The letter a produces so many sounds! Increase your class's awareness of concepts related to reading and spelling. They identify the digraphs /ea/ and /ai/ in spoken language and spelling as a long vowel sound. After a brief discussion,...

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

Students explore consonant digraphs in written words and use them in their own sentences. They work with /th/, /sh/, and /ch/ digraphs. Students read The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything and identify words with the...

Students practice switching initial consonant sounds to make rhyming words. They identify the difference between rhyming words is in the initial sound. Students practice various rhyming phrases and create their own rhyming pairs.

First graders demonstrate their ability to read with fluency, accuracy, and comprehension through phonemic awareness. They use a color-coding system to master the long and short vowel sounds and develop their skills in listening and...

Young scholars study how to blend the sounds together in words with the CVC form. They use letter cards and the books, "Tin Man Fix-It," and Dr. Seuss', Green Eggs and Ham. They work with /m/ words to blend the sounds together to read...

For this consonant digraph CH activity, students circle the word in three train sets that begin with the same sound as check and then circle the word in three train sets that end with the same sound as match.

High schoolers review the concept of rhythm and this lesson looks at some specific sound devices in the study of music. They focus on assonance, consonance, and alliteration. Students define the concept of rhythm and give poetry as an...

In this consonant digraph ck learning exercise, learners circle the words listed that end with the same blending sound as sock and then color in each of their answers in the picture shown.

In this consonant digraph worksheet, 2nd graders will focus on the "ch" sound. Students will trace 8 words and connect the words to their corresponding pictures.

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...

Young scholars explore and describe various kinds of work experiences and skills practicing the regular past tense -ed sounds. They practice pronouncing those sounds with verbs within their reading passages as well. In addition, they...

Introduce your Latin class to meter and the metrical pattern of an elegiac couplet. Have your learners practice identifying the syllables open to resolution in the two exercises provided. Answers are not included, but there is a helpful...

Young readers consider text-to-self connections. Learners discover the text-to-self connection as they read Flora's Box by Tina Althaide. They practice high frequency words, prepositions, and 1:1 correspondence.

Students understand a variety of poems listening for sound letter correspondence, rhyme scheme, assonance, and alliteration. In this language arts lesson, students practice listening and reading skills to complete patterns in...

For this language arts worksheet, students investigate words that end with "--tch." Kids read a 2 page story about an angry wife who ends up at her own surprise birthday party. Students mark the "--tch" words. Then students complete a...

First graders identify consonants and vowels in various words from stories they have read. They examine the consonant/vowel word pattern.

In this final consonant instructional activity, students say the l sound, then write the ending sound of a set of 5 words, all ending in the consonant l.

In this ending sound worksheet, students say the name of 6 labeled pictures that all have the final "d" consonant. Students write the ending letter D in each blank.

In this final consonant worksheet, students say the name of 6 labeled pictures that end with letter N. Students write the final letter N under each picture.

In this final phoneme worksheet, students "help a boy cross a swamp without getting eaten by crocodiles" by changing only 1 letter in a set of words so he can move to the next one; all words end with the phoneme ll.

For this initial consonant blends worksheet, students create a word-slide from a dragon template, where they write initial consonant blends in a box on a dragon, then cut on the lines to create a space to slide list of word endings. As...

Practice the pronunciation of the final /-s/ and /-es/ sound with this worksheet. After reading information about and looking at charts of voiced and voiceless sounds, learners determine what the final sounds of plural words sound like....

In this word wheel activity, students cut out the two parts of a word wheel and the window on the top wheel. They place the wheel with the "ay" ending sound on top of the wheel that shows beginning consonants before spinning it to make...