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Pop, Pop, Popcorn
Learners examine the sound of the letter "P,p" and how to write it using a tongue twister. They examine how their mouths move when the make the letter sound before writing it on primary paper. While listening to a read aloud of William...
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Riddles with Blending
Students examine how blending sounds together helps them pronounce words. They look a flash cards with letters on them in order to blend the letter sounds together before listening to riddles that encourage them to blend letters into...
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Hungry, Hungry Harry
Students study the /h/ sound as the sound you hear when you breath into your hand. They write the letter before drawing a picture of something that begins with the letter /h/. Next, they listen to Joanne Partis', "Hungry Harry," raising...
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Where is the Sound of - j ?
In this word and letter recognition learning exercise, students examine 7 pictures and words. Students identify whether they hear the "j" sound as "juh" or "ge" sounds as they identify and print those words with the "juh" sound.
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Cool Cat: The Letter C
In this letter C learning exercise, students color "c's" found on a picture of a cat . Students then circle yes or no beneath pictures to tell if they hear the hard c sound at the beginning of each.
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Final Sounds: g
In this final sound learning exercise, students trace the letter g, and insert a g into the final sound of words. Students trace 5 letters and insert the g into 6 words.
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Letter Puzzle
For this sounds worksheet, students write all of the starting letters of five pictures. Students put those letters together to form a new word.
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CVC Words-Final Sound
In this CVC final sound instructional activity, students circle letters for the beginning and middle sound heard words beneath pictures, then guess the final sound and spell the word in a space provided.
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Introduce /A/
Students say the sound for the letter a, reviewing the position of the mouth and voice box. In this phonics instructional activity, students brainstorm other words that begin with the /a/ sound and choose the letter from a set of 12,...
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Reintroduce /A/
Students review the sound /a/. In this phonics lesson, students practice the sound, touching their voice box to make sure "it is on." Students say the sound when the teacher points to the letter among a set of 12.
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The Long A Sound: Worksheet 3
Let's learn about the long A sound! Youngsters practice saying the name of each picture listed, and then they unscramble the letters in the boxes provided. They write the word that contains the long A sound on the line. Note: The...
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School-Home Links: Sounds in Short Words
In this word sounds worksheet, students point to each word and say it slowly. Family members repeat the word and then ask the children to name the sounds.
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Vocabulary Building Activity: Short a
In this short a vocabulary activity, 2nd graders respond to 21 questions by filling in the blanks with the correct word or letter illustrating their understanding of short a.
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Red Gets Fed
Young scholars practice with the strategy that letters represent phonemes and spellings map out phonemes in spoken words. They work on the phoneme sounds of /a/ and e=/e/ in correspondences with reading. Each student also recites the...
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Letter Pronunciation- "ph" Sound
In this "ph" words worksheet, students analyze 4 words in a group that contain the letters "ph". Students circle the word that best describes the picture and then use that word in a sentence.
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Phonics and Letter ID
Students identify at least 46 of the 54 upper and lower case letters of the alphabet by name, sound, or example of a word that letter starts.
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Marvelous Muffins!
Young scholars study the letter "m" in written and spoken words by making the sound, reciting a tongue twister, and writing the letter. They identify the sound in words and in Laura Joffe Numeroff's book, "If You Give a Moose a Muffin"....
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Hop Scotch
Students practice a variety of techniques and strategies to assess the letter sound of o=/o/. They encounter Elkonin Boxes to assist them with their task as well as the tongue twister "Oliver had an operation in October, and Oscar gave...
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Always Allow Alliteration (part 1)
Students identify letters and sound that are being alliterated in a text they are given. In this alliteration worksheet, students also create alliteration in words and sentences.
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Letter Pronunciation- "o" Sound
In this letter "o" worksheet, students read four words that all contain letter O. Students circle the word that best describes the picture and use it in a sentence.
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Letter Names
Young scholars explore language arts by participating in a letter identification activity. In this word recognition lesson, students are shown a list of vocabulary terms which they practice reciting with their classmates. Young scholars...
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Beginning and Ending Sounds
First graders practice the beginning and ending sounds of words. In this phonological awareness activity, 1st graders use picture cards for one syllable words and pronounce each word. Students match other picture cards with the same...
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Short Vowel U Sound
In this short vowel u worksheet, students say the names of pictures with the short u sound, then color each of the 4 pictures. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Spelling Words for The Van
In this spelling words for The Van worksheet, 1st graders read and write 10 spelling words, then match 6 words with a picture, write sentences using high frequency words, unscramble 2 words and read a story, all done over 4 days.