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School-Home Links: Beginning Sounds
In this letters and sounds worksheet, students name each picture and listen to the beginning sound in the word. Students circle the letter with the same sound.
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What Begins with H?
In this letter sounds worksheet, learners study the pictures on the right and draw a line from the horses to the items that begin with the sound of h.
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What Begins with J?
In this letter sounds worksheet, students study the pictures on the right column and draw lines from the jets to the words that begin with the letter j.
Core Knowledge Foundation
First Grade Skills Unit 3
Four weeks, 19 lessons—this unit covers five new vowel spelling patterns, tricky words, spellings, verb tenses, reading fables and exploring the writing process. Lessons offer review, an introduction to the concept, skills practice,...
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Swimmy Swim Swiftly
Students examine the letter 's'. Through instruction and modeling they explore the sound the letter makes, how the letter is written, words that contain the letter, etc. They listen to a story and identify words with the /s/ sound by...
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Hop Scotch
Students practice a variety of techniques and strategies to assess the letter sound of o=/o/. They encounter Elkonin Boxes to assist them with their task as well as the tongue twister "Oliver had an operation in October, and Oscar gave...
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ABC Scavenger Map
Students explore phonetics by participating in a class game. In this alphabet sounds lesson, students collaborate in a ABC's activity where they identify a random letter, the sound it makes, and place it in it's correct spot on a mat....
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Always Allow Alliteration (part 1)
Young scholars identify letters and sound that are being alliterated in a text they are given. In this alliteration worksheet, students also create alliteration in words and sentences.
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Initial Sound Memory Game
Students are reintroduced to initial sounds and play a picture card game to build accuracy. For this initial sound lesson, students place the picture cards face down and organize the picture cards into an even number of rows and columns...
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Letter A Flashcard
In this letter a instructional activity, 1st graders study a picture flashcard. Students use the flashcard for mastery of the letter sound with both the letter and a corresponding picture.
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A World of Animals: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 10)
Provide extra support with this collection of animal-themed lessons. Early readers gain proficiency in high frequency words are and he, practice blending short vowel sounds, and substitute initial and final phonemes while...
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Nature Walk: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 2)
Reinforce concepts such as long vowels, spelling patterns, sound clusters, double-final consonants, and syllables with a nature-themed unit. Through a series of extra support lessons, learners compare and contrast using a...
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Family Time: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 5)
Provide extra support with a unit that follows a teach, blend, guided practice, and practice/apply routine to reinforce reading, grammar, vocabulary, and writing skills. Reading and writing lessons include supporting details,...
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School-Home Links: Name Letters by the Sounds they Make
In this letter sounds worksheet, students say the sound that each letter makes and then name the letter the matches the sound. Students then write their names and say the names of the letters.
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Ending Sound M
In this ending sound worksheet, students study the various images and draw a line from the letter M to each picture that ends with the M sound. Students draw lines to the jam, worm, drum, ham, and broom.
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School-Home Links: Sounds in Short Words
In this word sounds worksheet, students point to each word and say it slowly. Family members repeat the word and then ask the children to name the sounds.
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Marvelous Muffins!
Students study the letter "m" in written and spoken words by making the sound, reciting a tongue twister, and writing the letter. They identify the sound in words and in Laura Joffe Numeroff's book, "If You Give a Moose a Muffin". Next,...
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Literal Meaning of Reading
Students demonstrate literal meaning of a fiction book. In this reading comprehension lesson, students listen to the book, If You Give a Mouse a Muffin and practice the "m" sound during the read aloud. Students answer questions about the...
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Beginning Sounds
Students find the beginning letters of words. In this alphabet instructional activity, students sound out words to find the beginning sound and the beginning letter. They play a game to mark these letters on a card.
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Beginning Consonants S and Sh-
In this consonant sound learning exercise, students use the s and the sh- sounds. Students look at five pictures and fill in the beginning sound for each word.
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Phonics Test #10: A Trip to the Fire Station
In this vowel sounds activity, students find words that have the same sound as the underlined vowel sound in the first word from the story A Trip to the Fire Station. Students complete 10 multiple choice questions.
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Phonics Test #3: Henry and Mudge
For 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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Phonics Test #4: Dogs
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 Dogs. Students complete 10 multiple choice questions.
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Phonics Test #8
In this sounds worksheet, students find words that have the same vowel sound as the underlined vowel sound in the first word in each row. Students complete 10 multiple choice questions.