Students identify the digraphs in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion of the combinations of /c/ and /h/ that comprise th /ch/ digraph, students practice identifying initial and final placement of the digraph /ch/ in...

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,...

Students listen and match sounds such as rhyming, beginning, ending and vowel sounds to build phonemic awareness.

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.

In this word wheel worksheet, 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...

Set your pupils straight with spelling and sounds by using these materials for practice. Included here are three booklets and workbooks that cover just about any sound or blend you could think of!

In this CVC beginning sound worksheet, students say picture words, guess which letter makes the beginning sound, circle the letters that make the middle and final sound and then spell the word beneath each picture.

Just because it's summertime, doesn't mean that learning has to stop. Support children with continuing to develop their reading fluency with this extensive collection of literacy activities.

In this letter b sound activity, learners 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...

Young scholars navigate a website to practice the short e sound.  In this short e sound lesson, students read a story on Starfall and complete practice with the short e sound.

Students view a multimedia presentation to identify beginning sounds.  In this phonics lesson, students recognize beginning sounds.  Students navigate a website for addition phonics sounds.

Students listen to Brown Bear, Brown Bear and imitate the style of Eric Carle in writing a sentence.  For this writing lesson, students use the beginning and ending sounds of words to write an Eric Carle type sentence. ...

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.

For this initial L blend worksheet, students say picture words, saying the beginning blend, middle vowel and final vowel sound, then write the word on a space provided. Students then practice reading sentences that contain the words.

In this grammar worksheet, learners 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...

Reading readiness can be a fun skill to foster. Scholars manipulate phonemes to change one word into another. They pick picture cards, say the object's name on the card, then change the final phoneme to create a new word. They then find...

Students practice identifying and pronouncing the short letter "u" sound. In this phonetic awareness lesson plan, students access the Starfall.com website and follow the directions on the screen to reinforce the short "u" sound. Students...

In this initial r blend worksheet, students look at pictures and write the correct sound for the beginning blend, middle vowel and final sound of each picture.

In this initial blend worksheet, students say picture words slowly, listening for the initial, middle vowel and ending sounds, then write the word that names each picture.

Students are introduced to the different sounds that could be used at the beginning of words. After being shown words, they choose the one that has the same sound as the word their teacher said. Individually, they sort out picture...

Help spellers hear words that have the same beginning letter in them and guess the letter. Each speller has a piece of paper where they are to write down the letter once they have identified it. For instance, the teacher will say, "may,...

In this words and letters practice worksheet, students practice naming letters and practicing sounds of given sets of letters, read simple sentences, and practice saying the beginning sound of words that name pictures. 

First graders practice spelling words through by blending sounds with a focus on short vowels i and a. Through matching and listening activities, 1st graders replace initial and final sounds to create words they decode and read.

Pupils are introduced to the concept of segmentation and blending of words. As a class, they are shown various words and are asked to determine the amount of letters and sounds in each. To end the lesson, they participate in a guessing...