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Free Reading

Free Reading: Word Split Stomp, Segmenting Syllables Activity

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
A classroom activity that introduces and builds the accuracy of students' abilities of identifying syllables in a word. The instructor says a word, the student stomps once for each syllable in the word and then stomps one more time to...
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Free Reading

Free Reading: Syllable Slap! Segmenting Syllables

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
A higher level activity that helps students develop fluency in identifying open and closed syllable words.
Activity
Free Reading

Free Reading: Lucky Dip Game: Oral Blending and Segmenting

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Students pull an object from a bag, keep it hidden, stretch out its name by pronouncing each letter sound for at least a second, and everyone else has to guess the object.
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Free Reading

Free Reading: Wacky Wipe Offs a Phenome Segmentation Activity

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
An activity incorporating Dr. Seuss's "Fox in Socks" book, and dry erase boards and markers. Reading the book, students identify CVC-pattern words. Writing a selected one down on their boards, they are able to substitute letters to make...
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Free Reading

Free Reading: Word Swat a Word Sound Recognition Game

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
A classroom game to help students create new words from a particular word family. The class is divided into two teams; the first student in each line is given a flyswatter and must go to the board and "swat" the correct letter that...
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Free Reading

Free Reading: The Take Away Game: Onset Rime Segmenting

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
A classroom activity led by the instructor. The student is given a spoken onset and rime, and learns to remove the onset and state the remaining rime.
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Free Reading

Free Reading: Word Race Game, Oral Segmentation Accuracy

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Students are divided into two teams. The teacher calls one person from each team up at a time to look at a picture. The first player to yell out how many sounds are in the picture gets a point for the team. This site includes a link to a...
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Free Reading

Free Reading: Graph the Sounds: Oral Segmentation Activity

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
A small group activity. Each group receives a Graph the Sound page (link included on site). The teacher holds up a picture and the group must graph each sound they hear when they pronounce the word.
Unit Plan
Free Reading

Free Reading: What's the Secret? Oral Segmentation Accuracy Activity

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this activity, the teacher says three words and has the students identify the common sound. This site includes a link to a Word List Generator.
Activity
Free Reading

Free Reading: Listen for My Sound. A Phoneme Segmenting Activity

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
A simple, yet effective activity to teach students to identify the same sounds in different words. The teacher says a word and the students give a thumbs up or thumbs down. This site also includes a Word Generator list link as a resource.
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Free Reading

Free Reading: Picture Hunt Activity: Phoneme Manipulation

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This activity uses the students' favorite classroom book as a resource. The instructor says We are going on a Picture Hunt! and then asks the class where an object is in the picture, but leaves out the first letter sound when asking.
Activity
Education.com

Education.com: rf.k.2.d Worksheets

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Choose from a variety of worksheets to help students practice pronouncing the initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in three-phoneme (consonant-vowel-consonant, or CVC) words.
Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: What's Your Name? (U)

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This video segment from Between the Lions uses a fun hip-hop song about names to highlight the /uh/ sound that the letter "u" makes and to boost phonemic awareness: an understanding of the sounds within words.
Activity
University of Virginia

University of Virginia: Beginning, Middle, and End

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Choose from a variety of activities that focus on phonological awareness and sound-letter segmentation for Kindergarten. Printable materials provided. [PDF]
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St. Charles Place Education Foundation

Reading Bear: Ew, Ue Lesson

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate "ew" and "ue". Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound out words, see words...
Unit Plan
St. Charles Place Education Foundation

Reading Bear: Er, Le Lesson

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate "er" and "le" in them. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound out words,...
Unit Plan
St. Charles Place Education Foundation

Reading Bear: Wor, Wa, Ou Lesson

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this beginning reading video module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate "wor, "wa", and "ou" in them. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound...
Unit Plan
St. Charles Place Education Foundation

Reading Bear: Y and More Lesson

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate "y" to form words with the long /e/. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Works from famous artists...
Unit Plan
St. Charles Place Education Foundation

Reading Bear: U E Lesson

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate the silent e to form the long /u/. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound...
Unit Plan
St. Charles Place Education Foundation

Reading Bear: Initial Blends Lesson

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this beginning reading module, the instructor introduces words with initial consonant blends. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound out words, see words sounded out,...
Unit Plan
St. Charles Place Education Foundation

Reading Bear: Ing Lesson

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate "ing" ending words. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound out words, see...
Unit Plan
St. Charles Place Education Foundation

Reading Bear: Er, Ur, Ir Lesson

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce r-controlled vowel words that incorporate "er", "ur", and "ir". Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to...
Unit Plan
St. Charles Place Education Foundation

Reading Bear: Lessons 13 24 Review

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this beginning reading module, the instructor reviews words that incorporate "x", "2 syllables", digraphs, and more. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound out words,...
Unit Plan
St. Charles Place Education Foundation

Reading Bear: Or Lesson

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate "or" in them. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound out words, see words...

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