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Rain Rain Go Away
Complete a variety of activities related to the long /a/ sound with a focus on words containing the ai and ay correspondence with your readers. As a class, they recite a tongue twister, then spell different words containing ay and ai...
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Meet Lee, the Sleepy Bee
First graders distinguish between the different ways to create the sound for long vowel e. They are introduced to the vowel patterns that comprise long vowel sounds. They practice reading and spelling a variety of words containing the...
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Long I Sound
In this letter i worksheet, 1st graders will read pictures that have the letter i sound. Students will then trace 8 words before drawing a line from the word to the correct picture it represents.
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Long "u" With Silent "e" Reading Activity
In this writing and spelling worksheet, students circle pictures of long "u" with silent "e" words that are included in 3 short paragraphs. They complete 3 examples.
Starfall
Jake's Tale
For this phonics activity, students circle and write 4 words with the long /a/ sound.
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Pete's Sheep
In this language arts learning exercise, learners investigate the long /e/ sound by writing four words corresponding to a picture.
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Jean and Dean
For this long e worksheet, 1st graders will focus on the long vowel sound. Students will analyze 8 pictures and write the words below each picture on the lines provided.
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Word Building
For this long vowel worksheet, 1st graders will focus on the long o sound. Students will study 6 pictures and choose the beginning, middle, and end sound for each before writing the words on the lines provided.
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The Scary, Creaky Door
Pupils 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 worksheet.
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Long E
For this long E worksheet, students say the name of six labeled pictures that show long E words. In each word, students put brackets around the letters that make the sound of long E.
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Egg-xtra E!
First graders recognize the short vowel e in written and spoken language. Through listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /e/ from other phonemes. Students identify the phoneme and letter in words and sentences they write.
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Word Sort
In this word sorting activity worksheet, students look through a story they have read and identify compound words, long e words, verbs, adjective, short a words, contractions, words with wh, feeling words, and words with -ing in the...
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Long ee or ea
Young scholars practice spelling words with the long e sounds using ee or ea. In this ee or ea lesson plan, students complete words using the ee or ea pattern, identify rhyming words, and write a rhyming poem using ee words. Using word...
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Beat the Heat
First graders are introduced to the concept of vowel digraphs. They identify the digraph /ea/ in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion, 1st graders apply the rule for identifying and spelling words containing the /ea/...
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Say it. Write in the I and E. Read it.
In this phonics worksheet, students say the name of each of the twelve pictures. They trace the consonants and add the i and silent e to each word.
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Fun Fonix: Say it. Write in the a and e. Read it.
In this phonics worksheet, students demonstrate their knowledge of the concept by responding to 12 fill in the blank questions. Students say the words represented in the pictures, write in the a and e, and read the newly created words.
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Does it Have a Long I or a Short I
In this phonics worksheet, students say the name of each of twelve pictures. They identify circle either the long i or short i symbol to tell which sound is in the picture.
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Long or Short Vowels?
In this vowel worksheet, students sort a set of words found in a picture of a fish bowl into columns according o their vowel sound. Vowels a, e and i are used.
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Maze Madness- Silent E
In this silent E words learning exercise, students help a child find his way to the playground by tracing a path in a maze. If the word in the maze has a long A, students turn right; for a short vowel sound, students make a left turn.
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The Creaky Door Says "ehhhh"
Study the long vowel sound /e/, as in a creaky door noise. Children repeat the sound and learn a chant. They use letters in letterboxes to make words with the /e/ sound before reading a book and writing a message about their favorite...
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Long e and Long i Sound
For this phonics worksheet, 1st graders examine 3 lines of words that contain 4 words each. They circle the word that contains the long e word, and place an X on the word with the long i word in each row.
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Long Vowel Phoneme A-E
Students listen to a poem and discuss it. They focus on the phoneme a-e.
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Making Sense of Decoding and Spelling
Go over digraphs, vowel sounds, and affixes with a series of decoding and spelling lessons. Each lesson guides learners through a different reading and phonics skill, building on the lesson before, and challenging them with each step.