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My First Hat
Practice the short /a/ sound with your class. To get it down, they read a short poem that supplies many examples of words that include the short /a/ sound. Once they are finished reading, learners answer three reading comprehension...
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The Kid Will Win a Ship
Which word included the short /i/ sound: pirate or ship? Work on the short /i/ sound with your class by using the short poem provided here. Class members read the poem and answer three reading comprehension questions.
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She Needs Less Shell
Supply your pupils with some practice of the short /e/ sound. They read brief poem that includes several examples of words that include this sound. Once they are finished reading, class members respond to three reading comprehension...
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The Note Was in Code!
While it's quite an ode, this short poem uses the long /o/ sound repeatedly in words like code, note, alone, and phone. Kids read the selection and answer three comprehension questions about the text.
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Look at the Good Wood
Practice the oo digraph with a quick text and related questions. The short poem includes plenty of examples of the digraph. After reading, learners respond to the three reading comprehension questions.
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Christmas Rhymes
What better way for children to celebrate the holiday season than by practicing their phonemic awareness skills? Presenting young readers with a series of eight Christmas-themed words, this instructional activity asks them to circle...
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Activity Plan Mixed Ages: Fairytale Homes
Students create homes for fairytale characters. In this early childhood lesson plan, students develop literacy, language, and problem-solving concepts as they create block structures related to specific fairy tales.
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Sounding out accuracy, Mix, Mix, Match
Students explore English by identifying segments of words in class. In this phonetics lesson, students utilize flash cards which contain letters and mix them in order to create a "match" word. Students sound out the words they...
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The Wh Spelling
Review the wh sound with your class. This series of slides shows a picture of an object that begins with this sound and displays the word above. It is a quick and easy way to discuss this topic. It could be used as a review during a...
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The "aw" Phoneme
In this phoneme worksheet, students match "mixed up" words with their correct pictures, then sort spellings, looking for the aw, au, augh and al patterns.
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The AR Phoneme
For this phoneme worksheet, students look at pictures and find their names in a word search puzzle, circling the words and writing them in a column at the bottom of the page to discover the longest list spelling pattern they have found,...
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Fry Lists
Keep track of your learners' mastered sight words with 11 sets of words. Four columns list the words, as well as three columns for you to mark the date of mastery.
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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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Maze Madness
In this vowels sounds worksheet, students examine 6 words in a maze. Students make their way through the maze by following the long vowel and short vowels sounds.
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Vowel Combinations: ai
In this vowel combinations worksheet, students note the vowel combination ai as they trace the words snail, train, and rain and read the 2 sentences at the bottom of the worksheet.
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Oy Spelling
In this phonics worksheet, students focus on the sound spelling of -oy. Students create a chart writing as many words that they can think of which use this spelling pattern.
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Writing with Beans
Students become familiar with the letters in a word by pasting beans on it. For this Bean writing lesson, students make words using navy beans. Students color or paint the beans.
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Word Wizards: Students Making Words
Students explore patterns in words and how to make new words by adding or changing the sequence of letters
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Rhyming Worksheet: Match the Pictures That Rhyme
Rhyming words help students see patterns in words. In this rhyming worksheet, students look at the 4 pictures on the left and draw a line to the pictures on the right that they rhyme with.
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'A/Magic E' Decoder
For this spelling code worksheet, students use the code box to spell the words that contain the 'a magic e' pattern. Students spell 30 words.
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Yesterday's World "th" activities
Students read through the text, and discuss the main points. They discuss the commonality of the digraph/th/. Students highligt any text with 'th'word where they see it. They identify the words. Students discuss the different sounds on...
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The Silent "e"
For this silent "e" worksheet, students look at twelve words, say them to themselves and hear the sound that the vowel makes in each word. Students then write down their own meaning for the word or match from the definition bank provided...
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Spill the Beans
Students play an alphabet game with beans that asks them create simple short vowel words. They spill several marked beans onto a paper and separate those that have fallen face-up. They arrange the beans into words and read them aloud.
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Long "u" With Silent "e" Printing Practice Worksheet
For this long "u" with a silent "e" printing practice worksheet, student trace 8 words, read them, and match them to black line pictures. They print words such as flute, rule, and tune.