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Introduce "ur"

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore language arts by participating in a word sound activity. In this letter combination lesson plan, students discuss the sound "ur" makes and the types of words it appears in. Students identify the sound as the teacher...
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Harry the Hungry, Hungry Hippo

For Teachers K - 1st
Students study the /h/ phoneme by examining their mouth movements while making the sound. Next, they listen to and recite a tongue twister, and write the letter 'h.' They identify words with the /h/ sound both on picture cards and in a...
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Ending Consonants Worksheet

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this consonant sounds activity, students draw a line from each letter to the picture that ends with the consonants sounds: T, P, N, and S.
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Ending Consonants Worksheet

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this consonant sounds learning exercise, students draw a line from each letter to the picture that ends with the consonants sounds: K, R, Y, and G.
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Ending Consonants Worksheet

For Students K - 1st
In this ending consonants instructional activity, learners draw a line from the letters N, G, X, and R to the pictures on the right that end with that consonant sound.
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Literacy Task: Spelling Patterns and Rhyme

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this spelling patterns and rhyming words instructional activity, students complete several activities that help them spell and rhyme words containing the o, ow, and ough sounds.
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Here's and Instant Activity for October 20, 2008

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students complete spelling activities for words with or and ore spellings. In this spelling lesson, students find antonyms for the 'or' words in the first exercise. Students find synonyms for the second exercise.
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Teaching Language Arts in Kindergarten Using Stories, Aesop's Fables, and Tall Tales

For Teachers K
Students search into a variety of story elements in the eight lessons of this unit. The title, author, illustrator, setting, main character, problem, solution, events and the story are the components of the lessons.
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Introduce -ar

For Teachers K
Students explore phonetics by participating in a pronunciation activity. In this word sound lesson, students discuss the sound "ar" and identify words that commonly use the sound. Students listen to their teacher say words and identify...
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Reintroduce "Ur"

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore word structure by participating in a word sound activity. In this vocabulary identification lesson, students discuss the sound that is made by the letters "ur" and in what words this sound is found. Students listen as...
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Introduce /ee/

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore phonetics by participating in a pronunciation activity. In this vowels activity, students identify words in the English language which contain the "ee" sound. Students participate in an activity in which the teacher...
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Sheepish Ee

For Teachers K - 1st
Students examine how "ee" makes the /E/ sound using Elkonin boxes and letter manipulatives. While reciting an e rhyme they practice saying the long /e/ sound before reading a story which contains long e words. Finally, they complete a...
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Introduce /aw/

For Teachers K - 1st
Students investigate letter combinations focusing on /aw/. In this letter combination lesson, students examine /aw/ as letters that go together and make a sound. They look at images and sort items by whether they contain the /aw/ sound...
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Alliteration

For Teachers 4th
In this alliteration worksheet, 4th graders write alliterations with their first names, find rhyming patterns in poems, and more. Students complete 4 activities.
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CVC Spelling

For Students 1st
In this spelling worksheet, 1st graders will focus on spelling CVC words. Students will study 7 pictures and choose the correct letters for the beginning, middle, and ending sounds before writing the complete word three times each on...
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That

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this ESL words activity, students learn the correct use of the word "that" in sentences. Students examine 7 pictures and from 4 choices, select the best phrase that will complete the sentence.
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Verbs - Adding -ing

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this grammar and spelling worksheet, students read how to add the -ing ending to verbs. They fill in 10 blanks using the proper spelling for adding the -ing ending to the given verbs.
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Sing Your Way Through Phonics Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners explore how to recognize and spell sets of rhyming words. They become familiar with short vowel spelling patterns.
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Phonics lesson for -ick family

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Kindergarteners and first graders develop phonemic awareness for words that contain -ick. Each learner gets a stack of cards with different -ick words, highlighting the target sound as they review each one. 
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Using Alliteration in The Z was Zapped

For Teachers K - 1st
Students discuss alliteration and how it is used in the book The Z Was Zapped. Students choose a letter and create alliterative sentences and illustrate the letter.
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Liza and the Lost Letter

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students create and develop a play for "Liza and the Lost Letter". They discuss the setting and assign roles. They answer comprehension questions to end the lesson.
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CVC Words: Final Phoneme M

For Students K - 2nd
For this CVC final phoneme M worksheet, students color in pictures that end in the letter m, then write the names of the pictures beneath them, 12 pictures total.
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Phonics: Short E

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this short E worksheet, students say what each of the nine pictures are, trace and write in the e in each of the nine words and then read out loud each one.
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"Whaaa" Said The Baby"

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize phonemes that correspond with the letters in the alphabet. They focus on identifying the short a, /a/ sound. They examine the way their mouths move when making the short a sound mimicking a baby's cry. In given...