Young readers demonstrate phonemic awareness in words and blends, and recognize 100 high-frequency words. Use a nursery rhyme to point out rhyming words, and change the words by putting a new letter at the beginning. Each learner will...

Students learn initial sound recognition by walking through the school and its grounds looking for items that begin with the same sound as their first name.

Students explore phonetics by participating in a letter combination activity with their class. For this word sound lesson, students identify the sound "wh" and discuss words where the sound is utilized. Students practice repeating words...

Students explore language arts by participating an on-line grammar activity. In this letter U instructional activity, students discuss the uses for the letter U in the English language and the different sounds that can be made from the...

Explore word structure by participating in a vowels and consonants activity with young readers. They will read words their teacher points out in class and pronounce them correctly. Then they identify the words they say which have a...

Explore English by identifying word structures. Learners find many words that end with a vowel, consonant, and then an e. The class will participate in a word flash card game in which they correctly pronounce vowel-consonant words.

Students explore the alphabet by completing an on-line letter identification activity. In this phonetics instructional activity, students utilize the website www.literarycenter.net and listen to word sounds as they identify the spelling...

Students are introduced to the concept of segmentation and blending of words. As a class, they are shown various words and are asked to determine the amount of letters and sounds in each. To end the lesson, they participate in a...

Explore words by building and decoding three-letter words. Real or nonsense words can be formed with the alphabet tiles. Practice fluency and blending sounds with CVC patterns.

With What Do You See at the Pond?, young readers explore pond life and practice reading strategies. Learners first make predictions and then read the simple story independently. After a second read-through with a partner, kids come...

Students explore language arts by reading Dr. Seuss stories in class. In this word play lesson, students identify the rhymes in both Dr. Seuss and Nursery Rhyme stories. Students utilize flash cards with rhymes written on them to play a...

Young scholars explore number sense by participating in a math recognition activity. In this number identification lesson, students practice pronouncing names of numbers and matching the number with an amount of objects. Young scholars...

Students explore technology by participating in a word structure activity. In this grammar lesson, students utilize the Writing Center computer software to practice keyboarding while identifying word formations in class. Students...