Students recognize and pronounce the /ir/ sound. In this beginning phonics decoding lesson, students say the "ir" sound when the teacher points to the corresponding letters and remain silent when other letter combinations are targeted.

First graders review various advanced phonics words by playing a game. In this advanced phonics lesson plan, 1st graders read through a stack of word cards, they build fluency by identifying letters in words that get doubled and...

Learn about the animals of Australia with a language arts lesson about an Australian folktale called, Why Koala Has a Stumpy Tail. After reading the story as a class, kids discuss events and characters from the book, retell the...

A fun and delicious lesson can help your kids learn about plural nouns and story sequencing. After reading The Magic Apple by Rob Cleveland, kids match pictures to story segments and add s to nouns to make them plural....

Friendship is the theme in this series of extra support lessons. With a variety of resources (practice worksheets, letter, word, punctuation and picture cards), young readers gain knowledge of initial consonants v and h, blending short...

Chants, rhymes, practice pages, picture, word, and punctation cards provide extra support for reading high-frequency words, substituting, blending, segmenting, and identifying phonemes in this Down on the Farm themed unit. 

Provide extra support with this collection of animal-themed lessons. Early readers gain proficiency in high frequency words are and he, practice blending short vowel sounds, and substitute initial and final phonemes while...

In this consonant D learning exercise, students color brown all the words in the word puzzle that begin with the same sound as dog. Students color all the other words blue and then write down what they see in the picture.

In this long vowel instructional activity, learners complete the short story "The Man and the Dog" by filling in the five blanks from the vocabulary words found in the word bank on the instructional activity. Students then put the four...

In this story completion worksheet, students complete the story "Thank You" by filling in the six blanks with words from the word box containing words with the "-ank" sound in them. Students then write an original thank you letter to...

In this phonics learning exercise, students analyze 6 words in a word bank that have R-controlled vowels er, ir and ur. Students choose a word to complete each of 6 sentences. A secret message will also be revealed.

In this advanced vocabulary worksheet, students read 12 statements involving abbreviations and choose the multiple choice answer that best answers each statement.

In this beginning sounds worksheet, students write the letter that each picture begins with on the line. The students are provided a letter bank at the bottom of the page.

In this handwriting practice activity, students fill in the missing letter e to the word elephant. Students then trace the word elephant and the sentence 'It's and elephant.'

In this letter Hh worksheet, 1st graders fill in the 'h' in hot dog and then color the hot dog. Students trace the word hit dog and then the sentence 'It's a hot dog.'

In this handwriting learning exercise, learners fill in the missing letter p for the word pumpkin. Students also trace the word pumpkin and the sentence 'It's a pumpkin.'

In this vowel sounds worksheet, students think of words with 'ai' sounds. Students write the words in the box to illustrate their spelling skills.

For this phonics word search worksheet, students analyze 12 words in a word bank that begin with "br". Students find the words in a word search puzzle. Words are in capital letters.

In this beginning consonant clusters worksheet, students respond to 6 questions that require them to select and identify the consonant clusters that match the pictures shown.

In this phonics CH worksheet, students view twelve pictures, say and pronounce each one, write in the CH in each word and then read each word out loud.

Play this fun game about initial vowels with your ELD class. Each slide shows a picture of an item that starts with a vowel (igloo, elephant, apple, etc.) and English learners choose the correct initial vowel. The presentation includes...

Are you working on the /f/ sound in your class? Develop phonemic awareness with this activity. This graphic organizer has students circle the word that best describes the picture in the right-hand column. Then, in the middle column, they...

Give your class experience with pronunciation. This instructional activity has learners place the given verbs ending in /-ed/ into columns based on the final sound, then state the rules for pronunciation. This is a more advanced activity...

Instruct your class on how to pronounce /s/ sounds with this resource. Learners fill in the final /s/ sound into blanks, listen to plural sounds, learn about the rules of the target sound, write sentences, and work with consonant...