Students identify and phonetically pronounce the letters in the alphabet. They participate in a letter identification game, and play musical letters. Students then listen to the book "Alphabet Family" and discuss their favorite words...

Students practice the strategies of phonemes and spellings maps to sound out new words. They work on the short vowel /a/ sound with a sentence strip with "Allie the Alligator sat on a mat eating apples," on it and the book, "Cat in the...

In this short vowel A worksheet, students say the names of six labeled pictures. Students place brackets around the letter that makes the short A sound. Example: b(a)t.

Practice how to change words by switching out letters that make different sounds with youngsters. The teacher encourages spellers to, "Think of words that rhyme with "bug." As the kids come up with words like, "rug," "tug," and "mug,"...

First graders engage in a study of phonics that focuses on the beginning sounds with an emphasis upon varying types of genres that includes songs, speech, and poetry. They recognize the beginning sounds of words and make physical...

In this long u worksheet, students read about the long u sound, then circle those pictures in a set whose name has the sound. A reference web site is given for additional activities.

In this beginning consonants activity, students say the sound of a letter, name pictures in the row and circle the pictures that begin with the given sound. A reference web site is given for additional activities.

In this short E worksheet, students say what each of the nine pictures are, trace and write in the e in each of the nine words and then read out loud each one.

Students apply word level skills through shared and guided reading.

In this letter B activity worksheet, young scholars examine 12 pictures of various objects and identify the pictures of the items that begin with the letter B. A word bank is provided.

In this r blend activity, students practice reading a chart of 40 r blend words, then write their own r blend words to complete the chart.

Students view a multimedia presentation to identify beginning sounds.  In this phonics lesson plan, students recognize beginning sounds.  Students navigate a website for addition phonics sounds.

In this vowel sounds worksheet, learners practice saying the vowel sounds by reading the vowel letters in each line. Students read 7 lines of vowels.

Students are introduced to the letters and phonemes for C, L, N, P, T, and A. They identify each letter in its upper and lowercase forms. Students differentiate the letters from each other and practice identifying objects and pictures...

In this phonics and printing practice worksheet, student say the sound of Cc at the beginning of words as they name the pictures on one side of the worksheet, and say the ending sound of Cd as they name pictures on the right side of the...

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 experiment with sounds of words. For this word comparison lesson, students complete a series of games to assist them in hearing and sounding out the letters in the word rice.  Students use this information to find or think...

In this letter L worksheet, students practice tracing and writing the upper and lower case letter, write the beginning letter l next to a set of pictures that begin with the letter, and draw an "L" picture of their own.

Students identify the digraphs in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion on the combinations of letters that comprise digraphs, students practice a tongue twister containing the digraph ay. They identify the digraph in...

Student leaders direct students to pronounce letter combinations.  In this letter combination letter students build fluency by correctly sounding the words.  Students who have difficulty record the words in their activity log.

Students sit in a circle and repeat the names and sounds of the first letter of their first names. Next, they trace their name once on the practice paper and then practice writing their name on the other lines. Then they observe the...

Practice saying, sounding out, and identifying the long I sound with your class. They say each word on the sheet, unscramble the letters to spell the word correctly, and write the correct word on the line provided. The worksheet states...

First graders write words containing the "ow" sound and use those words to write sentences. In this simple language arts lesson, 1st graders view models of sentences written by their teacher which contain examples of the "ow" sound, then...

Students complete a variety of activities related to the /ie/ correspondence. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then spell words containing the' /ie/ grapheme using letter manipulatives. In pairs they read the book "Di and the...