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A Model Lesson Plan for Teaching Phonics
First graders decode words containing the letter o when it is followed by a consonant and silent e.
Core Knowledge Foundation
Second Grade Skills Unit 2: Bedtime Tales
A unit covering second-grade skills reviews 16 letter-sound correspondences, tricky words, and punctuation. Readers provide context for examining story elements, and pupils participate in close reading and write narratives retelling a...
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Here's an Instant Activity for September 6, 2004
What are the words that use the silent e? With this resource, youngsters complete a teacher-led activity for spelling words with silent e sounds. They then complete a worksheet that adds suffixes s, ed, or ing to words that end in silent e.
Starfall
Jake's Tale
In this phonics activity, students circle and write 4 words with the long /a/ sound.
McGraw Hill
Phonics Teachers Resource Book
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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How to Make Plurals of Words That End In "f" or "fe": A "F"able
Identify nouns that end in "f" or "fe." Review how to make words plural and the specific rules for words that end in "f" or "fe." Complete the fable activity sheet and find and write the plurals for words they find that end in "f" or...
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Sky Ride
For this long /i/ sound instructional activity, students circle the words with the long /i/ sound and then write each word in the blank to match the picture.
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Words with Silent Letters
Third graders recognize that some words have silent letters. In this spelling activity, 3rd graders write words with silent letters dictated by the teacher. Students work in groups to arrange the words by their silent letters.
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On-Level Small Group Phonics Lesson: ea /e/
Young scholars explore /e/. In this phonics lesson, students decode words with "ea" representing the short e sound. Young scholars read sentences and a short book that includes "ea" word practice.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Family Time: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 5)
Provide extra support with a unit that follows a teach, blend, guided practice, and practice/apply routine to reinforce reading, grammar, vocabulary, and writing skills. Reading and writing lessons include supporting details, story...
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Made You Mad
Students explore the phoneme for the vowel-consonant-silent e grapheme. They recognize the silent "e" at the end of words and practice speaking them. Students say words, spell them, and say tongue twisters with the vowel differences. ...
Scholastic
Narrative Writing
If you're looking to start a unit based around narrative writing, make sure to consider this resource while you're planning. This book covers five topics: writing personal narratives, writing narratives about others, writing narratives...
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Four Corners Spelling
Second graders participate in a spelling activity using clapping and rhythmic patterns. For this ongoing spelling lesson, 2nd graders practice various spelling words in groups and using rhythms. Students then independently spell words.
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A Race to Place
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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We Want W!
First graders recognize the phoneme /w/. Through listening and matching activities, 1st graders discriminate the phoneme /w/ from other letters and phonemes. They associate /w/ with its letter representation and identify the phoneme in...
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Sum It Up to Learn the Most!
Students review the concept of silent reading. Through modeling and guided practice, they follow six given steps in summarizing a written passage. Then they read a passage independently and follow the same steps in summarizing the...