Students sound out the word "made" as the teacher reviews the rule for silent e making vowels say their names. For this phonics lesson, students continue to sound out words with other long vowels and the silent e, with teacher guidance.

Young scholars say the word "dime" as the teacher writes it on the board and reviews the silent e/long vowel rule. In this phonics lesson, students say other words and review the rule as words are written on the board, first without the...

In this word search worksheet, students practice spelling words containing 'ew' or the long 'u' sound. Students complete the word search to find the 'ew' words.

For this phonics worksheet, 1st graders practice at home, with a partner, tracing the lowercase letters in 8 words containing long "A" and "I" vowel sounds.

In this digraph worksheet, learners read 10 phrases such as "they has the sound of ?" and determine whether the given word has the long a or long e sound.

Students make a class animal book using the letters of the alphabet. They use a website imbedded in this plan to get pages with animals that begin with any of the 26 letters.

Students complete a variety of activities related to the long /e/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then spell different words that contain the ee and ea correspondence. Students then read the book "Tea For Three" with a...

In this word recognition worksheet, 2nd graders answer 4 questions after being given clues. Students must choose the correct word from a given word bank to correctly answer each question.

In this long "o" vowel sound worksheet, students respond to 22 fill in the blank and short answer questions that require them to identify and use words with the long "o" sound.

For this literacy worksheet, students circle the objects that go with the word bank.

In this reading instructional activity, students practice reading long /o/ words by making an eight-page book. Students read the simple book about a mole and a robot and color the pictures.

In this long a sound worksheet, students examine 18 words and sort them into the "ale" group or the "ame" groups. Students also fill in the blanks in 6 sentences with "ale" or "ame" words from the word bank.

In this long "i" sound worksheet, students put words into the correct column in the chart. Students fill in the chart with ie, igh, and y words. Students fill in 21 words.

In this trace and write activity, students trace and write words that contain the the long a sound and a silent e. Students trace and write 10 words.

In this silent "e" learning exercise, students fill in the letter blanks in 20 words with the letter "e" and then write sentences featuring the 20 words they created.

Spring has sprung in your classroom! An entire month of activities relating to spring prompts learners to color, draw, write, and work on phonics. 

This silly story of a family, their pet goat, a coat, and boat will capture your pupils' attention as they work on the long /o/ sound, the oa digraph, and reading comprehension.

Students explore language arts by participating an on-line grammar activity. In this letter U lesson, students discuss the uses for the letter U in the English language and the different sounds that can be made from the vowel. Students...

In this phonics practice worksheet, 1st graders read the passage and practice identifying the vowel sounds o-e, and oa. Students then draw a picture about the story in the box.

Second graders review the vowe-consonant-e pattern in association with reading fluently. After identifying the changes made to a phoneme when the letter e is added at the end of the word, 2nd graders practice reading a phonetically...

In this letter "o" worksheet, students read four words that all contain letter O. Students circle the word that best describes the picture and use it in a sentence.

First graders identify words associated with the -ar sound. They read sentences and compose a story that include words with the -ar sound. The assessment portion of lesson involves students in spelling words with the -ar pattern.

First graders identify words with the "sh" pattern. They participate in phonemic awareness, decoding, blending, spelling patterns, and dictation exercises. As the assessment portion of the instructional activity, they may write a story...

In this vocabulary worksheet, students write down 5 vocabulary words on the lines provided as the teacher reads them out loud. Students unscramble 5 vocabulary words and then write each one in a complete sentence.