In this matching words and pictures beginning with R worksheet, students match the word beginning with R with the picture by drawing a line.

Students complete several cross-curricular activities to help them examine the uses of the letter Ee. In this letter Ee lesson, students complete geography, phonics, art, seasonal, science, animal science, physics, and online activities...

Learners create a sight word booklet for number words, "one" through "ten."  In this sight word instructional activity, students write and read number vocabulary.  Learners write Dolch word sentences to create a booklet.

Learners listen to riddles and identify Dolch sight words in the riddles. In this sight words lesson, students listen to riddles and guess the sight word for the riddle. Learners solve sight word riddles.

Students explore rhyming words, beginning and ending sounds. In this word family lesson, students identify beginning and ending sounds. Students draw pictures of words and use phonetic spellings to write stories. Students use Dr. Seuss...

Students practice identifying individual sounds in words by interacting with the phoneme /a/. They recite the tongue twister, "Abby had an apple in the bag," and play the game beware of the falling apples. Each student also reads the...

First graders match letter sounds to pictures they represent. In this matching letter sound lesson plan, 1st graders use the computer program Kidspiration to match the letter sounds to the corresponding pictures. This can be used for 1...

In this letter L worksheet, students color the animal shown in a set of 3 whose name begins with the letter L. A reference web site is given for additional activities.

In this letter k worksheet, students color the animal whose name begins with the letter K, choosing from a set of 3 total. A reference web site is given for additional activities.

In this letter/phonics worksheet, students draw, label and color 5 things that begin with C, practice writing the upper and lower case letter, and have an optional challenge activity to count the number of cereal boxes on the shelf at...

In this letter/phonics worksheet, students draw, color and label 5 things that begin with D, practice writing the upper and lower case letter, and as a challenge activity, describe what it might be like if dinosaurs were roaming the earth.

For this letter/phonics worksheet, students draw, color and label 5 things that begin with B, practice writing the upper and lower case letter, and as a challenge activity, bring in their favorite book and read it to the teacher.

In this letter/phonics activity, students draw, color and label 5 things that begin with A, practice writing the upper and lower case letter, and as a challenge activity, research what they would need to do to prepare for a trip to outer...

Students search for and find certain letters, blends, or vowel combinations in words, sentences and paragraphs. They investigate how these letters, blends or combinations are used in "every day" writing.

Students make a class animal book using the letters of the alphabet. They use a website imbedded in this plan to get pages with animals that begin with any of the 26 letters.

Students use sight words to correctly line up. They are given a card and are to match it up with the set taped to the floor. They read each card and show it to the class before they move to their destination.

In this literacy activity, students read a list of short -e words before reading a short paragraph that contains the words. They circle the words bed, get, pet, let, and left, and answer three short answer questions about the story.

In this literacy worksheet, class members look at the formation of the letter and practice creating it. Then they use the pictures to make cognitive connections to help with spelling.

In this literacy worksheet, class members look at the formation of the letter and practice creating it. Then they use the pictures to make cognitive connections to help with spelling.

First graders are introduced to Dolch words. In this reading improvement lesson, 1st graders use Dolch words to review beginning and ending sounds, consonant blends and sight words.

In this writing worksheet, students use the blank lined paper with a colorful pumpkin border for any kind of writing: reports, poetry, stories or letters.

In this basic vowel and consonant blending lesson, young learners are shown how to "blend" the sounds of different letters together in order to make a word. Simple words such as, "sun," "moon," and, "ant," are used in a whole-class setting.

Students identify words that begin with the letter B in this simple activity. This activity could provide a short review of the letter B.

Students identify the meaning of the suffix "er" in given words and sort according to meaning. Students pair up for proofing of work, checking for correct sorting of words in categories of: no suffix, suffix that means "more," and...