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Long Vowels with Silent 'E'

For Teachers 1st
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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When Vowels Follow the Letter R

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this vowel worksheet, students review the sounds of the combinations ar, er, ir, or and ur. choose words from a word box that correctly complete 5 short sentences.
Worksheet
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Does it Have a Long I or a Short I

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this phonics activity, 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.
Worksheet
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'Oa' Words

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this vowel combinations worksheet, students respond to 13 fill in the blank and short answer questions that require them to identify and use words have the "oa" sound
Worksheet
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Short Vowel I

For Students 1st
In this letter i worksheet, 1st graders will read pictures that have the letter i sound. Students will then trace 5 words and write them on the lines provided before drawing a line from the word to the correct picture it represents.
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Phonics Activity

For Students 1st - 2nd
In these phonics worksheets, students complete 7 different worksheet activities that help them learn word sounds including vowels and consonants.
Lesson Plan
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Vowels, Reading Fluency

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders practice identifying words with the short o vowel sound. They use the strategy will reading a page from The Hare and the Tortoise. They read the passage while focusing on increasing their reading fluency and practice...
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A's Baseball

For Teachers 1st
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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O No!

For Teachers 1st
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.
Worksheet
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Short and Long O Cut and Print Worksheet

For Students 3rd
In this phonics cut and print worksheet, 3rd graders cut out pictures of words that contain the short and long o sound. They print the word on the elementary line below the picture.
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Short E Word Practice

For Teachers K - 1st
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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Short U Words

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this short u word learning exercise, students Use numbers that correspond to letters, using a "secret code" to spell short u words, 4 words total.
Unit Plan
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Silly Stories: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 1)

For Teachers 2nd
Kids who need extra support with the concepts in the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt thematic unit on silly stories, will benefit from this packet packed with skill builders, activities, exercises, and practice sets.
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Animal Alphabet

For Teachers K
Students make a class animal book using the letters of the alphabet. They use a website imbedded in this plan to get pages with animals that begin with any of the 26 letters.
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Rock ’N Learn

Maze Madness- Silent E

For Students 1st - 2nd
For 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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And a Baby Cries

For Teachers K
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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Lizzy the Icky Sticky Piggy

For Teachers K - 1st
Students read and spell words using the short letter "I". They become familiar with the letter "I" in spoken words by a meaningful representation and a letter symbol. Students come up with words with the sound and review the tongue...
Interactive
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Pronunciation Exercises

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this pronunciation worksheet, students read the short and long vowel sound words and underline those with short forms of the vowel. Students place the words in the chart according to their syllables.
Worksheet
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Vocabulary Building Activities

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In these four building vocabulary worksheets, students view vocabulary word lists, use definition clues, unscramble letters, and write sentences using each vocabulary word. Students write twenty-one answers per worksheet.
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Vowels: Long and Short i

For Students K - 1st
In this vowel worksheet, learners sort a set of pictures in list whose name have either the short or long i sound. Worksheet contains links to additional activities.
Worksheet
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Spelling Words for The Van

For Students 1st
In this spelling words for The Van worksheet, 1st graders read and write 10 spelling words, then match 6 words with a picture, write sentences using high frequency words, unscramble 2 words and read a story, all done over 4 days.
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Eehh?" is for Eleven Elephants

For Teachers K - 1st
Students complete a variety of activities related to the short /e/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then trace and write the letter E. Students then listen to word pairs and identify the word containing the short /e/...
Worksheet
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ESL Pronunciation Exercise

For Students 3rd - 5th
For this pronunciation worksheet, students underline words with short vowel sounds and categorize words according to stressed syllables.
Worksheet
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CVC Words-Final Sound

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this CVC final sound worksheet, students circle letters for the beginning and middle sound heard words beneath pictures, then guess the final sound and spell the word in a space provided.