In this vowel sounds activity, students think of words with 'ai' sounds. Students write the words in the box to illustrate their spelling skills.

In this printing words worksheet, students trace four words that have short vowels. Students color the pictures that illustrate each of the words.

In this speaking and listening skills instructional activity, students will write as many words as they can using the International Phonetic Alphabet.

In this diphthong review worksheet, students record as many words as they can think of that have the ai vowel sound. A chart is provided.

In this long vowel I activity, students complete a crossword puzzle from a word bank containing eight words containing the long vowel I in them.

For this long vowel worksheet, 1st graders will focus on the long o sound. Students will study 6 pictures and choose the beginning, middle, and end sound for each before writing the words on the lines provided.

For this grammar activity, students examine a 25 space grid which contains both vowels and consonants. They color the vowels green and the consonants purple. They answer the question, "Which letter is not in a small box because it can be...

In this crossword puzzle worksheet, students solve the clues to find the words spelled with y and have a long e sound. Students spell 9 words in the crossword puzzle.

In this crossword puzzle worksheet, learners solve the clues to spell the 'i magic e' words and complete the crossword puzzle with the 9 words.

First graders discover vowel /y/. In this phonics lesson, 1st graders will use Fancy Nancy, Poison Ivy Expert, to generate a list of words with vowel /y/. Students will sort the words according to the vowel sound.

Students practice decoding r-controlled vowels. Through various activities, they identify the change made to a vowel sound by adding "r." They decode words and spell them using Elkonin boxes. To conclude the lesson, students identify...

For this phonics worksheet, students create a short Oo book by stapling the 15 pages together. Students examine each labeled picture, then pronounce the short O word. Words included are high-interest: ocelot, omelet, operation, otter.

In this short A puzzle game activity, students match 24 short A words with the pictures on puzzle pieces that the teacher has printed, cut and laminated. 

In this long vowel writing worksheet, students read a paragraph about when they are sick. The paragraph has 6 blanks in which students fill in the correct words, which are all located in a word bank at the bottom of the page. These words...

In this CVC pattern activity, 1st graders add the missing letters to each word that follows the consonant-vowel-consonant pattern. The vowel is the letter "a." Students then read each word and draw a picture for it.

In this spelling and vocabulary worksheet, students use their language skills to fill in the blanks in 15 words to spell 15 different emotions.

In this recognizing vowel sounds worksheet, students read the first underlined word in each row and determine the other word with the same vowel sound. Students circle 10 answers.

Students explore language arts by participating in a class game. In this word sound lesson, students discuss the sounds that vowels make in words and identify the different vowels. Students utilize index cards with words on them to...

In this vocabulary instructional activity, students examine 4 picture clues which depict long and short vowel e words. There is a primary writing line and the direction "write," but it is unclear if students are to write a sentence or...

In this long vowel U (oo) instructional activity, students analyze 7 picture clues and write the "oo" word that fits each one. Students then find the words in a word search puzzle.

For this vowel U worksheet, students analyze a picture and four words containing letter U. Students circle the word that best describes the picture and use the word in a sentence. There are 7 questions.

In this spelling worksheet, students number each group of 8 words in alphabetical order and write them on the steps. Students then use picture clues to complete 4 sentences. All words have long vowel sounds with silent E.

In this vowel dipthong worksheet, students say dithongs written on cards, and if said correctly cover that same combination on a game card, trying to get "3 in a row."

Students explore how to recognize and spell sets of rhyming words. They become familiar with short vowel spelling patterns.