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Using Homographs
Not all homographs are the same! Actually, that's exactly what the definition means; the spelling is the same, but the meanings are different! Look at some common homographs with your class. Example words include: bow, desert, produce,...
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Stressed Syllables Worksheet 2
Give your Spanish scholars a lifelong tool with this resource. If you teach your learners how to divide Spanish words into syllables, they'll know how to pronounce virtually any word they come across! Present them with the rules before...
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Practica de Pronunciación y ortografía: ha, he, hi, ho, hu
Build oral fluency for your beginning Spanish speakers. First they take the words from the word bank and place them in the correct sentences. Then they think of other words that begin with the letters ha, he, hi, ho, and hu. After they...
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Introduce /g/
As your emerging readers are learning the alphabet, set them up for success with strategies like these that incorporate multiple contexts and learning styles. Focusing on the letter g, write it clearly on the board. Model the /g/ sound,...
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Reintroduce /f/
Draw a large letter f on the board to begin this letter recognition and sounds activity, asking kids to identify it if they can. Demonstrate the /fff/ sound and explain how you are making it as learners try it out. What words can they...
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Reintroduce /e/
These inventive strategies help emerging readers focus on the letter e, forming sound associations along with letter recognition. Explain the mouth movement in making the /eee/ sound, asking learners to try it. Can they think of words...
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Reinvigorate Your Vocabulary
Eighth graders participate in a variety of activities to examine the meanings and roots of word derivatives and the meanings of words. Using context clues, they determine the meanings of words omitted from a passage and complete a prefix...
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The or Sound
Before using this vowel sounds crossword activity, be forewarned that the pronunciation here is based on British English, and will be confusing for American English speakers. Learners focus on the /or/ sound, examining five spelling...
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Alphabetical Order
This is a vocabulary worksheet with a twist! Young elementary-schoolers put these 13 words into alphabetical order before finding their meanings, uses, and origins. They will need to use reference materials, and may need some help...
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Keep Your English Up to Date: Chav
Take a look at linguistics and stereotypes in Great Britian with a word study of "chav." Learners find out what terms are pejoratives and what they are meant to convey. Geared toward British culture, study the ever-changing English...
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Word and Picture Match-- Verbs
The focus of this ESL worksheet is on matching verbs and pictures. Students analyze seveb pictures that depict people engaged in various activities, and match each picture to the verb that describes it.
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Finding Rhyming Words in a French Poem
Explore rhyming in this phonemic awareness and French lesson plan. Listen to the poem "J'Adore la Pizza" by Karen Kransky and identify rhyming words. Compare grapheme spelling patterns with like phonemes, and sort word cards according to...
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Practica de Pronunciación y Ortografía: sa, se, si, so, and su
As the teacher reads the list of words provided, each pupil attempts to record the missing syllable combination on their list of incomplete words. There are 20 words, and the missing syllable combinations are: sa, se, si, so, and su.
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Practica de pronunciación y ortografía: ga, go, gu
Develop vocabulary by studying syllables and the sounds they make. Three syllabic combinations are featured on this activity: ga, go, and gu. As the teacher reads each word, listeners attempt to write the missing letters in the blanks...
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Practica de pronunciación y ortografía: ma, me, mi, mo, mu
Listening is a very important part of developing foreign language skills. Guide your beginning Spanish class through this basic activity. As you read each word, have your listeners attempt to write in the missing syllables. The target...
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Red is the Word!
Through the use of stories, artwork, and the KidPix program, youngsters explore the color word red, and engage in activities around the word. Teaching kindergartners about the color words can be so much fun. This could be adapted for any...
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ESL Pronunciation Exercise
In this pronunciation worksheet, students underline words with short vowel sounds and categorize words according to stressed syllables.
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Simple Past Tense Regular Verbs - ed Pronunciation
In this simple past tense worksheet, learners read words, read sentences, and more for words ending in -ed. Students complete 3 activities.
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Past Simple: Pronunciation of Regulars
In this regular verbs learning exercise, learners categorize the regular verbs into the correct past tense category for their ending. Students categorize 24 words.
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Sight Words
For this sight words practice worksheet, students discover what sight words are and practice using the listed 1 and 2-syllable sight words. Students also record the words they have difficulty pronouncing.
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Letter Pronunciation - "h" sound
In this letter pronunciation- "h" sound worksheet, students use pictures to identity "h" words and write the words in complete sentences. Students complete seven activities.
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Letter Pronunciation -- /N/ Sound
This writing activity has students look at 7 pictures, circle the multiple choice word involving the /n/ sound that best describes each picture, then use that circled word in a complete sentence. A good resource for early-elementary...
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Letter Pronunciation- "ph" Sound
In this "ph" words worksheet, students analyze 4 words in a group that contain the letters "ph". Students circle the word that best describes the picture and then use that word in a sentence.
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Vocabulary Building: "ai" Words
In this identifying words spelled with "ai" worksheet, students use definition clues, unscramble letters, and create sentences using the words main, hail, straight, trailer, remain, railroad, and maintenance. Students write twenty-one...