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Beat the Heat
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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My Tooth is Loose
Elementary learners study the /th/ sound as a whole class. First they hear the sound and learn a tongue twister. After practicing together, they write the digraph on their practice paper. Then, to study the words in context, the class...
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Cartoonito Activity Sheets
The snake goes sssss and the plane goes nnnnn! Practice letters and their sounds with a collection of activities. For each letter, kids get to color, practice the sound, and practice writing the letter. This is group one. See the...
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Teddy Bear Vowel Combinations
In this phonics learning exercise, students examine teddy bears with 28 vowel combinations. No words are written on these posters, just letter combinations such as oa, ee, oe, ai. No directions are given but these could be used as part...
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Circle the Beginning Letters
In this beginning letters worksheet, students say the names of five pictures. From three choices of consonant digraphs, students circle the beginning letters for each picture. Students print the name of the picture and the beginning...
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Phase 5
A colorful presentation on common vowel blends awaits your class. Each of the 25 slides has a two-letter vowel blend in a large circle, accompanied by a smaller circle that has the phonetic sound that the blend makes. Pretty fish and...
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Consonant Digraph "th"
In this consonant digraph worksheet, 2nd graders focus on the "th" sound. Students color 4 pictures that begin with this sound and draw two pictures of their own that use the digraph letter combination.
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Discriminating Phonemes
Develop the fluency of beginning readers one sound at a time with this phonemic awareness lesson. Through a series of whole-class instruction, independent practice, and collaborative learning activities, children practice...
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Letter Pronunciation - I sh I Sound
In this sh pronunciation worksheet, students circle the word that best describes the picture. They then use that word in a sentence. All of the words have the letters sh in them. There are 7 questions on this page.
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"Name Those Vowels"
Help your class recognize the capital and lower-case forms of the five vowels. They will learn how to make capital and lower-case forms of the vowels and all the rules surrounding vowels. Fun songs and activities are included. Links to...
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Fun Fonix: G Endings
Write it. Read it. Find it. That's the name of the game here! Elementary learners trace basic words, say them aloud, and find the matching picture. All words on this worksheet end with the letter g.
Core Knowledge Foundation
Kindergarten Skills Unit 7
A unit consists of seventeen lessons that examine six new consonant digraphs. Lessons review past concepts, introduce sounds and spelling, and offer differentiated instruction in small groups. Learners begin reading a decodable...
Core Knowledge Foundation
First Grade Skills Unit 1
First graders participate in skills practice with 32 lessons focusing on sound-spelling correspondence—sound combinations, consonant digraphs, double letter sounds, tricky spellings, and words. Lessons begin with a warm-up, review and...
Core Knowledge Foundation
Kindergarten Skills Unit 8
A unit introduces 14 double-letter spellings for consonant sounds and seven tricky high-frequency words. Over four weeks, young scholars participate in daily spelling and word reviews, guided practice, and complete skills...
Core Knowledge Foundation
Second Grade Skills Unit 2: Bedtime Tales
A unit covering second-grade skills reviews 16 letter-sound correspondences, tricky words, and punctuation. Readers provide context for examining story elements, and pupils participate in close reading and write narratives retelling a...
Rock ’N Learn
Sam Shrimp: Digraphs shr, squ and thr
In this digraphs worksheet, students read a story about Sam Shrimp in which letters are missing from 10 words. Students use the digraphs shr, squ or thr to complete the words in the story.
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Making Words with the ck Consonant Digraph
In this ck digraph worksheet, students examine 6 pictures in the first column. They use the letters in the second column to build, write, and read the word that names the picture.
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Beginning Sounds: 2 Letter Vowels
In this beginning sound worksheet, students say picture words and guess which given letters make the beginning sound. Students circle letters that make the middle and final sound, then spell the word in the space provided.
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Chicka-Chicka-Boom-Boom
Young scholars review the "ch" digraph in this lesson. Students identify words that have the "ch" sound, and practice writing the digraph. Young scholars then listen to the story "Chicka-Chicka-Boom-Boom" and identify the words in the...
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Shhhhhhhh!!!!!
Students recognize and practice putting certain letters together as they make unique sounds in one mouth movement. This instructional activity focuses on the digraph /sh/. They study and recite the tongue twister "Shelly's aunt, Sharon...
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Chompin' on Chewing Gum
Students complete a variety of activities related to the /ch/ consonant digraph. As a class they recite a Ch tongue twister, then trace and write the letters ch. Students then listen to word pairs and identify the words containing the...
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Introduce /ch/
Students recognize that some letters stick together. In this /ch/ lesson, students make the ch sound and identify words with that sound. Students take teacher cues but only pronounce the /ch/sound
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The Loud Trout Shouts!
Students practice the strategies of phonemes and digraphs dealing with the correspondence "ou"=/ow/ in both spoken and written words. They listen as the book The Napping House by Audrey Wood is read to them and then they interact with...
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Vowel Digraphs: au and aw
In this vowel digraph instructional activity, students print "au" and "aw," circle words that match pictures, circle words that have the letters "au" and "aw," and write 3 words for each digraph.