Students search for and find certain letters, blends, or vowel combinations in words, sentences and paragraphs. They investigate how these letters, blends or combinations are used in "every day" writing.

Second graders, given 5 elephant words, divide the words into syllables by underlining the talking vowels, swooping, and pulling down consonants to find cutting pattern, and to explain that a single vowel represents the short vowel sound.

Students explore the phoneme for the vowel-consonant-silent e grapheme. They recognize the silent "e" at the end of words and practice speaking them. Students say words, spell them, and say tongue twisters with the vowel differences. ...

In 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 comparative and superlative worksheet, students review rules and examples of  comparative and superlative forms of adjectives and adverbs. Students then complete fill-in-the-bank, multiple choice, and other practice problems.

Students distinguish between short vowel o and long vowel o. They are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e pattern that changes short vowel sounds into long vowel sounds. They practice reading and spelling words with the vowel-consonant-e...

Students are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e patter that changes short vowel sounds into long vowel sounds. They distinguish between the short vowel sound for o and the long vowel sound for o. Students practice reading and spelling...

Young scholars practice reading words with vowel patterns that change the sound of the vowel. After reviewing the short vowel sound /a/, they are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e pattern that changes the short vowel sound into a long...

Students distinguish between short vowel a and long vowel a. They are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e pattern that changes short vowel sounds into long vowel sounds. They practice decoding pseudo words with the vowel-consonant-e...

Young scholars distinguish between the sounds for short vowel a and long vowel a. They are introduced to the vowel patterns that comprise long vowel sounds, with a particular emphasis on vowel-consonant-e pattern. They practice reading...

Students are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e patter that changes short vowel sounds into long vowel sounds. They distinguish between the short vowel o and long vowel o. Students practice reading and spelling words with the...

First graders identify the digraph /sh/ in written and spoken language. Students practice the production of the /sh/ sound through tongue twisters and riddles. They identify the initial and final placement of the new digraph /sh/ using a...

First graders identify the digraph /sh/ in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion of the independent and combined sounds of the phonemes /s/ and /h/ students practice identifying initial and final placement of the new...

In this comparatives and superlatives activity, students read about how to form and use comparatives and superlatives. Students then click "continue with exercises" at the bottom of the page to complete 10 multiple choice questions on...

In this phonics activity, students identify nine pictures of items or activities that contain the short sound of o in them. Students trace the consonants in each word and write in the letter o.

Twelfth graders simulate making purchases based on infromation located in supermarket flyers. Working in groups, 12th graders alternately make purchases and calculate change from a given amount. Students role play common bank...

First graders read words with a silent E at the end. In this literacy lesson, the teacher explains how the silent E changes the sound a vowel makes, then students practice reading words. Students complete a worksheet with the teacher for...

In this initial consonant worksheet, learners complete 9 pages with 9 questions on each page pertaining to initial consonant sounds. Students say the name of the picture and write the letter that starts each word.

Young scholars discover shapes on a playground. In this guided reading lesson, students discover new vocabulary words related to shapes as they read Shapes Where We Play. In small groups, young scholars use picture clues and one to one...

First graders are introduced to the concept of vowel digraphs. They identify the digraph /ea/ in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion, 1st graders apply the rule for identifying and spelling words containing the /ea/...

Learners identify the digraph /ch/ in written and spoken language. Students practice identifying initial and final placement of the digraph /ch/ in words by identifying pictures containing the sound. They decode and spell words in with...

In this letter i worksheet, 1st graders will read pictures that have the letter i sound. Students will then trace 5 words and write them on the lines provided before drawing a line from the word to the correct picture it represents.

In these verb tenses worksheets, students complete three pages of activities that help them understand and use the present, past, and future verb tenses correctly.

In this English skills review worksheet, students complete 60 questions pertaining to vowels, word endings, anagrams, parts of speech, proofreading, root words, onomatopoeia and spelling. There is no instruction on the page.