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Appetizing Apples
Students recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, students discriminate the short vowel a from the long vowel a. They associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify the...
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"Ahhh" Says the Doc
Learners complete a variety of activities as they explore/review the letter 'o' as it makes the short /o/ sound. They recite short /o/ tongue twisters, practice writing 'o' words using letterboxes, and listen to stories, identifying...
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How 'Bout Them Apples?
Learners recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation in words and phrases.
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Riding the Roller Coaster
First graders recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /a/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation...
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Vocabulary Building Activity: Short a
In this short a vocabulary activity, 2nd graders respond to 21 questions by filling in the blanks with the correct word or letter illustrating their understanding of short a.
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Ned's Red Guitars
In this phonics practice activity, learners examine 10 words that have "ea" in them. Students color the guitars with the long e sound red and those with the long a sound gray.
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Spark Students Interest in Fire Safety Week
Young scholars explore and analyze about Fire Safety Week. They assess what a fire is, how is spreads so fast, , that it is hot and dark. Each student becomes aware that fire related incidents is the number three cause of death for...
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Baby Sally is Upset Again!
Students, assessing how to read and write, join together grapheme's and the phonemes that make up words. They practice recognizing in oral and written form the vowel /a/. The book, "Matt and Rags," is introduced to the students in this...
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Adam's Apples
Students examine the /a/ phoneme in both written and spoken words. They practice finding the /a/ in words, watch how their mouths move when making the sound, and write the letter. Next, they differentiate the sound in words, listen to a...
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Casper the Cat
Learners examine the letter 'a'. Through instruction and modeling and a variety of practice activities, they explore the sound the letter makes and how the letter is written. They recite tongue twisters, read stories and use letterboxes...
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The Man and the Dog
In this long vowel worksheet, learners complete the short story "The Man and the Dog" by filling in the five blanks from the vocabulary words found in the word bank on the worksheet. Students then put the four pictures in chronological...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
The Tell-Tale Heart
Here's the perfect resource for anyone using Edgar Allan Poe's famous short story the "Tell-Tale Heart." The packet includes five worksheets that provide skills practice exercises focusing on spelling with consonant blends,...
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Direct, Indirect, and Reflexive Pronouns
Provided here is a thorough review of direct, indirect, and reflexive pronouns. First learners study the chart for direct object pronouns, reading through the Spanish and English equivalencies. Then, they read the bulleted information...
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Reader Rabbit 1
Second graders participate in a reading lesson in order to improve phonics skills. They generate the short vowel sound in CVC pattern words. Students blend beginning consonant, short vowel sound and final consonant into words.
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I Scream for Ice Cream!
Young scholars determine that correspondences appear differently in different words. They discover the difference between long and short vowels and that these correspondences are spelled and pronounced differently. They review the i=/i/...
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Division of Syllables
Study diphthongs in the Spanish language. This resource contains a lot of information, so consider printing one for each learner to reference and walking them through it as a class. There is a short exercise at the bottom of the page to...
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The Doubling Rule
Students practice the rule for doubling the final consonant of a word when adding a suffix. Through guided practice and class discussion, they identify the spelling patterns that require letter doubling. Students practice doubling by...
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CVC Words
In this CVC words learning exercise, students write a set of 20 consonant, vowel, consonant words, all with short vowels in the middle. Students copy by tracing the word as it appears beneath its corresponding picture.
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Spelling - Adding -ing to Verbs
In this language arts presentation, learners are coached on the proper ways, and proper times, to add -ing to a verb. Clear instructions, and engaging examples are embedded in each slide. A very good PowerPoint to use when teaching this...
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The Doubling Rule Practice
Young scholars practice the rule for doubling the final consonant of a word when adding a suffix. Through guided practice and class discussion, they identify the spelling patterns that require letter doubling. Students practice doubling...
Starfall
Aa is for Apple
For this printing worksheet, students form 11 upper and lowercase letter A's. Students color in pictures of words beginning with the letter and write two rows of A's on their own.
Starfall
Aa is for Apple
In this literacy activity, students practice writing the letter a and color in the pictures related to it. Then students write a sentence.
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Reading for Life
Imagine a packet packed with reading resources designed for every grade and reading level. Imagine worksheets, graphic organizers, flash cards, activities, and exercises. This is just such a packet and is well worth...
English To Go
Comparative and Superlative Adjectives
Who is the tallest person in your family? Are you taller than your siblings? Intermediate language learners can read over and review comparative and superlative adjectives on the first page before they jump to page two for the exercises...