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Learn-to-Read Pumpkin Patch
Learners practice identifying and pronouncing the short letter "u" sound. In this phonetic awareness instructional activity, students access the Starfall.com website and follow the directions on the screen to reinforce the short "u"...
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Spring Is Here: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 9)
Spring is the theme of this unit of extra support lessons. Your early readers enhance their skills using chants, practice worksheets, picture cards, and alphabet cards. Topics include identifying syllables, beginning sounds /w/, /g/,...
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"Open Your Mouth and Say AH!"
Students practice letter and sound recognition of the vowel o=/o/. They study the tongue twister "Tom got a frog from the pond" and the book, "If You Give a Moose a Muffin," by Laura Joffe Numeroff with an accompanying worksheet to master.
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A New Look at an Old Spelling System
Introducing herself as "a discouraged professor of English education," Alleen Pace Nilsen elaborates on the prominence of incorrect spelling in education today. She laments the overuse of spellcheck (and substituting the wrong words),...
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Short Ii Sound
In this letter/sound recognition worksheet, 1st graders say the names of 4 pictures on the page which include a chick, a fish, a pig, and a bottle of milk. They listen for the short i sound and practice printing the letter 4 times by...
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Letters C A D O G L
In these letter sounds worksheets, students study the various pictures in the worksheets and label each picture with its beginning letter sound of A, D, C, O, G, or L.
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Letter x- Printing Practice and Beginning Sounds
In this Xx printing practice and beginning sound worksheet, students place the letter x in front of the letters given for each of 3 words. They say the completed words after looking at the associated pictures.
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Beginning Letters Matching
In this beginning letters worksheet, students draw lines to match pictures with their beginning letters; letters used are b, f, d and h.
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Letter Sounds
In this sounds worksheet, students circle the pictures that begin with the given letters. Letters include h, v, x, j, y, and g.
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Three Bears Beginning Sounds
For this beginning sounds worksheet, students study the images from the story of The Three Bears. Students then bubble in the beginning letter for the image.
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Let's Match Beginning Sounds
In this beginning sounds worksheet, students look at each picture and say the word for each image. Students draw a line from the picture to its beginning sound.
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Review of Initial Sounds: F, G, H, Q
In this initial sounds worksheet, students look at pictures and write the initial sound, first on a line next to the picture, then at the beginning of the word that describes the picture.
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Review of Initial Sounds: P, T, S, W
In this initial sounds worksheet, students look at pictures and write the initial sound, first on a line next to the picture, then at the beginning of the word that describes the picture.
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Testing Initial Sounds: R, Z, G, Y, Q
In this initial sounds test worksheet, students look at a set of pictures, then choose the correct initial sound from a choice of R, Z, G, Y or Q and write it beneath each picture, 8 pictures total.
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Beginning Sound Activity
In this beginning blend sound worksheet, learners look at pictures, say their names and write the beginning sound beneath each picture.
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Beginning Sounds
This phonics PowerPoint displays a picture and three capital letters ranging from "b" to "h" on each slide. Students click on the beginning consonant that matches the picture, then receive a smiley face or an "oops!" depending on their...
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Wheels Go Around: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 7)
Wheels go around is the theme of the plethora of activities to aid in the language fluency of your scholars in this unit of ESL lessons. Learners can take part in a grand conversation focused on wheels, make their own steering wheel,...
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What Lives in Water?
Students learn about a variety of sea creatures. They look at sea creatures pictures and identify the creatures by name and by their unique characteristics. Phonemic Awareness skills are reinforced using the beginning sounds of the...
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We’re a Family: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 3)
Pay special attention to onsets and rimes and initial consonants with this packet of activities designed to provide additional support to youngsters just learning to read and write.
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Oh My
Students are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e patter that changes short vowel sounds into long vowel sounds. They distinguish between the short vowel sound for o and the long vowel sound for o. Students practice reading and spelling...
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Odd One Out
There is one object that doesn't belong in each of these sets. Scholars circle the one that doesn't rhyme, listening for the /o/ vowel sound (long and short) in the others. They connect two of the objects to printing practice,...
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Match the Rhymes
Tree, bee, knee, three... what do these have in common? Focus on vowel sounds in this matching worksheet for beginning readers. Learners connect a picture of a tree to pictures that rhyme with it and then get some printing practice. All...
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Hop on Pop - Short 'o'
Students practice the alphabetic significance of the letter /o/ along with its awareness of phonemes in spoken words. They assess on construction paper the phrase, "We like to hop on top of Pop who's on top of a hot rock" written on it...
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Mr. Cloak Loads his Boat with Oats
First graders distinguish between the sounds for short vowel o and long vowel o. They are introduced to the vowel patterns that comprise long vowel sounds, with a particular emphasis on /oa/. They practice reading and identifying a...