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Soap Boat

For Students K - 2nd
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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Mox’s Shop

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this grammar worksheet, students trace and write short /o/ words next to a picture.
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Short O Label the Picture

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this language arts instructional activity, students examine a detailed picture depicting a group of animals on a camping trip. Students label six short/o/ nouns in the picture using the word bank.
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Gus the Duck

For Students K - 2nd
In this spelling learning exercise, students fill in each sentence with the correct word or letter. The practice of using the right kind of sentence structure is done.
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Letter Pronunciation- Letter V Sound

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this letter V learning exercise, students examine a picture and four words. Students circle the word that best describes the picture and use the word in a sentence.
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Right on Target

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this r-controlled words activity, students examine 7 sets of letter and unscramble them to form "ar" words. Students then match the 7 words to the matching pictures.
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Essential Reading Strategies for the Struggling Reader

For Teachers K - 5th Standards
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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A Spy In Hiding

For Students 1st - 2nd
Who is the spy? Help Diggs, the dog detective, find the hidden words in the letter box. Then, after you circle each hidden word, determine who the spy is. How did you know? 
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1, 2, 3, Read!

For Teachers K - 1st
Explain to your readers a variety of decoding strategies to improve their reading fluency. They observe the teacher modeling blending, then in pairs take turns reading the book Clifford the Big Red Dog. Learners then time each other...
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Ashley's Apples

For Teachers 1st
First graders compare the /a/ sound to that of a baby crying. They practice making the sound and then say the tongue twister as it is written on a sentence strip and then using the overhead and letters, name words with that sound in them.
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Can you cry like a baby?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice the strategies of phonemes and spellings maps to sound out new words. They work on the short vowel /a/ sound with a sentence strip with "Allie the Alligator sat on a mat eating apples," on it and the book, "Cat in the...
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Abra-kadabra-kazam /a//a//a/, POOF!

For Teachers 1st
First graders discover that each letter of the alphabet has a sound then detect the /a/ sound represented by the letter a. They pretend to be magicians and say, "Abra-kadabra-kazam! POOF!" emphasizing the /a/ sound and then repeat an /a/...
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Pick a Picture

For Teachers 1st
First graders practice recognizing words with the short /a/ sound and applying /a/ phoneme in spoken words. They interact with the book, "Pat's Jam," and five picture cards with pictures of a hat, rat, cat, pig and a dog on each one....
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Dad's Fat Hat

For Teachers K - 1st
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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The Fat Cat

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore phonemes. They identify that a=/a/. Students recognize /a/ in spoken words by learning a meaningful representation and a letter symbol. Students practice finding /a/ in a variety of words. Students read a book that...
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Open Wide

For Teachers K - 3rd
Young scholars practice letter(s) map(s) along with phoneme sequences and sounds that make the /o/ sound in both spoken and written formats. They also decode words containing /o/ sounds to work towards becoming more fluent readers...
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Baby Sally is Upset Again!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Pupils, assessing how to read and write, join together grapheme's and the phonemes that make up words. They practice recognizing in oral and written form the vowel /a/. The book, "Matt and Rags," is introduced to the students in this...
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Aaaaaaaaaa!!! You Scared Me!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students practice the letter A sound in its different foms. They study a tongue twister that encompasses the letter A sounds. They use letterboxes and bags of letters to sound out different words with the a sound. They listen to a...
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Listen Up!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore the short /e/ sound. They practice writing the letter 'e' and making the short /e/ sound. They recite an 'e' tongue twister and practice finding the short /e/ sound in spoken words. They identify pictures of words...
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"Gazunheit!"

For Teachers K - 1st
Students study the /a/ phoneme by determining how the mouth move when it makes the sound by imitating a sneeze. They recite a tongue twister, practice writing the lowercase "a" and listen to a story while identifying the letter sound....
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Everyone is Reading

For Teachers K - 1st
Students study /e/ in both written and spoken words using a tongue twister and letterbox activities. They recite a tongue twisters and make words using letterboxes. Next, they read "Red Gets Fed" and find words that contain the /e/...
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Emergent Literacy: Open Up and Say Aaaah!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students, through modeling, explore how to make the short /o/ sound. They practice /o/ sound tongue twisters and recognize the sound in written form as the letter 'a'. They practice writing the letter 'a'. They pick out the /o/ sound...
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Poor Crying Baby

For Teachers K - 1st
Students examine the letter 'a'. Through instruction and modeling and a variety of practice activities, they explore the sound the letter makes and how the letter is written. They recite tongue twisters and read stories and pick out...
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Do You Hear That Crying Baby?

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners study the short /a/ sound by examining the movement of their mouths as they make the sound mimicking a baby's cry. They recite a tongue twister and write the lower case "a." They raise their hands when they hear the letter sound...

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