Curated OER
Learning Short a and Long a sounds
Students recognize the difference between the short a sound and the long a sound, then compile a list of words containing short a and long a sounds.
Curated OER
Rainbow Spelling (Kinesthetic Approach To Encoding)
Second graders demonstrate their encoding skills by spelling words using color coded paper, match correct letters with the colored paper to spell the words in standard form, and self correct any errors made in the spelling with colored...
Curated OER
Trucks and Community Workers
First graders identify community helpers and their roles. In this transportation lesson plan, 1st graders complete a series of lessons integrating technology and literacy. Students decode sounds of short u, c/s/ and g/j/ words and...
Curated OER
Using Starfall to Review the Short A Sound
Students read a story with the short a sound. The story is about a rat. They access Starfall and select the story called Zac the Rat. They read the story out loud as a group then the students answer comprehension and skill questions...
Curated OER
OOOhhhh, My Toe!!!!
Students examine the /O/ phoneme by examining words and reciting a tongue twister. They practice writing the letter 'O' on their dry erase boards. While they listen to a read aloud of "Bo and Rose" they form the /O/ with their mouths...
Curated OER
Emergent Literacy: Open Up and Say Aaaah!
Pupils, through modeling, explore how to make the short /o/ sound. They practice /o/ sound tongue twisters and recognize the sound in written form as the letter 'a'. They practice writing the letter 'a'. They pick out the /o/ sound in...
Curated OER
Back To School Crossword
In this reading worksheet, young scholars analyze 10 words which pertain to Back to school time. Students read clues and fit the words in the crossword puzzle.
Curated OER
The Fat Cat
Students explore phonemes. They identify that a=/a/. Students recognize /a/ in spoken words by learning a meaningful representation and a letter symbol. Students practice finding /a/ in a variety of words. Students read a book that...
Hopelink
Hopelink: Reading Lesson Idea: R Controlled Words
Practice reading and pronouncing words that have a vowel followed by the letter R.
HotChalk
Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Consonant Digraphs
What is a digraph? The objective of this lesson plan is that students will be able to recognize and use consonant digraphs in sentences and speech.
Florida Center for Reading Research
Florida Center for Reading Research: Encoding and Decoding: Vowel Stars
A lesson plan in which students fill in the missing letter with vowels to determine which ones form real words. Materials are included.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Phonics in Context
Contains plans for a lesson that teaches students the letter-sound relationship for the short /u/ sound using the book "Umbrella" by Taro Yashima. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Phonic Generalizations in "Chrysanthemum"
This online instructional activity uses an interactive activity to teach students how to determine the common and alternative sounds for specific vowel combinations. The words for this instructional activity are taken from the book...
Florida Center for Reading Research
Florida Center for Reading Research: Encoding and Decoding: Jar Sort
A lesson plan in which students sort words according to their vowel-r combination. Materials are included.
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Florida Center for Reading Research
Florida Center for Reading Research: Morpheme Structures: Syllable Map It [Pdf]
A lesson plan in which students use phoneme-grapheme mapping with a list of words. Materials are included.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Phoneme Isolation Building Phonemic Awareness
Contains plans for three lessons designed for first grade that teach phoneme isolation in order to build phonemic awareness. In addition to objectives and standards, these instructional plans contain links to sites used in the lessons as...
Free Reading
Free Reading: Finish My Sentence: Oral Blending Accuracy Activity
In this classroom activity, the instructor creates a list of simple sentences that include a three or four letter word that the students are asked to blend. The instructor says the sentence and asks the student to help blend the letters...
Free Reading
Free Reading: The Take Away Game: Onset Rime Segmenting
A classroom activity led by the instructor. The student is given a spoken onset and rime, and learns to remove the onset and state the remaining rime.