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Icky Insect Is In Icky Sticky Ink

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Practice the strategy of letter-sound correspondence when identifying the short vowel /i/ sound in written and spoken words. The teacher recites the tongue twister "Icky insect is in icky sticky ink," while listeners repeat. Letter boxes...
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Applying Phonetic Principles

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young readers develop their phonetic skills by using a nifty tool called a word pocket. They use the tool to help them organize individual letters that they have at their desks to spell entire words and to construct beginning and ending...
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The Doctor Said Open Up and Say /o/

For Teachers K - 1st
Students complete a variety of activities related to the short /o/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, and trace and write the letter O. Students then listen to the book "In the Big Top," and write down the words from the...
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CVC Spelling

For Students 1st
In this spelling worksheet, 1st graders will focus on spelling CVC words. Students will study 7 pictures and choose the correct letters for the beginning, middle, and ending sounds before writing the complete word three times each on...
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Word Center

For Teachers K - 2nd
Construct spelling words through a Making Words activity. Learners create words at various levels using onsets, rimes, suffixes, long and short vowels, and word families. They write words as they create them and compare the words with...
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Vowel Sounds - Short Ii Words

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this vowel sounds worksheet, students unscramble 20 short i words using the words in the word bank at the bottom of the page as clues.
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Taking a Cruise To U=/u/

For Teachers K - 1st
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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Lazy O

For Teachers K - 1st
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 then listen to word pairs and identify the word containing the short /o/...
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Beginning and Ending Sounds Springtime Bouquet

For Students K
In this beginning and ending sound worksheet, students use magnetic or plastic letters to fill in the letters that make the beginning and ending sounds so that each word matches the picture that is shown on a flower shape.
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Uggy the Umbrella Went Up, Up, Up!

For Teachers K - 1st
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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Doctor : Open Wide And Say /o/

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
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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The Big Hit

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this reading instructional activity, students practice reading words with short /i/ by making an eight-page booklet. Students read the story about a tin man who plays baseball.
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CVC Words: Middle i

For Students K - 2nd
In this CVC words worksheet, students examine 5 pictures featuring the short i sound in order to fill in the blanks in 5 sentences. Students also copy the sentences on the lines provided.
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CVC Cloze: Middle u

For Students K - 2nd
In this cloze activity worksheet, students use their reading comprehension skills to fill in the blanks in 10 sentences with CVC words that have the short u sound. Students list as many other CVC short u sound words as possible.
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CVC Words: Middle e

For Students K - 2nd
In this CVC words instructional activity, students examine 5 pictures featuring the short e sound in order to fill in the blanks in 5 sentences. Students also copy the sentences on the lines provided.
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CVC Cloze: Middle i

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this CVC cloze activity activity, students fill in the blanks in 10 sentences with CVC words that have the short i sound. Students also list as many other CVC words with the short i sound as possible.
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CVC Cloze: Middle e

For Students K - 2nd
For this CVC cloze activity worksheet, students fill in the blanks in 10 sentences with CVC words that have the short e sound. Students also list as many other CVC words with the short e sound as possible.
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Long Vowel u And Silent e- Reading Passages

For Students 2nd
In this long u and silent e learning exercise, 2nd graders read 4 short passages and answer the questions that follow. They use the words from a word bank at the end of the passage.
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Vocabulary Building Activity

For Students 1st
In this vocabulary skills worksheet, 1st graders examine the words red, men, let, get, and was. Students use the words in a memory activity, a word scramble activity, and a spelling activity.
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Vocabulary Building Activity

For Students 1st
In this vocabulary skills worksheet, 1st graders examine the words got, fox, dog, not, and saw. Students use the words in a memory activity, a word scramble activity, and a spelling activity.
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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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A? Speak up, I can't hear you!

For Teachers K - 2nd
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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The Correct Use of the Articles "A" and "An"

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discover the grammatical rules regarding articles. In this grammar lesson plan, students study the rule regarding the use of "a" and "an" in writing. Students are encouraged to discover the rule on their own and apply the rule...
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Aaaaa! The Letter A!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students study the short a vowel in written and spoken words by saying "Aaaa" while examining the way the mouth moves when making the sound. They recite a tongue twister emphasizing the /a/, listen for the sound in a list of words, and...

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