelling words with short vowel sounds using this resource. They fill in the blanks to form simple words like bag, bed, and fox. With only twelve questions, this resource could be used as a quick...
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Play Ball Ya'll!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore the /awl/ phoneme. They examine the /awl/ sound and how to make the sound themselves. They say /awl/ tongue twisters and use letterboxes to write several 'all' words. They read stories with the /awl/ sound.
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Popcorn PPPPopping P

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners are introduced to the most popular phonemes to help them with their reading. As a class, they listen to popcorn popping and identify the sound being heard. They practice saying different tongue twisters and drawing the letters...
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Short A Label the Picture

For Students K - 2nd
In this labeling worksheet, learners will use six short /a/ words from a word bank to label the proper object on a picture of Appleland.
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Pete's Sheep

For Students 1st - 2nd
Learners write long /e/ words from a word bank in this phonics activity.
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Peg the Hen

For Students K - 2nd
In this phonics activity, students investigate the sound of the short vowel /e/. Students rhyme and write words.
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Robot and Mr. Mole

For Students K - 2nd
In this language arts learning exercise, students investigate the long /o/ sound by identifying pictures and writing its name.
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Pete's Sheep

For Students K - 2nd
In this language arts learning exercise, learners investigate the long /e/ sound by writing four words corresponding to a picture.
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Dune Buggy

For Students K - 2nd
In this reading worksheet, students practice reading with long /u/ words. Students make a seven-page book about Luke and his dune buggy. Students read and color the pictures.
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Jake's Tale

For Students K - 2nd
In this phonics activity, learners circle and write 4 words with the long /a/ sound.
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Surfer Girl

For Students K - 2nd
For this language arts worksheet, students complete words using the /ir/ digraph and locate two rhyming words.
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Phonics Lessons

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Great phonics lesson plans can make teaching students to read a whole lot easier, and a lot more enjoyable.
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It's Icky Sticky

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /a/ from other phonemes. Students identify the phoneme and letter in pseudo words they decode.
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Don't Punch Too Hard

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners recognize the short vowel u in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /u/ from other phonemes. Students identify the phoneme and letter in words and pictures.
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The Whining Child

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars recognize the short vowel u in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /u/ from other phonemes. Students identify the phoneme and letter in words and pictures.
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Tricky Nicky

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars recognize the short vowel i in written and spoken language. Through listening and matching activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /i/ from other phonemes. Students identify the phoneme and letter in words they...
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A Tisket-A-Tasket, Let?s Make a Flower Basket!!!

For Teachers 1st
First graders practice blending words with the phonemes /i/ and /e/. Working with a specific groups of letters, 1st graders create words using the vowels i and e. they decode those words and read them repeatedly to increase fluency.
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Ehhhh?

For Teachers K - 1st
Are your kindergarten learners working with the letter e and the sounds that is makes? They'll practice writing a capital e, hear the /e/ sound in a funny tongue twister, and then identify when the teacher is saying a word that uses the...
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Puzzle Fun with Long /O/ and Long /I/ Words

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
Search this crossword puzzle for words with long /o/ and /i/ sounds. Some of the clues are challenging, so consider completing the most difficult clues together. As an extension, it is suggested that your learners find the homophones in...
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Long E Words Matching Game

For Students K - 2nd
In this long e words worksheet, students cut out long e words and the pictures they go with, and then match them up together. Students complete 8 matches.
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Winter Syllables pg. 2

For Students K - 1st
Come December, practice syllable counting with the appropriate time of year! Using the winter theme, readers identify the winter picture, clap the number of syllables, and place the correct number of cotton balls next to the four...
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Can You Slither Like a Snake?

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore letter-sound correspondences. They explore the letter s and the sound produced by the letter. Students explore how to write both the upper and lower case forms of the letter s. Students identify s in both written and...
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Silly Snake

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice recognizing and sounding out the letter S. They listen to the alphabet song, "Sea Shell," by Amy Lowell, and view a large picture of a snake in the shape of the letter S. Each student points out other objects found in...