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Beat the Heat

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Review common digraphs with your early elementary schoolers. They identify the digraph /ea/ in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion, they apply the rule for identifying and spelling words containing the /ea/ digraph....
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Open Wide

For Teachers K
Students recognize the short vowel o in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, students discriminate the short vowel o from the long vowel o. They associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify the...
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Doctor Check-Up

For Teachers K
Students recognize the short vowel o in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, students discriminate the short vowel o from the long vowel o. They associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify the...
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Word Detectives!

For Teachers K
Students recognize the short vowel e in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, students discriminate the short vowel e from the long vowel o. They associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify the...
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Appetizing Apples

For Teachers K
Students recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, students discriminate the short vowel a from the long vowel a. They associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify the...
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Sounds of Yy

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this sounds of y practice activity, students discover that y can be a consonant or a vowel as they respond to 15 questions.
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Spooky Sound

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore the concept of vowel digraphs. They distinguish between the sound made by one vowel and two vowels. Through listening, matching, and writing activities, 1st graders identify the sound in words and sentences they...
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Sound the Foghorn

For Teachers K - 1st
Students complete a variety of activities related to the long /u/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then trace and write the letter U. Students then listen to pairs of words and identify which word contains the long /u/...
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A? Speak up, I can't hear you!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students become phonemically aware of various sounds that make up written words. This lesson focuses on the vowel correspondence a_e=/A/. They decode the long a mouth moves in words as well as practice spelling the words themselves.
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Phonics Tic-Tac-Toe

For Students 1st
In this phonics activity, 1st graders play tic-tac-toe while they practice reading words with short vowel sounds. Students cut Xs and Os to match with short vowel words on the game board.
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Phonics Tic-Tac-Toe

For Students 1st
For this phonics worksheet, 1st graders play tic-tac-toe while they practice reading words with short vowel sounds. Students match Xs and Os to short vowel words on the game board.
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Phonics Tic-Tac-Toe

For Students 1st
For this phonics worksheet, 1st graders practice reading words with short vowels and cvc pattern while playing tic-tac-toe. Students cut out Xs and Os to match with words on their game board.
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Phonics Tic-Tac-Toe

For Students 1st
In this phonics worksheet, 1st graders play tic-tac-toe while they practice reading words with cvc and cvcc pattern. Students cut out Xs and Os to match with short vowel words on the game board.
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Phonics Tic-Tac-Toe

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this phonics learning exercise, students practice reading a group of words with short vowel sounds while playing tic-tac-toe. Students cut out x's and o's to match with the words on the game board.
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No Pain, No Brain!

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners complete a variety of activities related to the /ai/ digraph. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then spell different words containing the /ai/ digraph using letter manipulatives. Students listen to the book "The Long Long...
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Minimal Pair Pronunciation Lesson

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
Students distinguish minor differences between English vowel sounds.
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"Ca...Ca...Ca...Caterpillar Blending"

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners improve blending skills. They produce many individual short utterances and mouth moves (phonemes) into one long utterance (words) and create their own blending caterpillar. They draw a picture of a caterpillar with three...
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Phonics

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this writing exercise worksheet, students sound out 6 pictures containing words with a long i with a silent e in them. Students write each word our or use them in a sentence. Students create one example on their own.
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Scanning Worksheet: Latin

For Students 8th - 9th
Introduce your Latin class to meter and the metrical pattern of an elegiac couplet. Have your learners practice identifying the syllables open to resolution in the two exercises provided. Answers are not included, but there is a helpful...
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The Amazing Silent E—Changing Short /a/ Words

For Students K - 2nd
In this language arts activity, students learn the amazing power of the silent E to change short vowel /a/ words to long sounds. Students change two words and then write sentences for each.
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Rhyming Words

For Teachers 4th - 6th
In this English worksheet, learners read a list of rhyming words. One list groups rhyming words with the long a sound. A second list groups words with the long o sound.
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Diphthongs 4

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this recognizing diphthongs worksheet, students list as many words as possible that have the ai and ou diphthongs in them.
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Voicing and Syllable Length (Using Rubber Bands)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify voiced and unvoiced sounds. They practice using short and long vowel sounds. They identify consonants only after paying attention to the length of vowels. They use rubber bands to help them determine the difference...
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The Doctor Sound

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel o in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, students discriminate the short vowel o from other short vowel sounds. They associate the phoneme with its letter...