Learners experience the historic value of personal letters by examining those Horatio Jackson's sent to his wife, Bertha, as well as ones they compose, and then write letters from Bertha to Horatio that reflect her day-to-day life.

Learners recognize the phoneme /d/. Through listening and matching activities, students discriminate the phoneme /d/ from similar looking letters and phonemes. They associate the phoneme /d/ with its letter representation and identify...

Students recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation in words and phrases.

Students discover that letters and their correspondences will lead to successful decoding, reading fluency, and reading comprehension. They recognize the letter u and the correspondence u=/u/. They repeat the tongue twister with the...

First graders compare the /p/ sound to the sound of popcorn popping in the microwave and practice making the /p/. They try a tongue twister listening for the /p/ sound for the first time and then clapping when they hear the sound the...

Learners recognize the short vowel E in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /e/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and read pseudo...

Students recognize the short vowel "O" in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /o/ from other vowel sounds. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify...

First graders recognize the short vowel A in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and read...

Learners recognize the phoneme /g/. Through matching activities, students discriminate the phoneme /g/ from other letters and phonemes. They associate the phoneme /g/ with its letter representation and identify the phoneme /g/ in various...

Students recognize the short vowel i in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /i/ from other phonemes. Students identify the phoneme and letter in words and pictures.

Students explore the short /u/ sound in this instructional activity. They use phonetic spelling to create words with the short /u/ sound using letter tiles. They then listen to the story "Rub-a-Dub Cub" and identify the short /u/ sound...

Students recognize the short vowel i in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /i/ from other vowel sounds. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify...

Students study the letter a in order to recognize it, say its /a/ sound, and write it. They pretend to be scared and say, "Aaaa" before reciting a tongue twister. Next, they practice writing the letter and listen to a read aloud of "A...

Students identify the grapheme and phoneme for S. They practice writing the letter S and through listening activities, discriminate the phoneme /s/. They associate the phoneme /s/ with its letter representation and identify it in various...

Students identify the letter and phoneme /b/ in written and spoken language. Students practice the production of the /b/ sound through riddles and tongue twisters. They identify the initial placement of the letter and sound using a...

Students practice sounding out and writing the letter a. They listen for the /a/ sound when reciting a tongue twister. They also listen to the teacher read Zac the Rat and raise an "apple" when they hear a word with an /a/ sound. They...

Students practice letter and sound recognition of the vowel o=/o/. They study the tongue twister "Tom got a frog from the pond" and the book, "If You Give a Moose a Muffin," by Laura Joffe Numeroff with an accompanying worksheet to master.

Students recognize the phoneme /m/. Through matching activities, students discriminate the phoneme /m/ from other letters and phonemes. They associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify the phoneme in various words...

Students recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /a/ from other phonemes. Students identify the phoneme and letter in words and pictures.

Students recognize the short vowel I in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /i/ from other vowel sounds. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify...

Students identify the digraphs in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion on the combinations of letters that comprise digraphs, students practice a tongue twister containing the digraph ay. They identify the digraph in...

Students explore the letter B, the /b/ sound, and identify the letter B in words. Students read a tongue twister emphasizing the /b/ sound. They then practice writing the letter /b/ while saying the sound. Finally, they complete an...

First graders recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and spell...

Students recognize the short vowel e in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /e/ from other phonemes. Students identify the phoneme and letter in words and pictures.