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I Scream You Scream We All Scream for Ice Cream!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
Use letter boxes and example words to help kids distinguish between the sounds for short vowel e and long vowel e. They are introduced to the vowel patterns that comprise long vowel sounds, with a particular emphasis on /ea/. They...
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I Ate Grape Cake

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students distinguish between the sounds for short vowel a and long vowel a. They are introduced to the vowel patterns that comprise long vowel sounds, with a particular emphasis on vowel-consonant-e pattern. They practice reading and...
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Blending Bumper Cars

For Teachers 1st
First graders practice blending words with the consonant-vowel-consonant pattern. Given a card with a decodable word part, 1st graders add an initial consonant sound and blend the sounds to read the new word. They practice reading a...
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I See A Bee

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students create a drawing of a word containing the sound /ee/. They are introduced to the /ee/ vowel pattern that comprise the long /ee/ vowel sound. They practice listening for and reading a variety of words containing the long vowel...
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Boom Chicka Boom

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars recognize how vowel patterns change a short vowel sound into a long vowel sound. With an emphasis on the /oo/ that makes the long U sound, students identify the phoneme and letter combination through listening and matching...
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Cookie Crisp Howl

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners are introduced to the vowel pattern that produces the /oo/ sound in words. Through matching, listening, and spelling activities, students recognize the phoneme /oo/ and it's placement in words. They write a message using words...
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Cars Puzzles (Basic Code Sentences)

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Vroom vroom into reading skills! Bring a set of reading puzzles based on Disney's Cars to your special education or mainstream class. Each strip features a code sentence with the same vowel sound, and when kids put the strips together,...
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Do Sheep See Sheep When They Feel The Need To Sleep?

For Teachers 1st
First graders distinguish between the sounds for short vowel e and long vowel e. They are introduced to the vowel patterns that comprise long vowel sounds, with a particular emphasis on /ee/. They practice reading and identifying a...
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Vowel Lessons: To Help Improve Spelling

For Teachers K - 12th
There are a few things every good speller knows: spelling rules, vowel sounds, and word endings. Help your learner with dyslexia become a more efficient speller with a few tips from a dyslexia expert. Included in the lesson is a video,...
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K12 Reader

They Go for a Nice Drive

For Students 1st Standards
Set aside some time to practice the long /i/ sound when it shows up in words that follow the _i_e pattern. Kids read the short poem, which includes plenty of words that follow this pattern, and then respond to three reading comprehension...
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McGraw Hill

Phonics Teachers Resource Book

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Looking to improve your classes literacy program? Then look no further. This comprehensive collection of resources includes worksheets and activities covering everything from r-controlled vowels and consonant digraphs, to the different...
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Core Knowledge Foundation

First Grade Skills Unit 2

For Teachers 1st Standards
Nineteen lessons make-up a four-week-long unit that explores long vowel sounds, nouns, and 11 high-frequency words. Lessons scaffold information to gain confidence in reading a decodable text and answering questions. Routines include...
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The ai and ar Sounds

For Students K - 1st Standards
These words sound the same but are spelled differently, giving scholars a chance to practice spelling patterns and rhyming words. First they read that the /ai/ vowel sound can be made with three different spellings. Learners label three...
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The oa Sound

For Students K - 1st Standards
Explore spelling patterns with this multi-step worksheet featuring the /oa/ sound. Learners read a brief introduction explaining that this sound can be achieved by three different vowel combinations. They complete a different activity as...
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Poems: Itsy Bitsy Spider

For Students K - 1st Standards
Act out the "Itsy Bitsy Spider" rhyme with youngsters. Learners observe visual instructions before completing the corresponding actions, then draw the spider into a scene. Finally, they write down rhyming words that have the ai spelling...
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The oa, oy, and ow Sounds

For Students K - 1st Standards
Focus on the vowel sounds /oa/, /oy/, and /ow/ in this spelling patterns instructional activity. The sounds are split into three sections, with learners observing how each can be spelled differently in familiar words. They write words...
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The oo Sounds

For Students K - 1st Standards
Investigate spelling patterns that make the /oo/ sound in this labeling worksheet. Scholars read a brief introduction explaining the different vowel pairings that make the long /oo/ sound, along with word examples. Then, they write words...
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The oo Sound

For Students K - 1st Standards
These letter sets all make the /oo/ sound; learners sort single-syllable words into four spelling patterns, writing each. This visual instructional activity has all the words inside a moon and the various spelling patterns inside stars....
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The ee and ie Sounds

For Students K - 1st Standards
Put to use the old saying, "When two vowels go a walking, the first one does the talking." Scholars focus on the /ee/ and /ie/ sounds and spelling patterns that create them. First, they label four pictures with the ea and ee spellings,...
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The or Sound

For Students K - 1st Standards
Before using this vowel sounds crossword activity, be forewarned that the pronunciation here is based on British English, and will be confusing for American English speakers. Learners focus on the /or/ sound, examining five spelling...
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The ee Sound

For Students K - 1st Standards
When two vowels take a walk, the first one does the talking! Scholars see this motto put to use as they study the /ee/ sound in various spelling patterns. Learners read a short introduction on this concept before reading several example...
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The ai Sound

For Students K - 1st Standards
There are multiple vowels that make the /ai/ sound within words; show your learners three of them in this spelling worksheet. They look at some examples, then complete three sets of words by adding in the vowels to make this sound. The...
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Winter Words-Fill in the Vowels

For Students 1st
In this spelling worksheet, 1st graders fill in the blanks on each of eight words with the missing vowel. Each word is related to winter and winter activities.
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'a/magic e' Missing Vowels

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this 'a/magic e' missing vowels worksheet, students view consonant blank/consonant blank patterns and fill in the missing a and e vowels to read the completed words. Students write thirty words.

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