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Letter Sound and Letter Combination Accuracy, Sound Search Game
Students participate in an activity to identify words with specific letter sounds or letter combinations. In this letter sound/letter combination lesson, students focus on three-letter sounds then identify words in a sound hunt...
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Long Vowel Search and Sort
Students practice identifying long vowels. In this vowel lesson, students read a story and find long vowel words that fit their pattern. Students then sort their word under the correct long vowel pattern.
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Sounding out accuracy, Tic Tac Toe
Learners practice word patterns while playing the game of tic tac toe. For this sounding out accuracy lesson, students work with a partner to pick a word from a pile of words. Learners then sound out the word from the pile of...
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Sounding out accuracy, Word Baseball
Students practice sounding out words. For this phonics lesson, students play a baseball game, practicing sounding or stretching out words for accuracy. Students read the word off the card and stretch it out.
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Sounding out fluency, Relay Race
Young scholars practice reading. In this fluency building lesson, students participate in a relay race to quickly sound and read word cards. They work in small groups to accurately sound out and say three word cards before it is another...
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Reintroduce -wh
Students explore phonetics by participating in a letter combination activity with their class. In this word sound lesson, students identify the sound "wh" and discuss words where the sound is utilized. Students practice repeating words...
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Introduce qu-
Students practice saying and reading words beginning with qu. In this phonics lesson, students review the sound that the letter combination qu creates. Students play a pronunciation game to ensure their understanding of the letter...
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Reintroduce /kn/
Students practice reading words with the kn pattern. In this phonics lesson, students review the sound kn makes. Students then play a game to reinforce the correct use of the kn spelling pattern.
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Reintroduce /ou/
Learners demonstrate how to pronounce the "ou" sound. In this sound fluency lesson, students review the letters that make the sound in the word "cloud" and then practice making the sound. Learners identify the words on the board that...
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Long Vowels with Silent 'E'
First graders read words with a silent E at the end. In this literacy lesson, the teacher explains how the silent E changes the sound a vowel makes, then students practice reading words. Students complete a worksheet with the teacher for...
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Phonics Word Search #4: Words That Begin With Cl
In this phonics worksheet, students learn the blended consonant "cl". Students read 12 words that begin with "cl" and find them in a word search puzzle.
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Phonics Word Search #20: Words That End With "-ct"
In this phonics worksheet, students learn the blended consonant "-ct" at the end of words. Students read 12 words that end with "-ct" and find them in a word search puzzle.
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Phonics Word Search #25: Words That End With "-ng"
In this phonics worksheet, students learn to recognize the final "-ng" pattern by reading 12 words in a word bank and finding them in a word search puzzle.
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Phonics Word Search #26: Words That End With "-nk"
In this phonics worksheet, students learn to recognize the final "-nk" pattern by reading 12 words in a word bank and finding them in a word search puzzle.
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Phonics Word Search: th
In this phonics word search worksheet, students locate and mark the 12 words in the word bank that begin with "th" within the word puzzle.
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Short O and Digraph SH
First graders practice the short o and sh sound. In this phonics lesson, 1st graders listen to the stories Hot Pot: The Sound of Short O by Alice K. Flanagan and Shoes: The Sound of SH by Peg Ballard. They create word webs with...
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Say and Spell Vowel Digraph Board Game
Students say and spell vowel digraphs by playing a board game. In this vowel digraphs lesson plan, students make a single sound with 2 vowels.
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The Cream Cake Mystery - Seeing Patterns
A great language arts lesson designed for emerging readers awaits your class. Rhyming words are the focus. Learners play an interactive learning game on the computer that helps them to understand words that rhyme. As with all of these...
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November - Poetry
First graders respond to poetry through a group activity. They interact with rhythm and tempo in poetry through an oral presentation. They experiment with choral speaking. They discuss Thanksgiving family traditions.
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Rock the Boat
Second graders play a spelling game. They draw a card that shows two ways to divide a word into syllables. They are to choose which one is divided correctly, either A or B. They move along the game board as they choose correct answers.
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Divide and Conquer: Breaking Down Skills For Slowlearners
Students are introduced to skills to help them become better readers. With a partner, they use magazines to identify consonant pairs and participate in a game naming words that ends with consonants. As a class, they practice clapping...
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Short Vowel Sounds
Pupils write down all short vowel sounds. They read their spelling words and attach them to each short vowel sound. They practice writing each spelling word under each short vowel sound that they have listed on their paper. They discuss...
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Ballet
First graders identify word families and demonstrate a variety of ballet moves. They listen to the book "Angelina on Stage," and observe and demonstrate three ballet moves. Students then match a family word with other rhyming words,...
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Ehhh...Could You Repeat That?
Students explore the short /e/ sound. They practice making the sound, noticing how their mouths move to make the sound. They recite an e tongue twister and practice writing the letter e. They spell e words using Elkonin letter boxes and...