Approach word problems using these straightforward addition and subtraction practice scenarios. Learners choose answers from a list, recording the corresponding letter next to each problem. Ten questions involve basic addition and...

This is an excellent way to make onset and rime visual for beginning readers. They examine CVC-word picture cards that are all missing the first letter. Using plastic letters (or whatever you have), they complete each word and record it...

Blending basic CVC letters to make words is one of the first steps to independent reading. Provided here are several images of stairs and several letters to cut and arrange. The learner rearranges the letters to form CVC patterns, sounds...

Mico (or your favorite puppet) helps emergent readers recognize words from segmented phonemes. Explain to learners that he struggles with pronouncing words and needs their help. Model how Mico segments sounds in single-syllable words....

Get your class in touch with other students of German (or German students) through this intercultural project. Your pupils can correspond with others in any or all of the ways listed here. The resource provides links to special programs...

Explore CVC words with the vowel sound a to give pre-readers a grasp of rhyme. They draw lines from a van to surrounding pictures that rhyme (man, pan, fan, can). Then, leaners get printing practice by tracing the words van...

A, B, C, tree! Well, that's not quite how the alphabet goes, but you can make sure your kids know all the letters out there with this printable tree that holds the entire alphabet.

Kids see, say, then count the phonemes they hear in a series of simple words. They practice counting phonemes with the teacher, then sound out the same word on their own. As they count each phoneme they write it down on their paper. A...

Review the k and ck sound. Using a simple technique, learners explore this sound. This is a great way to discuss this concept in the classroom. It can also help your class practice spelling skills.

Using Claude Monet's On the Bank of the Seine as inspiration, young artists create their own postcards. During the instructional activity, learners discuss the techniques used in Monet's painting, as well as the woman in the...

Students recognize the capital letters of the alphabet.

Students reesearch life on the home front and the front lines during World War I. They use primary and secondary sources to write letters. Students role-play as soldiers writing letters home and then assume the role of the person...

In this student letter home worksheet, students solve a cryptogram.  They transpose letters to the desired digits to create a correct addition problem.  This one-page worksheet contains 1 problem.  Solutions are provided...

Learners complete a variety of activities related to the /m/ sound. As a class, they recite a tongue twister, and play the "I Spy" game for the letter M. Students then listen to the book "Mama, Do You Love Me?" and identify words in...

Young scholars practice spelling words with vowels.  For this letter sound and identification lesson, students learn all the vowels and their vowel sounds.  Young scholars spell words with vowels and fill in missing letters.

First graders use a pen pal template to correspond to a pen pal at another school site using appropriate communication skills.

Students complete a variety of activities related to the /h/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then trace and write the letter H. Students then view pictures and identify the pictures that contain the /h/ sound, and...

Pupils complete a variety of activities related to the /ie/ correspondence. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then spell words containing the' /ie/ grapheme using letter manipulatives. In pairs they read the book "Di and the Mice"...

Students listen to story, "The Letters Are Lost," by Lisa Campbell Ernst, identify letters of alphabet in group setting, practice writing their letters on writing tablet, choose letter, and identify items that begin with that letter of...

Students are read a book about missing letters. They identify all words on the page that begin with the missing letter. They create their own picture of where they believe the letter went and share with the class.

In this letter sounds worksheet, learners say the sound that each letter makes and then name the letter the matches the sound. Students then write their names and say the names of the letters.

Students explore the alphabet by completing an on-line letter identification activity. In this phonetics instructional activity, students utilize the website www.literarycenter.net and listen to word sounds as they identify the spelling...

Students role play the role of a famous artist living during the 1800s. They write a letter to their friend explaining the impact of this artist on others. In groups, they read primary source documents to examine life during the 1800s.

High schoolers create a database of addresses and a form letter, and merge that information into a letter.