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Cracking Sticks

For Teachers K
Students explore the letter /k/ in this instructional activity, and identify the /k/ sound in words. They read a tongue twister emphasizing the /k/ sound, and discuss that two letters make the /k/ sound - c and k. They then practice...
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Rub a Dub in the Tub

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore the short /u/ sound in this lesson. They use phonetic spelling to create words with the short /u/ sound using letter tiles. They then listen to the story "Rub-a-Dub Cub" and identify the short /u/ sound words they hear...
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Waaahhh Cries the Baby!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students 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 and identify the...
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Riding the Roller Coaster

For Teachers 1st
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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Chips - Beginning to Read

For Teachers K - 1st
Students practice writing, sounding out, and spelling words with the /sh/ digraph. They listen as the teacher says words with the /sh/ digraph. They then use Elconin boxes and letter manipulatives to spell /sh/ digraph words. They make...
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There's a Mouse in the House! Aaa!!!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students 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 and identify the...
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Eerie Exits

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel e in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the short vowel /e/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and...
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Pooh's Rumbling Tummy

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel u in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /u/ from other phonemes. Students identify the phoneme and letter in words and pictures.
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Icky, Icky, Sticky!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel I in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /i/ from other vowel sounds. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify...
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Elephants Enjoy Eating Eggs

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students recognize the short vowel e in written and spoken language. Through listening and matching activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /e/ from other phonemes. Students practice using the phoneme and letter in words by writing...
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When is Ed Fed?

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars recognize the short vowel "E" in written and spoken language. Through listening and writing activities, they discriminate the short vowel /e/ from other vowel sounds. Students associate the phoneme with its letter...
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The Old Door

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners recognize the short vowel e in written and spoken language. Through listening and matching activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /e/ from other phonemes. Students identify the phoneme and letter in words and a picture...
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Fuzz Gets a Big Buzz

For Teachers 1st
First graders recognize the short vowel u in written and spoken language. Through listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /u/ from other phonemes. Students identify the phoneme and letter in a decodeable story they read...
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Say aahhh....said the doctor

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel O in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /o/ from other vowel sounds. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify...
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Batter's Up

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ from other vowel phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify...
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Alphabetic Acting

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ from other vowel phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify...
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Silly Sid

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel i in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /i/ from other vowel sounds. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify...
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Get your Mouth Examined

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel o in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the short vowel /o/ from vowel phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and...
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Ike's Ice Cream is Icy

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel i in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the short vowel /i/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and...
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Say Ahh Went the Doc

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel O in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /o/ from other vowel sounds. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify...
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It's Icky Sticky

For Teachers K - 1st
Students 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 identify the phoneme and letter in pseudo words they decode.
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Eek, It's a Spider

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners recognize the short vowel e in written and spoken language. Through listening and matching activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /e/ from other phonemes. Students identify the phoneme and letter in words while reading a...
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Iiiihhh...That's Icky Sticky

For Teachers K - 1st
Students complete a variety of activities related to the letter "I" and the short /i/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister and write the letter "I." Students then listen to word pairs and identify the word in each pair that...
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Slithering Silly Snake

For Teachers K - 1st
Students practice letter recognition for the /s/ sound in both lower and upper case formats. They listen as the book, "Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp," by Carol Shields is read to them and then they complete a worksheet containing...