Help readers explore initial letter sounds. They will choose a letter of the alphabet and create a page for a classroom "ABC" book. They will write down various words that begin with their assigned letter and draw a picture to go in the...

Support your writers! Clear procedures and appropriate support make this a superb resource for elementary writing instruction. Ready your class to compose original descriptive paragraphs inspired by the episode in Roald Dahl's James and...

Create a fun song for your young learners! It should include each of their names and use rhyme to make it memorable. Then show the class a picture dictionary, and have learners make their own class dictionary! If you have time, consider...

Students explore language arts by participating in a class game. For 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 phonics worksheet, students say each of the 6 picture words shown. Students circle the beginning of the word if they hear the sound of "l" or the end of the word if they hear the sound of "l". Students then circle the correct...

For this phonics worksheet, students pronounce each of the 6 pictures shown and decide where they hear the sound of j in each one. Students circle the correct word that names each picture and then write the correct word on each of the...

Students explore word structure by participating in a game of musical chairs. In this phonics lesson, students discuss the letters of the alphabet and identify words that begin with each letter and the sounds they make. Students...

In this short a sound worksheet, 1st graders say the word for each picture and circle one letter from each column for the beginning, middle, and final sound. Students then write the word in the provided space. Students read a list of...

Tiny pictures of buildings found around town can be matched with their names in this exercise for beginning English Learners. Indefinite articles are included with vocabulary; nice way to reinforce the "a/an" rule. Pictures are quite...

Help learners identify initial consonant sounds and letters that represent that sound. They indicate awareness of consonant sounds and letters by responding with a physical movement. They also sing using "Sing Your Way Through Phonics"...

In this handwriting worksheet, students write out five site words four times each on the lines provided. Students then draw a mini picture of a cow and an owl.

Students practice identifying and pronouncing the short letter "u" sound. In this phonetic awareness lesson, students access the Starfall.com website and follow the directions on the screen to reinforce the short "u" sound. Students can...

Fourth graders use dance moves to perform narratives. In this dramatic performing lesson, 4th graders use strong and soft movements to show what character's voice is portraying. Students also use movement to show the feelings in the...

The house lights dim, the curtain parts, lights slowly come up, revealing the stage. Before the actors appear, before a word is spoken, the audience is drawn in by the lighting, by the colors, by lines of the set, by the props, and...

Seventh graders create a simple melody using the Solfedge syllables. In this melody lesson, 7th graders watch the movie The Sound of Music and focus on the "Do Re Mi" clip. Students examine solfege syllables and create a melody...

Students explore language arts by reading Dr. Seuss stories in class. In this word play lesson, students identify the rhymes in both Dr. Seuss and Nursery Rhyme stories. Students utilize flash cards with rhymes written on them to play a...

Students design an instrument. In this sound, vibration and pitch lesson, students learn about the characteristics of sound, vibration and pitch.  Students design a guitar using the assembled craft materials and demonstrate how they...

Students explore language arts by participating an on-line grammar activity. For this letter U lesson, students discuss the uses for the letter U in the English language and the different sounds that can be made from the vowel. Students...

Learners explore language arts by participating in a class word identification game. In this phonics instructional activity, students read several words in class and identify the different sounds between short and long vowel words....

In this letter sounds worksheet, students study the various images in the picture of the mother and son at bedtime. Students circle ten things in the picture that begins with the sound of b.

First graders explore language arts by participating in a bingo activity with classmates. In this irregular word instructional activity, 1st graders utilize index cards and game boards to participate in a game of Word Bingo. Students...

Third graders explore rhythm and quality of word and phrased to that of dance. They move to the rhythm of poetry.

Students explore the alphabet by participating in a letter identification activity. For this letter "Q" lesson, students identify the different sounds that can be made by the letter "Q" and words that begin with the letter. Students...

In this letter N worksheet, students study the pictures and then draw a line from the nectarines to the items that begin with the sound of N. Students recognize the words nose, net, and note.