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Beginning Reading Design: Blending Boats
Students study how to blend the sounds together in words with the CVC form. They use letter cards and the books, "Tin Man Fix-It," and Dr. Seuss', Green Eggs and Ham. They work with /m/ words to blend the sounds together to read words....
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Grade 5 Spelling: Consonant Sounds: /sh/, /ch/
In this 5th grade home connection spelling practice worksheet, 5th graders examine 20 words that feature /sh/ and /ch/. Students write the words 1 time each.
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Short O and Digraph SH
First graders practice the short o and sh sound. In this phonics lesson plan, 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...
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Sounding out accuracy, Word Baseball
Students practice sounding out words. In 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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Howwwwl At The Moon
Students explore vowel digraphs. They discuss what a vowel digraph is and discuss the vowel digraph ou=/ow/. Students read "The Napping House." They practice spelling words with the /ow/ sound in them. Students read words with the /ow/...
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Under the Umbrella
Students explore the short /u/ sound. They practice making the sound, noticing how their mouths move to make it. They use letterboxes to spell 'u' words, identify 'u' = /u/ in written words, and play the 'Under the Umbrella' game.
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CH-ch-ch-ch, CH-ch-ch-ch, CHOO-CHOO!
Students identify the digraphs in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion of the combinations of /c/ and /h/ that comprise th /ch/ digraph, students practice identifying initial and final placement of the digraph /ch/ in...
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Short Vowel Words
In this phonics practice worksheet, students examine 6 pictures and identify each picture by writing the short vowel words for each of them on the lines provided.
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Short Vowel Words 2
In this phonics practice learning exercise, students examine 6 pictures and identify each picture by writing the short vowel words for each of them on the lines provided.
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If You Were Katy: Let's Play a Game
Students simulate sound effects from Katy and the Big Snow. They read and discuss Katy and the Big Snow, create sound effects for the objects in the book and practice sounding out beginning sounds for words. After sounding out the words,...
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Dge, dge, dge, just do it!
Students practice recognizing the value of digraphs to reading and becoming fluent readers. This lesson covers dge=/j/ by familiarizing themselves with the digraph, pronouncing it and reading words that use the digraphs. They lesson to a...
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Shake Out the SH!
Students study the /sh/ digraph using a tongue twister chart and practice saying the sound. They examine pictures to decide which contain the /sh/ sound and determine if the sound is at the beginning or end of the word. Next, working...
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I See A Bee
Students create a drawing of a word containing the sound /ee/. They are introduced to the /ee/ vowel pattern that comprise the long /ee/ vowel sound. They practice listening for and reading a variety of words containing the long vowel...
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Beginning Sound of Letter B
In this sound/letter instructional activity, students practice writing the letter B and recognizing its sound. First, students trace and write the letter, then name pictures that begin with B.
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Beginning Sound of Letter M
In this sound/letter worksheet, students first practice tracing and writing the letter M, then identify pictures that begin with the letter.
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Beginning Sound of Letter P
In this learning exercise on the letter P, students first practice tracing and writing the upper and lower case letter P. Next, students identify picture that begin with the P sound. Picture words are missing the beginning P only.
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Beginning Sound of Letter S
In this sound/letter activity, students practice tracing and writing the upper and lower case letter S. Next, students identify pictures that begin with the S sound.
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Long e Vs. Short i
In this long e and short i practice worksheet, students study 28 examples of word pairs that feature the long e and short i sounds.
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Short Vowel Words
In this short vowel sounds practice worksheet, students examine 8 pictures, say the names of the pictures, and select the correct letters to spell the 8 words.
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1st Grade Spelling: Short "a"
In this 1st grade home connection spelling practice instructional activity, 1st graders examine 6 spelling words that feature the short "a" sound. Students write the words 1 time each.
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Spelling: long i sound
In this long i sound instructional activity, students practice writing their spelling words with the long i sound in cursive. Students write 20 words.
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Long Vowel I
In this long vowels practice worksheet, students examine 6 words and their matching picture. Students identify the words that feature the long I sound.
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Long Vowel O
In this long vowel o practice worksheet, students examine 6 picture and word pairs. Students identify the words that have the long o sound.
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Beginning Sounds - Kindergarten Reading
Students practice the use of beginning sounds to improve their emerging reading skills. In this beginning sounds lesson, students review beginning sound of words before participating in a "Bingo" type game that has them use the sounds...