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Look at What I Did at School!
Third graders use an outline to write a letter to their parents sharing their week at school.
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To Whom It May Concern
Fourth graders produce and peer edit typed rough drafts of the business letters following the guidelines illustrated in the Eight Essential Parts of a business letter and save to disks. They complete the Where's the Math? scavenger hunt...
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Tricky T
Students practice the corresponding phonemes associated with the letter and sound symbol to T. They identify the letter, write it and also identify pictures that display it's beginning sound. Students also interact with the book,...
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Slithering "S"
Students identify the grapheme and phoneme for S. They practice writing the letter S and through listening activities, discriminate the phoneme /s/. They associate the phoneme /s/ with its letter representation and identify it as the...
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Mmm Mmm Good!
Pupils recognize the phoneme /m/. Through matching and listening activities, students discriminate the phoneme /m/ from similar looking letters and phonemes. They associate the phoneme /m/ with its letter representation and identify the...
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Discover the Secret Word
In this phonics activity, students investigate the beginning letters of words by examining 6 pictures. Students say the name of the object then choose the beginning letter and circle it. The circled letters will form a secret code word.
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I'm Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot
Learners recognize the phoneme /h/. Through listening and matching activities, students discriminate the phoneme /h/ from similar looking letters and phonemes. They associate the phoneme /h/ with its letter representation and identify...
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Discover the Secret Word!
In this phonics activity, students analyze 6 pictures and say the names out loud. Students circle the beginning letters, then solve a code with the answers.
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Alphabet/Pictures
In this alphabet awareness worksheet, students experience matching up the twenty six letters of the alphabet to pictures that begin with each letter of the alphabet.
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Gulping Guppies
Students recognize the phoneme /g/. Through listening and matching activities, students discriminate the phoneme /g/ from other letters and phonemes. They associate the phoneme /g/ with its letter representation and identify the phoneme...
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Color Code Writing
Students practice color coding in their writing. In this writing lesson plan, students work on a new technique to help with them with their formation of letters and numbers.
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Short 'e'
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 identify...
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Alphabet Madness
Starting with letter "A", call out each letter of the alphabet, and a corresponding word or phrase that begins with that letter. The teacher can expound on the word/phrase to create an image and to promote movement.
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Big Bellies and Dandy Duffs
Students practice tracing and identifying lower-case b and d letters as well as pictures containing examples of those letters. They mimic the sounds that the letters make and offer examples of those sounds rhyming when applicable.
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Introduce /ai/
Students state the "ai" long a sound. In this vowel combinations phonics lesson, students say the sound of "ai" when the teacher points to the corresponding letter combination and remain silent when all other letters are highlighted.
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Introduce /ir/
Students recognize and pronounce the /ir/ sound. In this beginning phonics decoding lesson, students say the "ir" sound when the teacher points to the corresponding letters and remain silent when other letter combinations are targeted.
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Silly Sally
First graders identify the grapheme and phoneme for S. They practice writing the letter S and through listening activities, discriminate the phoneme /s/. They associate the phoneme /s/ with its letter representation and identify it as...
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The Big Pig
Students 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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Got the Giggles
Students identify the grapheme and phoneme for G. They practice writing the letter G and through listening activities, discriminate the phoneme /g/. They associate the phoneme /g/ with its letter representation and identify it in various...
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Alphabet
Students state the letters of the alphabet individually and in new words. In this alphabet lesson plan, students use the alphabet in a variety of ways during reading.
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Elmer the Elephant
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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Sorting Names
In this sorting worksheet, students analyze 15 names of children and sort them into a table according to the number of letters.
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M is Magical
Students recognize the phoneme /m/. Through listening and matching activities, students discriminate the phoneme /m/ from other letters and phonemes. They associate /m/ with its letter representation and identify the phoneme in various...
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Vivid Words: A Letter to the Editor
In this vocabulary and word study instructional activity, students explore the use of vivid words as they complete 11 fill in the blank questions. Students may also complete the challenge question at the bottom of the sheet.