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Lesson 11 BL Group
Three different groups work simultaneously in this lesson. One group works on sight word review by holding up common words on flashcards and passing them around in a circle. Another group reviews word blending by pulling graphemes out of...
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Consonant Clusters
In this letter blend worksheet, students focus on three letter blends beginning with the "s" sound. Students cut out and sort 11 words placing each word under the correct category.
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Whispering Whales
In this consonant blends learning exercise, learners examine 10 words and identify those that begin with the blend wh. Students find the identified words in a word search and then answer a bonus question.
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Tr and Tw Clusters
In this tr and tw consonant clusters worksheet, students say the word for 9 words and identify the tr or tw cluster that begins each of the words. Students also create sentences with tr and tw consonant clusters.
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Igga Bigga
Students explore consonant digraphs in written words and use them in their own sentences. They work with /th/, /sh/, and /ch/ digraphs. Students read The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything and identify words with the...
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Initial Blend Dominoes & Matching Game
In this initial blends worksheet, student play a domino and matching game with the initial blends and picture cards which have been printed and cut out. They play with the blends: bl, br, cl, cr, dr, fl, fr, gl, gr, pl, pr, sc, sk, sl,...
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Initial Blend "Gr"
In this consonant blend "gr" activity, students read six illustrated words that begin with the consonant blend "gr". Students bracket the "gr" sound in each word. Example: (gr)ill.
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Sight Words: blending a
Students use letter cards in order to practice blending consonants with the letter a. In this blending with a worksheet, students practice the word "at" for the a-t sound.
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Phonics Word Search: pl
In this phonics word search worksheet, learners locate and mark the 12 words in the word bank that begin with "pl."
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Phase 5 - Tricky Words 2
This simple presentation shows learners examples of tricky words, or, words that have unusual letter combinations. Words such as, laughed, different, friends, and mouse are shown. Learners read the words as they appear on the screen.
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Beginning and Ending Sounds - Lesson 1 of 2
Stamp, slap, and clap! Emergent readers demonstrate their awareness of the initial, medial vowel, and final sounds in spoken, short vowel, single-syllable words with a stamp/slap/clap activity. After identifying the letters and sounds of...
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Caterpillar Jumps
In this phonics worksheet, students participate in a class game which reinforces the phonetic sounds and blends. The full color caterpillar pieces on this page are laminated and the head is placed on the carpet with the children sitting...
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Chuggin' Choo Choo
For this word recognition instructional activity, learners examine 6 rows containing 3 words each. Learners identify the word in each row that begins with the consonant cluster ch or ends with consonant cluster ch.
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Starting or Ending Blends- "th, qu, or wh"
In this beginning or ending blend worksheet, 1st graders examine 12 black line pictures. They draw a circle around the proper beginning or ending blend under each picture. They choose between "th, qu or wh."
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Beginning and Ending Sounds for Grade 2
In this beginning and ending sounds for grade 2 worksheet, 2nd graders look at the picture and fill in the beginning and ending letters, not interactively, for 6 pictures; pictures can be changed and answers are available online.
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Initial Consonant Cluster
In this grammar worksheet, students read and identify squ- words and then, recognize that sq (and q) are always followed by u. They also read a story and highlight all the words that begin with squ. Finally, students complete a crossword...
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The Wh Spelling
Review the wh sound with your class. This series of slides shows a picture of an object that begins with this sound and displays the word above. It is a quick and easy way to discuss this topic. It could be used as a review during a...
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Initial Blend "Sw"
In this initial consonant blends learning exercise, students say the name of six labeled pictures that begin with "sw". Students bracket the "sw" in each word. Example: (sw)irl.
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Segmenting and Blending Words
Students are introduced to the concept of segmentation and blending of words. As a class, they are shown various words and are asked to determine the amount of letters and sounds in each. To end the lesson, they participate in a...
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Tw Word Search
In this tw words word search, 1st graders will find and circle 12 words beginning with the tw blend. The words vary in difficulty from twin to twilight.
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Reading Bugs
Review the phonemic sounds of the alphabet letters before examining how to blend letter sounds to make a word. During this teacher-modeled lesson, learners make word bugs out of three phonemes that blend together. As an assessment, read...
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Phonemic Awareness Infusion
Learners comprehend how to produce these pronuciation features, recognize the various blends of two and three letter consonant sounds, hear the sounds, produce them correctly when thinking about it, and practice correct pronuciation to...
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Chuggin' Choo Choo
For this consonant digraph CH activity, students circle the word in three train sets that begin with the same sound as check and then circle the word in three train sets that end with the same sound as match.
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First-Grade Intervention
Learning how to read is a big challenge for young learners, but this series of lessons provides them with the extra support they need to succeed. With each lesson following the a clearly outlined format, children are introduced to new...