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Blast-Off to Blending
Practice working with different phonemes in consonants and vowels. Sounds are written on squares that get put on a rocket to "blast off" and meet other sounds. The teacher first models blending, then reads the new words. Young readers...
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Beginning and Ending Sounds - Lesson 1 of 2
Stamp, slap, and clap! Emergent readers demonstrate their awareness of the initial, medial vowel, and final sounds in spoken, short vowel, single-syllable words with a stamp/slap/clap activity. After identifying the letters and sounds of...
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And a Baby Cries
Students model the sound a baby makes when it cries, saying "aaaaa". They say the word "rat" stretching out the vowel sound and look at a tongue twister for the /a/ sound; repeating it together as a class. They then practice making the...
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Short O Name the Picture
In this short o name the picture worksheet, pupils will choose a short O word from the word bank to correctly name the picture. Then students will draw a picture of hot dogs.
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Short E Name the Picture
In this short e name the picture worksheet, students will choose a short e word from the word bank to correctly name the picture. Then students will draw a picture of a pet hen.
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A Tisket-A-Tasket, Let?s Make a Flower Basket!!!
First graders practice blending words with the phonemes /i/ and /e/.  Working with a specific groups of letters, 1st graders create words using the vowels i and e.  they decode those words and read them repeatedly to increase fluency.
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Short E Word Practice
In this short e word practice worksheet, students will cut and glue final letters to make short e words that begin with m, b, p, j, l , and w.
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Vowels: review of short and long e, o
First graders investigate sounds of short and long vowels for e and o. They develop phonics skills through drill and practice sessions. They use a variety of activities that include games. This is a whole unit plan.
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Taking a Cruise To U=/u/
Students complete a variety of activities related to the short /u/ sound.  As a class they recite a tongue twister, then spell different words containing the short /u/ using letter manipulatives.  Students then read the book "Bud the...
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On-Level Small Group Phonics Lesson: ea /e/
Students explore /e/. In this phonics lesson, students decode words with "ea" representing the short e sound. Students read sentences and a short book that includes "ea" word practice.
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Long Vowels with Silent 'E'
First graders read words with a silent E at the end. In this literacy lesson, the teacher explains how the silent E changes the sound a vowel makes, then students practice reading words. Students complete a worksheet with the teacher for...
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Doctor : Open Wide And Say /o/
Students complete a variety of activities related to the short /o/ sound.  As a class they recite a tongue twister, then trace and write the letter O.  Students listen to a list of words and identify the words containing the short /o/...
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Uggy the Umbrella Went Up, Up, Up!
Young scholars explore the short /u/ sound. They practice making the sound, noticing how their mouths move to make the sound.  They recite tongue twisters with short /u/ words and practice writing the letter 'u'.  With a partner, they...
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A? Speak up, I can't hear you!
Students become phonemically aware of various sounds that make up written words. This lesson focuses on the vowel correspondence a_e=/A/. They decode the long a mouth moves in words as well as practice spelling the words themselves.
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“Wild Readers” Decoding Skills Lesson Plan
Set young readers on the path toward fluency with this phonemic awareness resource. Based on the award-winning children's book, Where the Wild Things Are, this lesson allows beginning readers to practice isolating...
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O No!
First graders distinguish between short vowel a and long vowel O. They are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e pattern that changes short vowel sounds into long vowel sounds. They practice spelling words with the vowel-consonant-e pattern.
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A's Baseball
First graders distinguish between short vowel a and long vowel a. They are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e pattern that changes short vowel sounds into long vowel sounds. They practice reading words with the vowel-consonant-e pattern.
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Awesome A
In this short a worksheet, 1st graders read a story using the high frequency words come, here, is, an, are, and some as well as words with the short a sound.  Students create a student made book of the story and the pictures that accompany.
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Olly Olly Oxenfree
Students review short vowel sounds.  They complete a variety of activities as they discover how to say the short /o/ sound, write the letter 'o', and pronounce words with the short /o/ sound.  They read stories with short /o/ words in them.
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Introducing Phonemic Awareness Using Oral and Written Instruction
First graders demonstrate their ability to read with fluency, accuracy, and comprehension through phonemic awareness. They use a color-coding system to master the long and short vowel sounds and develop their skills in listening and...
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Hot Rod
Students complete a variety of activities related to the short /o/ sound.  They spell different words containing the short /o/ sound using letter manipulatives, and with a partner read the book "Big Top."  With their partner they count...
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IzzyWizzy
Young scholars complete a variety of activities related to the short /i/ sound.  As a class they recite a tongue twister, then spell different words using letter manipulatives.  Students then read the book "Tin Man Fix It," and identify...
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Lick Your Icky Sticky Fingers
Students complete a variety of activities related to the short /i/ sound.  As a class they recite a tongue twister, then spell different words containing the short /i/ sound using letter manipulatives.  Students listen to the book "Liz...
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Language Arts: Becoming Fluent Readers
First graders develop letter-sound correspondence skills by segmenting words according to their phonemes.  Using letter tiles and letter boxes, they spell words called by the teacher.  After reading several books with the teacher, 1st...