Carl's Corner
Rhyme Time
When its time to rhyme you won't have to spend a dime on this free packet of 57 rhyming worksheets. There's very little waste as kids cut and paste words found at the bottom of the page. How sage.
Curated OER
How to Make Plurals of Words That End In "f" or "fe": A "F"able
Identify nouns that end in "f" or "fe." Review how to make words plural and the specific rules for words that end in "f" or "fe." Complete the fable activity sheet and find and write the plurals for words they find that end in "f" or...
Florida Center for Reading Research
Phonological Awareness: Phoneme Segmenting, The Sound Game
Pre-readers get a better understanding of phoneme segmenting and counting by playing a board game. They pick an image card from the stack, say the name of the object, break the word down into segments, then move their piece that number...
Curated OER
Phonology: The Sound Patterns of Language
Use this straightforward and informative phonology presentation in your speech and language class. Addressing the finer points of phonetics such as palatization and consonant assimilation, this is a great way to provide your students...
Have Fun Teaching
Word Work: Blends, Digraphs & Trigraphs
Practice thirty-three different consonant blends, digraphs, and trigraphs with your emergent readers! Each letter combination has its own column in which you and your learners can write down five different words that demonstrate the...
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Identify Base Words and Suffixes to Read Multisyllabic Words #1
Show your scholars how adding an affix changes the entire meaning of a word; they focus on the suffix -able. You'll find a complete script here, but if you don't want to read this verbatim, use it simply as an outline. Learners...
Indiana University
Literature of Asia and the Middle East: "A Sound of Hammering" by Dazai Osamu
Dazai Osamu’s short story, “A Sound of Hammering” is the focus of a three-day investigation of modern Japanese literature and life in post-World War II Japan. The events in Osamu’s story mirror those in his own life, and give a...
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Odd One Out
Letters q-z are the topic of the activity. Learners circle the picture in each row that does not make the initial letter sound indicated. They then fill in the letter that is missing from the beginning or ending of four words.
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Verbs Ending In "-y"
In this verbs worksheet, students analyze six pictures. From two choices of verbs ending in "-y", students pick the verb that fits the picture and write it on the line.
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Identifying Letter Sounds in Words - The /b/ Sound
In this letter b sound worksheet, students identify if the /b/ sound appears at the beginning and/or end of a word by looking at a picture of the word, saying the word aloud, then circling the letter "b" before the word and/or after the...
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Where is the Sound of - l ?
In this phonics worksheet, students say each of the 6 picture words shown. Students circle the beginning of the word if they hear the sound of "l" or the end of the word if they hear the sound of "l". Students then circle the correct...
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Where is the Sound of - j ?
In this phonics worksheet, students pronounce each of the 6 pictures shown and decide where they hear the sound of j in each one. Students circle the correct word that names each picture and then write the correct word on each of the...
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Word Family Memory Match
In this word families matching worksheet, students cut out 24 word cards. Students place beginning sound cards face down in one group and word family ending sound cards face down in a separate group. Students turn over cards to make...
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-LE at the End of a Word
In these spelling activity worksheets, students complete several activities that help them learn to recognize and spell words that end in 'le.' Students complete 3 activities.
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Where is the Sound of -b?
In this phonemic awareness worksheet, students say the word that names each picture and circle the first b if they hear the sound at the beginning of the word. They circle the second b if they hear the sound at the end of the word. They...
Curated OER
Where Is the Sound of -f?
In this phonemic awareness instructional activity, 1st graders say the word that names each picture and circle the first f if they hear the sound at the beginning of the word. They circle the second f if they hear the sound at the end of...
Curated OER
Where Is the Sound of -d?
In this phonemic awareness worksheet, 1st graders say the word that names each picture and circle the first d if they hear the sound at the beginning of the word. They circle the second d if they hear the sound at the end of the word....
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Where is The Sound of -c?
In this phonemic awareness worksheet, 1st graders say the word that names each picture and circle the first c if they hear the "cuh" sound at the beginning of the word. They circle the second if they hear the sound at the end of the...
Curated OER
Review Letters and Words: 20
In this reviewing letters and words instructional activity, students name letters, say sounds of letters, read sentences, say beginning sounds, and more. Students complete 5 exercises.
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Beginning and Ending Sounds
First graders practice their letter and word recognition skills. In this initial and final sounds lesson, 1st graders participate in a classroom activity that requires them to blend phonemes into spoken words and sound out multisyllable...
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Beginning and Ending Sounds for Grade 2
In this beginning and ending sounds for grade 2 worksheet, 2nd graders look at the picture and fill in the beginning and ending letters, not interactively, for 6 pictures; pictures can be changed and answers are available online.
Curated OER
What words sound like rice?
Students experiment with sounds of words. In this word comparison lesson, students complete a series of games to assist them in hearing and sounding out the letters in the word rice. Students use this information to find or think...
K5 Learning
Rhyming Animals
Second graders read an informational text passage on animals, as well as a poem that incorporates rhyming words. Then, 2nd graders answer questions based on what they read.
Poetry4kids
Rhyme Schemes Lesson Plan
Scholars read four brief poems and analyze their word usage in order to identify the rhyme scheme.