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Do the Word Stretch
Young learners practice putting sounds together to form words. Even though the sound is not functioning on this presentation, the basic premise of leading students through the decoding process is great. There are only four examples,...
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Build Accuracy /a/, /m/
Make letter sounds a game for pre-readers using these letter cards. After you demonstrate, learners take turns drawing letters out of a bag. Weight them for the letters they have been practicing most recently. Once they've chosen a...
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Shake With A
Use letter boxes and letter tiles (d,a,y,l,p,w,k,f,r,i,t,s,b,c,I) to help your class distinguish between the sounds for short vowel a and long vowel a. They are introduced to the vowel patterns that comprise long vowel sounds, with a...
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Snail
S is for snail. Use this worksheet to help your young readers learn the letter s. This simple coloring worksheet is great for youngsters who are learning the beginning letter s sound. They can practice saying the s sound and coloring...
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Short Vowel Sounds: Listening Exercise
In this CVC pattern words worksheet, learners examine eight pictures, say the name of each picture, and use the provided letters to spell the words. They practice writing the letters on the line below the picture as well. Letter...
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Fix It Fun
Young learners practice spelling and phonics with this quick vowel instructional activity. For each of the seven words provided, they must unscramble the letters and write the full word on the line provided.
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Animal Sounds Cut and Paste
Grrr! Practice animal sounds with this engaging cut and paste worksheet. Young readers can color six black line picture of animals including a cow, a cat, a duck, a bird, a dog and a bear, before cutting them out and glueing them to the...
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AP: Chapter 14: Mendel and the Gene Idea
A survey of Mendelian genetics is presented through this handout. Biology prodigies answer questions about the Law of Segregation, phenotypic ratios, and dominance. They define genetics vocabulary terms and describe various genetic...
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Reintroduce /au/
Practice decoding au words with your first and second graders. They state the sound of au when the teacher points to the corresponding letter combination, and remain silent when any other letter combination is displayed. Complete...
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Say and Spell Consonant Digraph Board Game
Students download from a website to learn about digraphs. In this digraphs lesson, students download a digraphs game to practice digraphs.
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Tongue Twisters
Young readers practice their letter sounds by engaging with this language arts PowerPoint. Six letters are used: p, l, s, w, c, and d. Pupils learn tongue twisters for each letter such as: "Wiggly worm wiggles in the water." Very nice!
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Triple Blends
Use this resource to practice consonant blends in a second grade class. Focusing on scr-, str-, spr-, and spl-, learners identify words with these sounds. This presentation could be employed as an introductory activity before a spelling...
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The oo Sound
Focus on the oo vowel sound using this resource. Using a list of words and sentences, learners practice reading and spelling with this sound. It is a complete and visually-attractive presentation.
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oo
The vowel blend "oo" produces two different sounds. The words book and cool are examples of that. Young readers view slides that have pictures of words that use this blend, and they practice distinguishing between each sound.
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SCR
Blend consonants scr together to make a great sound used to begin words like, scream, screw, and scrap. Learners view a series of six images and related /scr/ words to practice spelling patterns, chunking, consonant blends, or...
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Rhyming Words
Practice simple rhymes with your elementary learners! They identify the picture's word and look for the word that rhymes. Then, include a bit of writing practice and have them write the correct rhyming word on the line provided.
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Rhyming Words
Using endings, such as -it, -id, and -ip, learners practice reading and spelling words. This is a simple and motivating way to have your kindergarten or first grade class practice important skills. This could be done in a whole group, or...
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CVC Words
Help your class practice reading sight words. Learners read a list of simple words including hat, rat, and web. This is a quick and easy way to practice reading skills. It could also be used as a center activity.
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Combining Syllables to Form 2- and 3-Syllable Words
Students practice combining consonant-vowel-consonant sounds to form words. They read closed and silent "e" syllables. Students construct two-syllable words. They arrange syllables to form three and four syllable words.
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School-Home Links: Breaking Words into Syllables
Involve the whole family in syllable division with this resource, which has parents helping their children practice a new skill. Learners look at 6 words, which are visually divided, and write down their syllable count. There are 2...
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Animal Syllables
Animal names are a great way to practice syllables with words your young scholars will be familiar with! Using images, students examine 7 animals and color in the number of paws that correspond with the number of syllables in that animal...
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Syllable Activity
Have young learners practice breaking apart multi-syllabic words. The entire word is written to the left and writers first copy the word adding a backslash, then write each syllable separately. The structure of this activity makes it...
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Sounds: First and Last
For this beginning and ending sounds worksheet, learners fill in the first and last letter blanks in six CVC words. The vowels are all given, so writers are practicing consonants. Use the picture clues provided in order to complete the...
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School-Home Links
In this school home links CVC words worksheet, students practice sounding out the words dog, pot, sat, cat, cap, hit, box, cup, and bed.