Second graders participate in a reading lesson in order to improve phonics skills. They generate the short vowel sound in CVC pattern words. Students blend beginning consonant, short vowel sound and final consonant into words.

Learners explore number sense by participating in a math recognition activity. In this number identification lesson, students practice pronouncing names of numbers and matching the number with an amount of objects. Learners practice...

Students explore shapes. In this math lesson plan, students identify basic geometric shapes. Students complete activities in which they identify shapes, symbols and letters. Students draw geometric shapes.

Students use the r controlled o sound to sound out words and identify items and people in a picture. In this r controlled o lesson plan, students use the internet to complete their activity.

Students recognize and spell color and shape words. In this color and shape words lesson plan, students reinforce their vocabulary and spelling skills.

Learners play an alphabet game with beans that asks them create simple short vowel words. They spill several marked beans onto a paper and separate those that have fallen face-up. They arrange the beans into words and read them aloud.

Students improve blending skills. They produce many individual short utterances and mouth moves (phonemes) into one long utterance (words) and create their own blending caterpillar. They draw a picture of a caterpillar with three...

Students study color words. In this math lesson, students complete a variety of activities on the computer in which they identify colors and color words.

Young scholars develop literacy skills by exploring street signs, cereal boxes, and billboards. For this writing with environmental print lesson, students build word recognition in every day print. Young scholars decode words and...

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 explore technology by participating in a word structure activity. In this grammar lesson, students utilize the Writing Center computer software to practice keyboarding while identifying word formations in class. Students...

Students follow a power point presentation to practice the sounds each letter of the alphabet make. In this 'what's my sound' lesson, students apply word recognition strategies and demonstrate listening and comprehension skills to build...