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Ben's Bedroom

For Students K - 2nd
For this consonant B activity, students 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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What a Day!

For Students 1st - 3rd
For this long O sound learning exercise, students view the picture "What a Day" to assist them in finding the words to fill in each blank in five sentences. Students circle each of their answers in the picture.
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Double Time

For Students K - 2nd
In this phonics and double consonants activity, students examine five words and use them to fill in the blanks in five sentences.
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Beat the Heat

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Review common digraphs with your early elementary schoolers. They identify the digraph /ea/ in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion, they apply the rule for identifying and spelling words containing the /ea/ digraph....
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Itchy Ritchy

For Teachers K - 1st
Itchy Ritchy can help your learners remember the /i/ sound! First teach young learners the fun tongue twister illustrating the target sound, and have them identify the target sound in other words. Use the reading Tim and the Top to...
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Poetry Internation Volume 17, 2011

Alliteration, Consonance, and Assonance in Poetry

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Three poems, “Under the Mangoes” by Jacqueline Bishop, Eleanor Wilner’s “What It Hinges On,” and Robert Frost’s “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,” provide the text for an examination of alliteration, consonance, and assonance. After...
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Introducing Phonemic Awareness Using Oral and Written Instruction

For Teachers 1st
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...
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Spill the Beans

For Teachers K - 1st
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.
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Bo Knows "O"

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e patter that changes short vowel sounds into long vowel sounds. They distinguish between the short vowel o and long vowel o. Students practice reading and spelling words with the...
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Blending Bumper Cars

For Teachers 1st
First graders practice blending words with the consonant-vowel-consonant pattern. Given a card with a decodable word part, 1st graders add an initial consonant sound and blend the sounds to read the new word. They practice reading a...
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Swap Sheet #1

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this spelling worksheet, students write a list of their spelling words and then another list with the vowels taken out for their friend to fill in. Students do this for 10 words.
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Here Kitty, Kitty

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners recognize the short vowel i in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /i/ from other vowel sounds. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify...
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1st Grade - Act. 07: Seven Fat Cats

For Teachers 1st
First graders listen to story Seven Fat Cats and match the sounds (rhyming, beginning, ending, and vowel).
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Home Spelling Practice: Short I, Long I

For Students 5th - 6th
In this spelling learning exercise, learners learn to spell a list of 20 words that have short or long vowel I. Students write each word one time on the lines. There are optional at-home activities as well.
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Phonics Test #3: Henry and Mudge

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this sounds worksheet, students find words that have the same vowel sound as the underlined vowel sound in the first word from the story Henry and Mudge. Students complete ten multiple choice questions.
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Finish the Word

For Students 2nd
In this missing vowels worksheet, 2nd graders fill in the missing vowels to the words and then write the words on the lines. Students do this for 5 words and fill in the blanks to 2 sentences.
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Cookie Crisp Howl

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students are introduced to the vowel pattern that produces the /oo/ sound in words. Through matching, listening, and spelling activities, students recognize the phoneme /oo/ and it's placement in words. They write a message using words...
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Elmer the Elephant

For Teachers 1st
First graders recognize the short vowel E in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /e/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and spell...
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English Skills

For Students 5th - 6th
In this English skills review worksheet, students complete 60 questions pertaining to vowels, word endings, anagrams, parts of speech, proofreading, root words, onomatopoeia and spelling. There is no instruction on the page.
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Phonics Tic-Tac-Toe

For Students 1st
In this phonics activity, 1st graders play tic-tac-toe while they practice reading words with cvc and cvcc pattern. Students cut out Xs and Os to match with short vowel words on the game board.
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Spelling List D-26

For Students 4th - 5th
In this spelling learning exercise, students write each of 21 words two times. This list contains words with the r-controlled vowel, sight words, and academic vocabulary. 
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Short O - Classification (Place, Animal, Thing)

For Students K - 2nd
In this grammar learning exercise, learners write five nouns from a list of illustrated words into their correct category. The categories include place, animal, and thing.
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The Pronunciation of Regular Verbs in the Past Exercise

For Students 6th - 12th
Give your class experience with pronunciation. This worksheet has learners place the given verbs ending in /-ed/ into columns based on the final sound, then state the rules for pronunciation. This is a more advanced activity and is very...
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Say /o/

For Teachers K - 1st
Ollie the octopus is occupied! Use this tongue twister to help youngsters learn the /o/ sound. After practicing the target sound, learners should print the letter. When they are familiar with the letter and its sound, the group will...