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Apples and Jam for Pam

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars study the /a/ phoneme in written and spoken words by making the sound and identifying it in words. They repeat a phrase three times and write lower case a's on primary paper. Next, they listen to "Pat's Jam" and blink...
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Emergent Literacy

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice speaking and spelling words, and recognize and demonstrate understanding of sounds (phonemes) that each letter contains. Students focus specifically on letter S and its sound.
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The Cat in the Hat

For Teachers 1st
First graders participate in an emergent literacy lesson to gain skills essential for the beginning reader. They practice the phoneme of the day or letter "A". The sound and recognition of the letter is the focus of the lesson.
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The Pink Pig Gets Icky Sticky

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners recognize that the letter "i" alone in written text will map out the /i/ phoneme in spoken words. By helping them with this short vowel mapping knowledge is further increased and decoding skills improve.
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Ta-Ta- Timer

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students identify a letter of the alphabet. They recognize this letter in print and in spoken language. The letter and phoneme chosen is the letter t and /t/. They write the letter in both lower and upper case. They read 'One Tiny...
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's' and 'a' sounds

For Students 1st
In this 's' and 'a' phonemes learning exercise, 1st graders observe 6 pictures and label each as an 's' or 'a' beginning sound. Spaces are included by each picture for students to label. Students must also write the word that each...
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Rainbow Spelling (Kinesthetic Approach To Encoding)

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders demonstrate their encoding skills by spelling words using color coded paper, match correct letters with the colored paper to spell the words in standard form, and self correct any errors made in the spelling with colored...
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Identify and Create Rhyming Words

For Teachers K
Students discuss rhyming word families and read stories that present those families in rhyme. They generate rhyming words, manipulate sentence strips to pair rhymes and sort pictures of rhyming words.
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Big, Bad, "B" and "D"

For Teachers K - 1st
Students practice discerning between the letters D and B. Through hands on and listening activities, they recognize the difference between the commonly confused letters B and D. They practice writing both letters and correcting common...
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Wade Swayed At the Masquerade

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students practice reading words with vowel patterns that change the sound of the vowel. After reviewing the short vowel sound /a/, they are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e pattern that changes the short vowel sound into a long vowel...
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The Race To Space

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students distinguish between short vowel a and long vowel a. They are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e pattern that changes short vowel sounds into long vowel sounds. They practice reading words with the vowel-consonant-e pattern.
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Oh! Let's Go Home

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students distinguish between short vowel o and long vowel o. They are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e pattern that changes short vowel sounds into long vowel sounds. They practice reading and spelling words with the vowel-consonant-e...
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Nothing but Nests

For Teachers K - 1st
Students examine both the upper and lower case letter "N,n." They practice making the "n" sound, writing the letter, and recognizing it in words. After a teacher book talk, they listen to Christine Young's, "Nests," and make the "boat...
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Bee and Dee

For Teachers K - 1st
Students practice discerning between the letters D and B. Through listening and writing activities, they recognize the difference between the commonly confused letters B and D. They practice writing both letters and correcting common...
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Hi, My Name is A

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students distinguish between short vowel a and long vowel a. They are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e pattern that changes short vowel sounds into long vowel sounds. They practice decoding pseudo words with the vowel-consonant-e...
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IIII---L-lll-ke---IIII-ke-and-M-IIII-ke

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners recognize the letter combination i_e by reading and spelling words with letter boxes in this lesson. They say a tongue twister which emphasizes the long /i/ silent /e/ combination. They then listen the story "Kite Day at Pine...
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Do Sheep See Sheep When They Feel The Need To Sleep?

For Teachers 1st
First graders distinguish between the sounds for short vowel e and long vowel e. They are introduced to the vowel patterns that comprise long vowel sounds, with a particular emphasis on /ee/. They practice reading and identifying a...
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Marvelous Muffins!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students study the letter "m" in written and spoken words by making the sound, reciting a tongue twister, and writing the letter. They identify the sound in words and in Laura Joffe Numeroff's book, "If You Give a Moose a Muffin". Next,...
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That Tricky Letter T

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars practice writing and working with the letter T from the alphabet in order to recognize the letter in words that have it in them. They assess the book, "The Berenstain Bears Visit the Dentist," view picture cards and then...
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Beat the Heat

For Teachers 1st
First graders are introduced to the concept of vowel digraphs. They identify the digraph /ea/ in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion, 1st graders apply the rule for identifying and spelling words containing the /ea/...
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Sneeze Cheese

For Teachers K - 1st
Students study the /ch/ digraph by thinking of the sound that is made when someone sneezes. They listen to a tongue twister while identifying how many times they hear the /ch/ sounds and make words using the Elkonin boxes and letters....
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Blending Bunnies

For Teachers K - 1st
Students use the short /a/ sound to blend letters and form words. They use enlarged copies of bunnies with different letters written on them. They combine the "bunnies" to spell words with the short /a/ sound, and then read the words...
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Uhhh, I don't know

For Teachers K - 1st
Students listen to the different sounds that the letter U can make. They practice finding the letter u in written words. They write the letter u. They say a tongue twister about the letter u and its sounds. They write different words...
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Bouncing and Dancing with B and D

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore the differences between the letters b and d. They practice seeing the letters and hearing the sounds with words and tongue twisters. They practice letter formation for both letters and listen to the book, The...

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