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Alphabetic Understanding, Phonics, and Spelling
Have your youngsters reading in no time with with collection of literacy activities and lessons. Starting with a basic understanding of the alphabet, this unit progressively builds students' phonemic awareness and ability to decode...
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Initial Sound Recognition Activity for "o" as a Short Vowel
In this initial sound recognition worksheet, students circle the pictures that begin with the short "o" vowel sound. They place an X on the pictures that do not. They examine a total of 11 pictures on the page.
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Words With Short A Sound
While just a series of slides with lists of words containing the short A sound, this resource would be a handy tool in a kindergarten or first grade classroom. You could use this resource as a quick review of this sound. This...
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Phonics Scramble Games: Correct the Spelling of Short Vowel Words
Using pictures of a bed, a desk, a fish, and a pig, students unscramble the letters below to form the correct words. Pictures range from photographs to illustrations, and are easy for kids to understand.
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Short Vowel I Activity #2
In this short i worksheet, students circle the word in a pair that has the short i sound, then write the word on provided lines. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Short "a" Vowel Cards
For this recognizing short "a" vowel sounds worksheet, students cut out the penguin with short "a" word cards, practice reading the words, and match the short "a" rhyming words. Students complete fifteen word card activities.
Kelly's Kindergarten
Kelly's Kindergarten: A Words
If the cat in the hat had a fan and a can, what would they all have in common? The short a sound! Youngsters cut and paste images of words with the short a sound, and then practice writing the words beneath each picture.
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Short "E" Searching
Students engage in a lesson which uses resources from the PBS show, Between the Lions to help identify the sound "e" in words that are written, read and sung.
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Match the Rhymes
Focus on the short u sound in this rhyme worksheet for emergent readers. Learners examine images surrounding a jug, drawing lines to connect it to those that rhyme (bug, rug, mug). Then, they practice their printing by tracing the...
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Short Vowel Discrimination
Students read a Dr. Seuss book and complete activities for short vowel sound words. In this short vowels lesson, students read Hop on Pop and analyze the rhyming words in the text. Students complete rhyming activities and practice...
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Short Vowels: Halloween Activity
In this short vowels worksheet, 1st graders study the pictures within each box and print the letter that stands for the vowel sound. Students find 2 words for the 9 boxes.
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Short Vowels Halloween Activity
In this short vowels worksheet, 1st graders look at and say the words for each picture located in the windows of the haunted house. Students sound out the words and write them on the lines.
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Short Vowels Halloween Activity
In this short vowels instructional activity, 1st graders look at and say each picture word found in the windows of the haunted house. Students sound out the words and write them on the lines.
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Words With Short "a"
In this recognizing words pronounced with short "a" learning exercise, 2nd graders spell, unscramble, and create sentences using the short "a" vocabulary words add, land, shall, glass, wrap, and catch. Students complete eighteen activities.
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Vocabulary Building Activity: short i
In this short i worksheet, 2nd graders list seven vocabulary words as they are called out, unscramble seven vocabulary words and then use each one in a complete sentence. Students deal with the words if, it, his, will, with, this and wish.
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Vocabulary Building: Short e Words III
In this recognizing words with short e worksheet, students write them from dictation, unscramble their letters, and create sentences using the words dent, kettle, excellent, cent, ready, and heavy. Students complete eighteen activities.
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Words with Short A, Short I, and Short O #3
In this short a, short i, and short o worksheet, students match words to pictures, complete the sentences, label pictures, and more with the short vowels. Students complete 4 activities.
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Home Spelling Practice: Grade 1: Short E
For this spelling worksheet, students learn to spell a list of six words that all contain the sound of short vowel E. Students write each word one time. There are additional at-home activities.
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Falling Leaves Long Vowel Game
Autumn's come early in your classroom! Match leaves with short words to the trees with the correct vowel sounds. A few blank leaves allow you to add your own words to the activity.
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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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Short A Words
Students study the short "a" sound. In this word study lesson, students brainstorm words that begin with a short "a" sound and are given a picture of the word. Students play an online game to reinforce the concepts taught.
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Vowel Sounds
This plan aims to increase the reading proficiency of your fourth grade class. While no materials are provided, a list of activities to practice are included. Various activities include creating songs for short vowel sounds, using cue...
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We Flew With a Baboon
More vowels? Elementary schoolers recognize how vowel patterns change a short vowel sound into a long vowel sound. With an emphasis on the /oo/ that makes the long U sound, kids identify the phoneme and letter combination through...
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Icky Sticky Fingers
Practice recognizing the short vowel /i/ in written and spoken language. Introduce the target sound with a fun tongue twister about Lizzy the lizard. Through matching and listening activities, learners discriminate the vowel sound /i/...