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Guess the Secret Code

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students practice blending sounds into words. After the instructor demonstrates blending phonemes to make words that can be read, students are divided into two teams for a word blending game. Given the initial and final sounds,...
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CVC Spelling

For Students 1st
For 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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Fishing For F's

For Teachers K
Students discriminate initial sounds of words and categorize words based on the initial sound. They generate ideas and topics for writing and use prewriting and drafting strategies to formulate text.
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Slim Pig

For Teachers K - 1st
Beginning readers study the short /i/ sound. First they determine how the mouth moves when they say the target words in a tongue twister. They complete letterbox activities by making words with the short /i/ before reading What Is It and...
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Usage Errors

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Look at the most commonly confused words in the English language! This resource briefly explains the difference between there, they're, and their as well as too, to, and two, and finally it's and its. First, read the section...
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Look at Us!: Challenge Activities (Theme 1)

For Teachers K Standards
Challenge your advanced learners with this set of activities based around a common theme. Learners draw, research, share, retell stories, compare and contrast, and more over the course of these activities, which focus mostly on animals...
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Treasure Island Clues

For Students 2nd - 12th
In order to answer a music trivia question, young musicians must count the number of ties in a melody, name the final note, and use these clues to spell out Charlie Parker's nickname. This activity is not for the birds.
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I Like to Shuffle Along in My Shiny Shoes

For Teachers K - 1st
Pupils study the letters s and h as they blend together to make one sound. They practice making the sound, reciting a tongue twister while stretching the sh sound, and writing the letters. Next, they make words using letter boxes before...
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Sounding Out, Holiday Relay

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore word sounds by participating in a visual relay game. In this vocabulary identification game, students create holiday themed images and cards based on the different holidays in a year. Students place the cards and images...
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Beginning Reading Design: Blending Boats

For Teachers K - 1st
Students 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 words....
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Final Consonant "t"

For Students K - 2nd
In this initial consonant "t" worksheet, students practice their phonics skills as they examine 6 pictures and matching words that begin with the letter. Students record the letter in each of the picture boxes making note of the "t" sound.
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Riddles with Blending

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars examine how blending sounds together helps them pronounce words. They look a flash cards with letters on them in order to blend the letter sounds together before listening to riddles that encourage them to blend letters...
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Letter Sounds

For Students 1st
In this letter sounds worksheet, 1st graders focus on initial, middle, and ending consonant sounds. Students complete 7 multiple choice questions, selecting the sounds for each placement in the word and writing the completed word on the...
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School-Home Links: Vowel Blends

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this vowel 'oi' blend learning exercise, students learn that two vowels can go together to make a new sound. Students trace the name of the words to the pictures and read aloud each 'oi' vowel blend. Parents or guardians must sign the...
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Initial Consonant Cluster

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this grammar worksheet, students read and identify squ- words and then, recognize that sq (and q) are always followed by u. They also read a story and highlight all the words that begin with squ. Finally, students complete a crossword...
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Diphthongs Oi or Oy

For Students 1st
In this diphthongs worksheet, 1st graders add the beginning and ending sounds to finish the spelling of the words with 'oi' and 'oy.' Students print 6 words.
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The Big Hit

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students are introduced to the phonetic sound associated with the short letter "i" and listen to a story which includes words with this sound. In this the big hit starfall lesson, students build sound letter accuracy. Students also...
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Rhyme Time Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 2nd
What words rhyme? Help young learners deepen their understanding of rhyming words with this interactive plan. First they identify some words that rhyme, then they participate in a picture walk. Use books with rhyme, like Come Rhyme...
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Rhyming Words

For Students K - 2nd
Practice simple rhymes with your elementary learners! They identify the picture's word and look for the word that rhymes. Then, include a bit of writing practice and have them write the correct rhyming word on the line provided. 
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Pronunciation of Final Consonants

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students in ESOL classes discover how to recognize and pronounce final consonant sounds. With partners, they read passages aloud and practice the correct pronunciation. Students emphasize pronouncing the final consonant and attempt to...
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SOUND VIBRATIONS

For Teachers K - 2nd
Student designs a test that uses their sense of hearing to judge the effectiveness of different solids to transmit sound vibrations. Students experience vibrations using several of their senses.
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Ben's Bedroom

For Students K - 2nd
For this consonant B activity, learners read ten words and circle each one that begins with the same sound as ball. Students then color in the picture with vibrant colors.
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Graphing Sound

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students formulate an understanding of sound as a vibration and draw their graph as carefully as possible on their observation sheet. They also record how they made the sound and and a description of the sound. Finally, students cut out...
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School-Home Links: Name Letters by the Sounds they Make

For Students K - 1st
In this letter sounds worksheet, students 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.

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