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Blending is Fun

For Teachers K - 2nd
Use a poster picture of a slide to illustrate the blending of phonemes in words. First show your youngsters basic examples like cat and cap. Then have learners work in pairs to create some blends of their own! Provide words for them to...
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Bee a Reader

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Use a fun tongue twister to help your class remember the /ee/ sound! With this lesson, they distinguish between the sounds for short vowel e and long vowel e. They are introduced to the vowel patterns that comprise long vowel sounds,...
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Shhh!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
What sound do fish and ship have in common? Study the /sh/ sound with your young learners. They hear a common tongue twister, spell words in their letter boxes, and read The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Phister to hear the words in context. 
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/sh/ Sound Work

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
What letters create the /sh/ sound? Have your elementary learners study the sound, write different words that use the sound in their letter boxes, and read One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish! After this mini-lesson, can your...
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Here's an Instant Activity for December 15, 2003

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students complete a spelling activity that helps them create and spell words. In this spelling lesson plan, students manipulate letters to make words and complete the worksheet by writing new words.
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Here's and Instant Activity for October 20, 2008

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Learners complete spelling activities for words with or and ore spellings. In this spelling lesson, students find antonyms for the 'or' words in the first exercise. Learners find synonyms for the second exercise.
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Word Search Puzzle: Phonics-Words That End With -ft and -pt

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In this spelling worksheet, students find each of twelve words on a word search. The word search is formatted in a ten letter by ten letter square. Each word on the list ends with either -ft or -pt.
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Word Search Puzzle: Phonics-Words That End With -nd

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In this spelling worksheet, students complete a word search by finding twelve words that end with the letter pattern nd. Words go up and down, side to side, and vertically on the puzzle.
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Word Search Puzzle: Phonics-Words That End With -ld

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In this spelling worksheet, students use a word search puzzle to reinforce the patterns of words that end in -ld. The word search includes twelve words.
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Roll the Dice

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students practice recognizing and blending letters together to create new and unique words in the process of decoding text. They play a game where they roll dice to help blend a variety of words together and create new ones to analyze...
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Fun in the Sun

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students learn about safe summertime play and responsibility. In this Clifford-themed lesson plan, students read Clifford Keeps Cool, use a time line to discuss the story, and participate in a summertime picnic activity.
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Spelling Success; Vowel Sounds

For Teachers 2nd Standards
There is a big difference between the words bit and bite. Learners begin to understand how to differentiate between short and long vowel sounds as they are given a word with a short vowel sound, and then are asked to add a letter to make...
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Suppressing Short O

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students complete a variety of activities as they explore/review the letter 'o' and the short /o/ sound. They recite short /o/ tongue twisters, practice writing the letter 'o', and listen to stories, identifying words with the short /o/...
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Say and Spell CVC Words Board Game

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
ESL learners practice saying and spelling consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words. In this spelling lesson, students play a board game that requires them to look at a picture and say then spell the word pictured. The first student to the...
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Snake and Sight Word Board Game

For Teachers K - 5th
Learners practice sight words. Game begins with the first student rolling a die and moving the number of spaces shown on the die. If they lands on a shaded square, he or she turns up a card and reads it aloud.
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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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Sight Words

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners practice sight word recognition using dolch word lists, or high frequency words. They' mastering of these words helps with reading skills, and builds reading confidence. This worksheet combines sight words with money recognition.
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Short Vowel Sounds

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Pupils write down all short vowel sounds. They read their spelling words and attach them to each short vowel sound. They practice writing each spelling word under each short vowel sound that they have listed on their paper. They discuss...
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Hop Scotch

For Teachers K - 2nd
Pupils practice a variety of techniques and strategies to assess the letter sound of o=/o/. They encounter Elkonin Boxes to assist them with their task as well as the tongue twister "Oliver had an operation in October, and Oscar gave him...
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Shhhh...Something Is Fishy!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students study the consonant digraph /sh/. They listen to tongue twisters containing the /sh/ digraph and write words beginning with /sh/. They create words using Elkonin boxes that have the /sh/ digraph.
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Language Arts: Word Recognition and Mental Images

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners read short stories containing Dolch sight words and describe the scenes and answer comprehension questions. After relating the stories to their own experiences or observations, they draw pictures illustrating a scene from the...
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Emergent Literacy: Open Up and Say Aaaah!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars, 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/...
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When A Says Its Name

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students are introduced to the concept of vowel digraphs. They identify the digraph /ai/ in spoken language. After a brief discussion, students apply the rule for reading and spelling words containing the /ai/ digraph by playing word bingo.
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Grandpa Ed

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners engage in an emergent literacy lesson that focuses on phonemic awareness. For practice they become more comfortable with a short vowel phoneme, which can often be the most difficult to identify, by learning it in isolation.

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