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Vocabulary Building: Short a
In this short a worksheet, students write 6 short a words as they are called out, unscramble them and use the words in sentences.
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Vocabulary Building: Short a
In this short a worksheet, students write words as they are called out, unscramble words, then use the words in sentences.
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Short /u/ Words
For this short u words worksheet, students add the first letter of the short u words given to them. Students complete this for 5 words total.
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Using Starfall to Review the Short A Sound
Students read a story with the short a sound. The story is about a rat. They access Starfall and select the story called Zac the Rat. They read the story out loud as a group then the students answer comprehension and skill questions...
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Short /o/ Words
In this short o words worksheet, students draw a line to match the short o words with their pictures. Students complete 5 matches.
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CVC Words: Middle a
In this CVC words activity, students examine 5 pictures featuring the short a sound in order to fill in the blanks in 5 sentences. Students copy the sentences on the lines provided. Students also identify 6 short a words and draw...
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CVC Cloze: Middle a
In this CVC cloze activity worksheet, students fill in the blanks in 10 sentences with CVC words that have the short a sound. Students also list as many other CVC words with the short a sound as possible.
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Zac The Rat
For this literacy activity, students complete words with the short /a/ vowel sound. They use the pictures for clues.
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Rainbow Spelling: A Kinesthetic Approach to Encoding
Have your young learners interact with phonemes through this tactile plan! Each learner will have a colored mat where they connect different phonemes to create words. The best part is that they can self-correct easily as they spell!
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Vocabulary Building Activity - Short e Words
In this vocabulary building worksheet, 2nd graders write a list of 7 short e words as the teacher dictates them. They unscramble the words and write sentences using each one.
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Vocabulary Building Activity - Short i Words
In this vocabulary building worksheet, 2nd graders write a list of 7 short i words as the teacher dictates them. They unscramble the words and write sentences using each one. They work with words such as drink, thick, and print.
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Vocabulary Building Activity - Short o Words
In this vocabulary building worksheet, 2nd graders write a list of 7 short o words as the teacher dictates them. They unscramble the words and write sentences using each one. They work with words such as cross, doll, strong, and common.
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Vocabulary Building Activity - Short u Words
For this vocabulary building worksheet, 2nd graders write a list of 7 short u words as the teacher dictates them. They unscramble the words and write sentences using each one. They work with words such as luck, drum, bunch, and hundred.
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Vocabulary Building Activity: Short i
In this vocabulary skills worksheet, students examine the words pin, bid, ditch, drill, trim, digit, and pint. Students use the words in a memory activity, word scramble activity, and sentence writing activity.
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Appetizing Apples
Learners recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /a/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify the...
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Alligator Open Wide
First graders recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /a/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify...
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Discriminating Phonemes
Develop the fluency of beginning readers one sound at a time with this phonemic awareness lesson. Through a series of whole-class instruction, independent practice, and collaborative learning activities, children practice...
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Vocabulary Building Activities
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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Animal Alphabet
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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Finish the Word
For this missing vowels worksheet, 2nd graders fill in the missing vowels to the words and then write the words on the lines. Students do this for 5 words and fill in the blanks to 2 sentences.
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Vocabulary Building Activity
For this short sound of u worksheet, 2nd graders write six words that contain the short sound of u. They unscramble the words. Students write each word in a sentence.
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Words and Pictures: How is Teacher Feeling?
In this words and pictures: how is teacher feeling worksheet, 1st graders read six "-ad" words, write the word that goes with each of two pictures and write a sentence using the "ad" words.
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Long And Short E Sounds
In this vocabulary instructional activity, learners examine 4 picture clues which depict long and short vowel e words. There is a primary writing line and the direction "write," but it is unclear if students are to write a sentence or...
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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...