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/i/ Word List
Six silly chicks sit and fish with big strings and sticks. Help young readers develop the phonemic awareness skills needed to detect the sound structure of words and the vowel sounds in words with an exercise that asks them to...
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Bee a Reader
Use a fun tongue twister to help your class remember the /ee/ sound! With this lesson, they distinguish between the sounds for short vowel e and long vowel e. They are introduced to the vowel patterns that comprise long vowel sounds,...
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Rhyming Words: Fox and Socks
What rhymes with the word fox? Actually there are quite a few words that contain the short o vowel sound and rhyme with fox. Pre-readers find, color, and circle the objects in the picture that rhyme with the sly looking fox. They also...
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Short Vowels With Clifford
Phonetic masters identify and recognize short vowel sounds by reading and listening to a story that highlights select words. They use picture clues to aid comprehension and construct a story by actively choosing and identifying...
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Phonics Test #30 - (End of the Year Review)
For this recognizing vowel sounds worksheet, students read the first word on each line, determine its underlined vowel sound, and identify the other word that has the same sound. Students circle 65 words.
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The Corny Fort
In this identifying words with r-controlled vowels activity, students circle words with the same vowel sound as fork and the hidden pictures of these words. Students find 10 answers.
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Peachy Teacup by the Stream
Help your kids distinguish between the sounds for short vowel /e/ and long vowel /e/. They are introduced to the vowel patterns that comprise long vowel sounds, with a particular emphasis on /ea/. They practice reading and spelling a...
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Phonics Test Lesson 5
In this recognizing same vowel sounds learning exercise, students read the underlined words and determine the words with the same vowel sounds. Students choose 17 multiple choice answers.
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Phonics Test #3: Henry and Mudge
In this sounds worksheet, students find words that have the same vowel sound as the underlined vowel sound in the first word from the story Henry and Mudge. Students complete ten multiple choice questions.
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Phonics Test #4: Dogs
In this sounds worksheet, students find words that have the same vowel sound as the underlined vowel sound in the first word from the story Dogs. Students complete 10 multiple choice questions.
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Phonics Test #8
In this sounds worksheet, learners find words that have the same vowel sound as the underlined vowel sound in the first word in each row. Students complete 10 multiple choice questions.
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Leapin' Lizards
The lizard needs to leap from rock to rock without getting bitten! Each rock has a word on it, but watch out for snakes! The safe rocks start with the same sound as lizard, and they can be colored purple. Give your learners a fun...
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First Vowel Sounds
In this vowel sounds activity, students practice saying the vowel sounds by reading the vowel letters in each line. Students read 7 lines of vowels.
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A World of Animals: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 10)
Provide extra support with this collection of animal-themed lessons. Early readers gain proficiency in high frequency words are and he, practice blending short vowel sounds, and substitute initial and final phonemes while...
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Long Vowels - ea
In this vowel sounds instructional activity, students study the pictures and use the vowel sound 'ea' to complete the words for each picture. Students use the same vowel sound to complete the second set of words.
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Spelling
Enhance your linguistics lecture with this presentation about spelling and the English alphabet. Noting some violations of the phonemic principle, as well as examining different influences on the modern English language and...
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/oul/ Word List
Would you put a hood on a good pudding cookie if you stood in the crook of a bush with a notebook? Yes, its the /oul/ sound and it's featured in this phonemic awareness activity that asks kids to identify and highlight the /oul/ sounds...
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Using a Dictionary-Sounds
One of these words doesn’t sound like the others. The dictionary provides the answers to a quiz that asks learns to identify the sounds in unfamiliar words.
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Spare Square
In this recognizing the -are words instructional activity, learners read one syllable words in squares, identify those with the same vowel sound as square, and color them. Students color 8 squares.
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Phonics Test #10: A Trip to the Fire Station
In this vowel sounds worksheet, students find words that have the same sound as the underlined vowel sound in the first word from the story A Trip to the Fire Station. Students complete 10 multiple choice questions.
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Long Vowels With Clifford
Learners recognize long vowel sounds by reading and listening to a story that highlights words with long vowel sounds. They then construct an original story. They use picture clues to aid comprehension, and match words with similar vowel...
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Long Vowel Words #4
In this long vowel worksheet, students read and color a set of 8 words with long vowel sounds. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Using a Dictionary-Sounds
Figuring out how to pronounce unfamiliar words can be tricky. Learners use the dictionary to determine the beginning and ending sounds of words and then answer four multiple choice questions that test their understanding of these sounds.
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Ned's Red Guitars – More Sounds of "ea"
In this vowel sounds worksheet, students analyze 14 pictures of guitars with long or short vowel A words printed in them. Students color red all guitars that have the same vowel sound as Ned's name. Students color gray all guitars that...