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Beginning Sounds: Poem

For Teachers K - 1st
Students practice identifying beginning sounds. In this phonics lesson plan, students review different beginning sounds and read a poem. Students then work together to identify the words in the poem with their particular beginning sound.
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Long Vowel Search and Sort

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
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 fluency, Relay Race

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice reading. In this fluency building instructional activity, 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...
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Reintroduce -wh

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore phonetics by participating in a letter combination activity with their class. In this word sound activity, students identify the sound "wh" and discuss words where the sound is utilized. Students practice repeating words...
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Introduce qu-

For Teachers K - 1st
Students practice saying and reading words beginning with qu. In this phonics instructional activity, students review the sound that the letter combination qu creates.  Students play a pronunciation game to ensure their...
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Reintroduce /kn/

For Teachers K - 1st
Students practice reading words with the kn pattern.  In this phonics instructional activity, 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/

For Teachers K - 1st
Students 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. Students identify the words on the board that...
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Ehhh...Could You Repeat That?

For Teachers K - 1st
Pupils 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...
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CVC Words: at Ending

For Students K - 1st
For this CVC words practice worksheet, students fill in the letter blanks in 3 words using the picture clues. Students then practice writing each of the 3 words on the lines provided.
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Divide and Conquer: Breaking Down Skills For Slowlearners

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers 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...
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Short Vowel Sounds

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students 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...
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HOW TO WRITE a CINQUAIN

For Students 7th - 9th
In this literature activity, students explore and practice writing their on cinquain poems by following the simple directions given for each of the five lines required.
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Rhyming Fun

For Students 4th - 7th
In this rhyming fun activity, students practice adding certain letters to other letters to strengthen their skills on rhyming words. Students fill in forty-six blanks with rhyming words from directives given on the activity.
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Rhymes

For Students K - 2nd
In this words that rhyme worksheet, students practice drawing a line from a word on the left to a word on the right that together rhyme with each other.
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Syllables: Learning to Read

For Students 2nd - 4th
For this reading/grammar worksheet, students practice reading words with more than one syllable. Next, students think of 4 more words that have at least 2 syllables. Worksheet is designed to be signed by both student and parent when...
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Number of Syllables in a Word - Home/School Links

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this word work learning exercise, students practice determining how many syllables are in words. They work with a home partner to use a spoon to tap out the syllables in the words that are read to them. There is a place for both the...
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Rhyming Words - School/Home Links

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this word work worksheet, students practice making sets of rhyming words. They say each word aloud, say a word that rhymes, write the rhyming word, and read the 5 rhyming pairs. There is a place for the learning partner and student to...
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Rhyming Words

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Given eight pictures, students practice their rhyming skills by coloring the correct picture that rhymes with the picture on the top of each column (bat/hat, bee/tree). Students will enjoy the friendly, fun pictures and the coloring...
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Write the Number of Syllables in Each Word

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this syllables practice worksheet, students examine 10 multi-syllable words and identify the number of syllables in each one.
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Read Each Word and Write Each Syllable on the Lines

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this syllable practice learning exercise, students examine 10 words listening for syllables. Students write each syllable cluster on the lines provided.
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Rhyming

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students learn about rhyming. In this rhyming lesson plan, students talk about, sing about, and practice finding rhymes. A rhyming song is included.
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Five Little Squirrels Rhyme

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students recite a chant that has rhyming words in it having to do with squirrels. In this rhyming words lesson, students also practice saying ordinal numbers with this chant.
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Rhyming: Cut and Paste

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this rhyming words practice worksheet, students examine 4 pictures, say the names of the pictures, cut the other 4 pictures out, and paste them next to their rhyming partners.
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Rhyming

For Students Pre-K - 2nd
In this rhyming words practice worksheet, students write 3 or more rhyming words for each of these words: cat, sun, bet, and sit.