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Doctor Check-Up
Students recognize the short vowel o in written and spoken language.  Through matching activities, students discriminate the short vowel o from the long vowel o. They associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify the...
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Eeehhhhhhh What Did you Say??
Student read pseudo words containing the e=/e/ correspondence and recognize sounds in vocal gestures and words. They explore the e=/e/ correspondence, or short e vowel sound and  complete a letter box activity, reading words that contain...
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Iggy and the Icky Sticky Inchworm
Students read and spell words.  They have to recognize that letters stand for phonemes and spellings map out spoken words.  Long and short vowels are hard to recognize and this instructional activity focuses on that.  The short i is...
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Grandpa Ed
Students engage in an emergent literacy lesson that focuses on phonemic awareness. For practice they become more comfortable with a short vowel phoneme, which can often be the most difficult to identify, by learning it in isolation.
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Open Wide
Students recognize the short vowel o in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, students discriminate the short vowel o from the long vowel o. They associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify the...
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Doc Says Open Up
Students recognize the short /o/ sound in spoken words in this lesson.  They say a tongue twister with words emphasizing the short /o/ sound.  They then listen the the book "Hop on Pop" by Dr. Suess, and identify the words they hear...
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Icky Fingers
Learners are introduced to digraphs so they can match letters to their phonemes. They recognize the short vowel i=/i/ in both spoken and written words by practicing reading and spelling words containing /i/. Elkonin Letter Boxes are...
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Ellen the Elephant
Students  build their sight vocabulary.  They study the short vowel correspondence e.  They practice pronouncing the /e/ phoneme when shown the grapheme e in written words. They read e = /e/ and  write words that contain the e...
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"Ehhh" I can't hear you!
Students practice writing, sounding out, and identifying words using the short "e" sound.  They listen as the teacher reads a tongue twister emphasizing short "e" beginning sounds.  The stuents then participate in an activity in which...
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Aye, Aye Captain
Young scholars investigate how correspondences appear differently in different words. They also recognize the difference between long and short vowels. Students study how these correspondences are spelled and pronounced differently.
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Say Ahh!!
Students identify the short /o/ sound in spoken words, and recognize the letter symbol /o/.  They say a tongue twister emphasizing words with the short /o/ sound.  They then listen to the story "In the Big Top" and identify the words...
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E-E-E-E-Extra E-E-E-E-Effort
Students listen to a tongue twister emphasizing the short e sound.  They practice writing the letter e and attaching different words with that sound to it.  They listen to a book about a dog that enhances the letter e.  They write a...
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Let's Help the E Out!
Students explore the short /e/ sound. They practice making the sound, noticing how their mouths move to make the sound. They use letterboxes to spell and write 'e' words.  They listen for the /e/ sound in a story and then write their own...
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The Creaky Door says /e/
Students explore the short /e/ sound, and identify the short /e/ in writing.  Students read fun sentences from the board which emphasize the short /e/.  They stretch out the /e/ sound every time they come to it while reading.  They then...
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I Feel the Need....The Need for Speed!
Students first learn to decode when learning to read. Decoding each letter and phoneme in a sentence or even a short text takes a considerable amount of time. Students must drill to progress in the pace and level of their reading. In...
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Ashley's Apples
First graders compare the /a/ sound to that of a baby crying. They practice making the sound and then say the tongue twister as it is written on a sentence strip and then using the overhead and letters, name words with that sound in them.
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Ehhh! What'd ya say? Eeeggs
Students identify the vowel sound with a short e.  They distinguish this sound /e/ in written and spoken words.  Finally, students identify and spell using a letterbox lesson and reading various words with the vowel sound and are...
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Dad's Fat Hat
Students complete a variety of activities as they examine the letter 'a' as it makes the short /a/ sound. Through instruction and modeling, they explore the sound the letter makes and how the letter is written. They recite tongue...
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The Fat Cat
Students explore phonemes. They identify that a=/a/. Students recognize /a/ in spoken words by learning a meaningful representation and a letter symbol. Students practice finding /a/ in a variety of words. Students read a book that...
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Silly Siggy
Students recognize the short /i/ sound in spoken and written words in this instructional activity.  They say a tongue twister which emphasizes words with the short /i/ sound.  They then listen to the book "Liz is Six" and identify the...
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Open Wide
Learners practice letter(s) map(s) along with phoneme sequences and sounds that make the /o/ sound in both spoken and written formats. They also decode words containing /o/ sounds to work towards becoming more fluent readers beginning...
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"Gazunheit!"
Students study the /a/ phoneme by determining how the mouth move when it makes the sound by imitating a sneeze. They recite a tongue twister, practice writing the lowercase "a" and listen to a story while identifying the letter sound....
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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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Aaaaaaaaaa!!! You Scared Me!
Students practice the letter A sound in its different foms.  They study  a tongue twister that encompasses the letter A sounds.  They use letterboxes and bags of letters to sound out different words with the a sound.  They listen to a...