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The Big Hit

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students are introduced to the phonetic sound associated with the short letter "i" and listen to a story which includes words with this sound. For this the big hit starfall lesson, students build sound letter accuracy. Students also...
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Fluency is Freedom!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students read orally in groups of two to increase reading speed and fluency in this lesson. They read provided books which emphasize the short vowel sounds. The pairs time each others reading and offer encouragement and support as they...
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Spinning Short Vowel Game

For Teachers 1st
First graders, in pairs, use spinners to experiment with different combinations of letters. They combine letters and determine whether they have produced a word or not. They construct and record words choosing letters from designated tiles.
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"IIIIH" it is a bug!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Pupils practice the long and short vowel sounds of /i/ in a variety of text with assessing different strategies. They utilize tongue twisters to assist them including "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" and "Liz is Six." Letterboxes are also...
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I Scream for Ice Cream!

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars determine that correspondences appear differently in different words. They discover the difference between long and short vowels and that these correspondences are spelled and pronounced differently. They review the i=/i/...
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Double Jeopardy-Homophones

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders identify homophones as words that sound alike but have different meanings. They, given a pair of homophones, are to explain the meanings of the words using gestures, role playing, or drawing a picture with their partner.
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students participate in activities associated with the book, "The Very Hungry Caterpillar". They practice using new vocabulary and the days of the week. They create a book about what they ate on the different days of the week and how the...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Phonics lesson for -ick family

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Kindergarteners and first graders develop phonemic awareness for words that contain -ick. Each learner gets a stack of cards with different -ick words, highlighting the target sound as they review each one. 
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The Hole Story

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this filling in the blanks and sequencing learning exercise, learners use words from the word box to complete the sentences and number the pictures to show the order of events in the short story. Learners write 8 answers.
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David Suits

“Wild Readers” Decoding Skills Lesson Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Set young readers on the path toward fluency with this phonemic awareness resource. Based on the award-winning children's book, Where the Wild Things Are, this lesson allows beginning readers to practice isolating...
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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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Icky Icky I

For Teachers 1st
First graders review the letter "i" and use popsicle sticks and cotton balls to make upper and lower case "i's". Volunteers make the capital and lower case "i" on the board and then the class discovers the short sound that letter "i"...
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Itchy Iggy

For Teachers 1st
First graders observe the letter /i/ and the sound that it makes watching their mouths as the sound is formed. They say the tongue twister displayed repeating it three times; the last time they stretch out the /i/ sound as it occurs in...
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The Letter O

For Students K - 2nd
In this letter O worksheet, learners determine whether an underlined word had the long or short o sound, circling the correct answer.
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Pennsylvania Department of Education

What's My Sound?

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Young scholars follow a power point presentation to practice the sounds each letter of the alphabet make. In this 'what's my sound' lesson, students apply word recognition strategies and demonstrate listening and comprehension skills to...
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Vowel Change of Short E

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this language arts worksheet, students look for the pattern for changing the vowel "E" into the right form for writing the words in the Latin language.
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Picture the Word

For Teachers K - 1st
This is an excellent way to make onset and rime visual for beginning readers. They examine CVC-word picture cards that are all missing the first letter. Using plastic letters (or whatever you have), they complete each word and record it...
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Voicing and Syllable Length (Using Rubber Bands)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners 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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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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Iggy and the Icky Sticky Inchworm

For Teachers K - 1st
Students read and spell words. They have to recognize that letters stand for phonemes and spellings map out spoken words. Long and short vowels are hard to recognize and this instructional activity focuses on that. The short i is...
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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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Aye, Aye Captain

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars investigate how correspondences appear differently in different words. They also recognize the difference between long and short vowels. Students study how these correspondences are spelled and pronounced differently.
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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...