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Long Vowels Chart
In this phonics learning exercise, students learn the spelling patterns for long vowels and combinations by analyzing the long vowels chart. Students see the different ways to spell the long vowel sounds and notice words with that...
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Guided Reading: Shapes Where We Play
Students discover shapes on a playground. For this guided reading lesson, students discover new vocabulary words related to shapes as they read Shapes Where We Play. In small groups, students use picture clues and one to one matching to...
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Reintroduce /kn/
Students practice reading words with the kn pattern. In this phonics lesson, students review the sound kn makes. Students then play a game to reinforce the correct use of the kn spelling pattern.
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Sounding out accuracy, Musical Chairs
Here is a great spin on the classic game, Musical Chairs! Instead of fighting to get the last chair when the music stops, learners will need to read a CVC word to stay in the game. They walk around, whoever is near the word bucket when...
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Mr. Cloak Loads his Boat with Oats
First graders distinguish between the sounds for short vowel o and long vowel o. They are introduced to the vowel patterns that comprise long vowel sounds, with a particular emphasis on /oa/. They practice reading and identifying a...
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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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Here is Santa
In this holiday reading worksheet, students learn the sight word "here" by making a book about Santa. Students staple the 8 pages, color and read the book which has the repetitious pattern of "Here is my list," "Here is my ___."
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CVC Words: a
In this CVC pattern worksheet, 1st graders add the missing letters to each word that follows the consonant-vowel-consonant pattern. The vowel is the letter "a." Students then read each word and draw a picture for it.
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"eat" Word Family Alphabetical Order
In this alphabetical order learning exercise, students study a list of 11 words in a word box that all have the "eat" spelling pattern. Students alphabetize the words.
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Vocabulary Building Activity: Short a
In this vocabulary skills worksheet, students examine the words damp, match, track, trap, pattern, insects, and travel. Students use the words in a memory activity, a word scramble activity, and a sentence writing activity.
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Vocabulary Building Activity: Words With "or"
In this vocabulary worksheet, students learn the spelling and meaning of six words with the "or" pattern. Students spell the words in dictation, unscramble the letters in the words and use them in sentences.
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Long Vowel Sounds "i-e"
For this long vowel sounds "i-e" worksheet, 2nd graders look at four pictures, read the clues and guess what the word is that fits the "i-e" pattern.
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Spelling List B-12
For this spelling worksheet, students write each of 16 words two times. This list contains words with the -ew pattern, sight words, and academic vocabulary.
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List of Word Cards
In this sight words learning exercise, students cut out and study 50 flashcards. The words are common sight words and follow no specific spelling pattern.
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Ew Words
In this phonics learning exercise, 3rd graders focus on the -ew spelling pattern. Students use a numbered code corresponding to the letters of the alphabet to decode 15 -ew words.
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International Phonetic Alphabet: Diphthongs
In this diphthong review learning exercise, students record as many words as they can think of that have the ai vowel sound. A chart is provided.
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Sing Your Way Through Phonics Lesson Plan
Students read words containing the dipthongs ow, ou, oi, and oy. They write and spell words containing the dipthongs ow, ou, oi, and oy.
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Animal Adventures: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 6)
This packet, the third in the series of support materials for the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt thematic units on animal adventures, contains skill-building activities designed for learners who need extra support mastering the...
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Using the Sounds of Words Reading Task
Young readers demonstrate phonemic awareness in words and blends, and recognize 100 high-frequency words. Use a nursery rhyme to point out rhyming words, and change the words by putting a new letter at the beginning. Each learner will...
August House
Anansi and the Tug o' War
Combine art, math, language arts, drama, and delicious Jell-o with a instructional activity based on the African folktale Anansi and the Tug o' War. Kids make predictions and discuss plot points of the story before joining in...
American English
Welcome to the Color Vowel Chart
Focus English language learners' attention on word stress and phrase stress with a pronunciation chart that breaks the sounds into moving and non-moving vowel sounds. The chart tool uses colors and key words to indicate...
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Quick and Sticky Context Clues
Discuss strategies for defining word your young readers don't know. They read sentences with key words covered by sticky notes and guess from the context what the word might be. They peek at the first letter and guess again.
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Language Arts: Scavenger Word Hunt
Participate in a scavenger hunt to find objects beginning with a particular letter sound and take digital photos of them with your scholars. Using software, they find word pictures beginning with particular letters and locate picture...
Ohio Department of Education
Word Origins
Understanding a word's etymology can really help with decoding and building vocabulary skills. Readers compare and contrast words of similar origins but with different difficulty levels. They focus on prefixes, suffixes, and affixes....