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...

First graders participate in a game of three legged race that involved the practice of matching pictures or text. They use the subject of sports to create the context. Students play the game to strengthen classification and reading...

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,...

Students comprehend how to produce these pronuciation features, recognize the various blends of initial /s/, hear the sounds, produce them correctly when thinking about it, and practice correct pronunciation to be comprehended by others.

Students explore phonemes. They discuss the phoneme /m/. Students learn a tongue twister to help them identify the phoneme /m/. They read "If You Give A Moose a Muffin." Students search for /m/ words while reading the story. They...

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...

Students become phonemically aware of various sounds that make up written words. This lesson focuses on the vowel correspondence a_e=/A/. They decode the long a mouth moves in words as well as practice spelling the words themselves.

First graders explore the concept of vowel digraphs. They distinguish between the sound made by one vowel and two vowels. Through listening, matching, and writing activities, 1st graders identify the sound in words and sentences they...

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...

Students study the letters s and h as they blend together to make one sound. They practice making the sound, reciting a tongue twister while stretching the sh sound, and writing the letters. Next, they make words using letter boxes...

First graders identify the digraph /sh/ in written and spoken language. Students practice the production of the /sh/ sound through tongue twisters and riddles. They identify the initial and final placement of the new digraph /sh/ using a...

Students complete a variety of activities related to the difference between the /b/ and /d/ sounds. They examine picture cards and identify which pictures start with B or D, and recite two tongue twisters. Students write the letters B...

Students recognize the short vowel e in written and spoken language. Through listening and matching activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /e/ from other phonemes. Students identify the phoneme and letter in pictures using a...

First graders relate the long o sound to the sound you make when you finally understand something and say, "Oohhh". They practice the tongue twister for the day saying it together holding out the /O/ sound as it appears and practice...

First graders practice blending sounds into words for reading decoding. Through guided practice, they recognize how they can blend together three phonemes to make one word. Students read a passage from a decodable reader with the...

Students 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 particular emphasis on vowel-consonant-e pattern. They practice reading and...

Young scholars 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.

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...

Students examine the letter 's'. Through instruction and modeling they explore the sound the letter makes, how the letter is written, words that contain the letter, etc. They listen to a story and identify words with the /s/ sound by...

Young scholars practice identifying phonemes and recognizing letters in written words to become fluent readers. They study the phoneme /O/ in the tongue twister, "Oh No, my Nose needs an operation in October." Each student also interacts...

Second graders identify the digraph /th/ in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion of the independent and combined sounds of the phonemes /t/ and /h/ students practice identifying initial and final placement of the new...

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/...

Students practice blending sounds into words. After the instructor demonstrates blending phonemes to make words that can be read, students are divided into two teams for a word blending game. Given the initial and final sounds,...

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...