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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

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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Worksheet
Starfall

Short E Word Search

For Students K - 2nd
In this literacy worksheet, learners find the words that are in the word search puzzle. The emphasis is upon vocabulary and spelling.
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Lesson Plan
David Suits

“Wild Readers” Decoding Skills Lesson Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Set young readers on the path toward fluency with this phonemic awareness resource. Based on the award-winning children's book, Where the Wild Things Are, this lesson allows beginning readers to practice isolating phonemes and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Icky Sticky Hands!

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners examine the letter 'i'. Through instruction and modeling they explore the sound the letter makes, how the letter is written, words that contain the letter, etc. They use letterboxes to write 'i' words and read stories containing...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

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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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Cat Ate My Apple

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars 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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Worksheet
Curated OER

Phonograms

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this phonics worksheet, students read four sentences and listen and look for the sound of the given letter. Students circle the singular phonogram in the sentence and draw a picture about each sentence.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Lucky Ducky

For Teachers 1st
First graders recognize the short vowel u in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the short vowel /u/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

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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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Alligator Open Wide

For Teachers 1st
First graders recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /a/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Don't Punch Too Hard

For Teachers K - 1st
Students 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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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Ew...That's Iiiicky!

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners complete a variety of activities related to the short /i/ sound. As a class they recite a short /i/ tongue twister, then spell words containing the short /i/ sound using letter manipulatives. In pairs they read the book "Tin...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Allie The Alligator

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /a/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify them...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Whining Child

For Teachers K - 1st
Pupils 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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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sing Your Way Through Phonics Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars recognize and spell sets of words with r-controlled vowels. They become familiar with r-controlled spelling patterns.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Vowels: Long and Short i

For Students K - 1st
In this vowel worksheet, students sort a set of pictures in list whose name have either the short or long i sound. Worksheet contains links to additional activities.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sing Your Way Through Phonics Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore how to recognize and spell sets of rhyming words. They become familiar with short vowel spelling patterns.
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Worksheet
Starfall

The Big Hit

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this worksheet, students fill in the blanks with short /i/ words that rhyme with "big."
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Worksheet
Starfall

The Big Hit

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this reading instructional activity, students practice reading words with short /i/ by making an eight-page booklet. Students read the story about a tin man who plays baseball.
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Printables
Make Take Teach

7 Syllable Types - Classroom Posters

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd Standards
Review r-controlled words, open and closed vowels, and dipthongs with a set of classroom posters. Each page features one concept with a colorful illustration, an explanation, and a list of applicable words.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A Race to Place

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students distinguish between short vowel a and long vowel a. They are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e pattern that changes short vowel sounds into long vowel sounds. They practice spelling words with the vowel-consonant-e pattern.
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Lesson Plan
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O No!

For Teachers 1st
First graders distinguish between short vowel a and long vowel O. They are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e pattern that changes short vowel sounds into long vowel sounds. They practice spelling words with the vowel-consonant-e pattern.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Crying Baby

For Teachers K - 1st
Pupils explore phonemes. They discuss the short a sound. Students discuss the shape their mouths make when saying /a/. They read familiar words with the /a/. Pupils read "The Cat In The Hat." They identify words with the short a sound.
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Writing
Starfall

Make a Word _ip

For Students K - 2nd
For this printing practice worksheet, students trace, then write four words that end with the rhyming pattern "--ip." Students use two of the words in a sentence, printing them correctly on the primary lines. Students illustrate one of...