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Copycat, Copycat!
Students observe that sometimes the letter "c" is a copycat letter and sometimes acts like a "k" or an "s" like in the words "cat" and "race". They use Elkonin letter boxes and letters to spell words as they are called out by the...
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Say Ahh Went the Doc
Students recognize the short vowel O in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /o/ from other vowel sounds. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify...
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Bum, Bum, Beat the Drum
Students experience practicing sorting words and pictures to build letter and sound recognition. They identify /b/ in spoken words and learn how to write the graphemic representation of /b/. Each student also practices with the tongue...
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Ehhh! Can you repeat that!
Students assess how to recognize phonemes that stand for letters creating spoken words utilizing the short vowel /e/. They associate our written language as a secret code to solve. The tongue twister "Everybody saw Eddie and the Eskimo...
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Long Vowel Phoneme -IGH
Students listen to a poem and discuss the rhyming words. They complete worksheets focusing on the long vowel phoneme -igh.
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Long Vowels - Long A
In this long A sound instructional activity, 1st graders say the word pictures and circle one letter or group from each column for the beginning, middle, and final sounds. Students write the words on the blank lines. Students then write...
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Short A Vowel Sound
In this short a sound worksheet, 1st graders say the word for each picture and circle one letter from each column for the beginning, middle, and final sound. Students then write the word in the provided space. Students read a list of...
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Lesson 1 - Skill 2 - CVC WORDS - Beginning Sound
In this CVC beginning sounds worksheet, students examine 20 pictures, say the picture words, guess the letter that begins the word and circle the middle and final letters to spell the word in each of the 20 problems.
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"The Three Billy Goats Gruff:" Retelling the Story
Youngsters retell the story of The Three Billy Goats Gruff. They write a sentence for speech bubbles for a character in the story, identify the phrases that can be used for retelling a story, and in small groups write a sentence for the...
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Theo and His Thirty Thirsty Brothers
Students recognize the digraph /th/ in both spoken and written words. They read and spell words containing /th/ digraph. They read "Changes in Seasons" by Eizabeth Sengel and make a list of the words containing /th/ digraph.
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Introduce /ai/
Young scholars state the "ai" long a sound. In this vowel combinations phonics lesson plan, students say the sound of "ai" when the teacher points to the corresponding letter combination and remain silent when all other letters are...
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CVC Spelling
For this spelling worksheet, 1st graders will focus on spelling CVC words. Students will study 7 pictures and choose the correct letters for the beginning, middle, and ending sounds before writing the complete word three times each on...
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Long Vowel I
In this long vowel learning exercise, 1st graders will focus on the long i sound. Students will study 6 pictures and choose the beginning, middle, and end sound for each before writing the words on the lines provided.
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Word Building
For this long vowel worksheet, 1st graders will focus on the long o sound. Students will study 6 pictures and choose the beginning, middle, and end sound for each before writing the words on the lines provided.
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Build A Word With "o" as the Short Mid Vowel
For this short "o" build a word worksheet, 1st graders look at 6 black line pictures before finding the letters that spell the name of each. They say the name, choose the letters including the middle "o", and write the name of the item...
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R Blends: Er- Ir- and Ur
In this R blends worksheet, students fill in blanks either at the end or in the middle of words to complete them. Words are beneath pictures for guidance.
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Beginning and Ending Sounds: Springtime Bouquet
In this vowel worksheet, students fill in the beginning and ending letters of 7 consonant-vowel-consonant words to complete the word. All words have the short vowel sound "u" in the middle.
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CVC Words
In this CVC words learning exercise, students write a set of 20 consonant, vowel, consonant words, all with short vowels in the middle. Students copy by tracing the word as it appears beneath its corresponding picture.
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Nasreddin Hodja - Turkish and Middle Eastern Folklore Philosopher
Third graders read a readers theater written by Nasreddin Hodja. In this Nasreddin Hodja lesson plan, 3rd graders learn about the philosopher and participate in one of his reader's theaters.
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Practicing Letters C and D
The lowercase letter c and d are highlighted in this two-part activity. Kids complete the top half by tracing then printing the letter c and locating images that begin with the /c/ sound. Part two requires them to trace then write the...
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Practicing Letters S and T
Let your class learn about the sounds made by the letters s and t. They work to recognize each lowercase letter and match the letter to images that begin with the /t/ or /s/ sounds. They also trace each letter several times.
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Practicing Letters W and X
Match initial phonemes to practice recognizing the sounds made by the letters w and x. Early readers circle all of the objects that begin with either an x or a w, then trace each letter several times. Try a fun variation by having...
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Small Group: BL
Practice target sounds, especially the /a/ sound. The teacher first speaks and learners repeat words, discriminating between words with varying sounds after focusing on /a/. Letter cards are held up to show the symbolic representation of...
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Vowel Digraph Activities for au and aw
It can be awfully hard teaching young children how to read, but this phonics resource will make the job a little easier. Focusing on the au and aw vowel digraphs, this collection of engaging activities teaches beginning...