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ABC Scavenger Map
Students explore phonetics by participating in a class game. In this alphabet sounds lesson plan, students collaborate in a ABC's activity where they identify a random letter, the sound it makes, and place it in it's correct spot on a...
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Doctor : Open Wide And Say /o/
Young scholars complete a variety of activities related to the short /o/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then trace and write the letter O. Students listen to a list of words and identify the words containing the short...
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Long a Vowel Phoneme
In this long a vowel phoneme worksheet, students cut out the 35 word cards featuring the long a sound. Students sort the 35 cards into groups based on the patterns that make the long a sound.
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Uggy the Umbrella Went Up, Up, Up!
Learners explore the short /u/ sound. They practice making the sound, noticing how their mouths move to make the sound. They recite tongue twisters with short /u/ words and practice writing the letter 'u'. With a partner, they read...
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Literal Meaning of Reading
Students demonstrate literal meaning of a fiction book. In this reading comprehension lesson, students listen to the book, If You Give a Mouse a Muffin and practice the "m" sound during the read aloud. Students answer questions about the...
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We All Scream for Ice Cream!
Students complete a variety of activities related to the long /e/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then spell different words that contain the ee and ea correspondence. Students then read the book "Tea For Three" with a...
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Lazy O
Students complete a variety of activities related to the short /o/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then trace and write the letter O. Students then listen to word pairs and identify the word containing the short /o/...
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Taking a Cruise To U=/u/
Young scholars complete a variety of activities related to the short /u/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then spell different words containing the short /u/ using letter manipulatives. Students then read the book "Bud...
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High Frequency Words: lesson 27
For this high frequency words worksheet, students complete high frequency word activities by writing ou sound words, fill in the blanks to sentences, and answering short answer questions about stories. Students complete 4 activities total.
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Barnyard Bingo
Students explore farm animal sounds. They sing a song that introduces them to the sounds of farm animals. Students create animal bingo cards to help them recognize the correct sounds for each of the farm animals. They discuss the types...
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Choo, Choo!
Students complete a variety of activities related to the /ch/ digraph. As a class they recite a tongue twister, and write the letters Ch. Students listen to word pairs and identify which word in each pair contains the /ch/ sound, and...
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Swimmy Swim Swiftly
Students examine the letter 's'. Through instruction and modeling they explore the sound the letter makes, how the letter is written, words that contain the letter, etc. They listen to a story and identify words with the /s/ sound by...
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Z is for Zaxby the Buzzing Bee
Students complete a variety of activities related to the /z/ phoneme. As a class they listen to word pairs and identify the word containing the /z/ sound, then recite a z tongue twister. Students trace and write the letter z and listen...
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Beginning Reading Design: Blending Boats
Students study how to blend the sounds together in words with the CVC form. They use letter cards and the books, "Tin Man Fix-It," and Dr. Seuss', Green Eggs and Ham. They work with /m/ words to blend the sounds together to read words....
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Under the Umbrella
Students explore the short /u/ sound. They practice making the sound, noticing how their mouths move to make it. They use letterboxes to spell 'u' words, identify 'u' = /u/ in written words, and play the 'Under the Umbrella' game.
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Riddles with Blending
Young scholars examine how blending sounds together helps them pronounce words. They look a flash cards with letters on them in order to blend the letter sounds together before listening to riddles that encourage them to blend letters...
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Long Vowel O Words
In this vowels worksheet, students recognize the long vowel O. Students are given a list of twenty-four words where they are to say the words out loud and circle all of the words that contain the long vowel O.
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Placebo - 1
Students explore the placebo effect, thus producing the positive effects of acupuncture without needle insertion. Students discuss echolocation. They participate in hands-on/minds-on activities in reflected sound waves. They...
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'O-E" Words
In this long "o" vowel sound worksheet, learners respond to 22 fill in the blank and short answer questions that require them to identify and use words with the long "o" sound.
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The Fly Swatter Game
Students are placed in small groups to participate in the "Fly Swatter Game" to reinforce phonetic sounds of letters.
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Echolocation Lab
Learners explore echolocation of animals. They examine how dolphins and other echolocating animals use their senses to locate and identify objects without using their sense of sight. Through experimentation, they discover how sound waves...
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Firemen Fighting For /F/
Students complete a variety of activities related to the /f/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, and trace and write the letter F. Students then listen to the book "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish," and identify the...
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Long Vowel I
In this long vowel learning exercise, 1st graders will focus on the long i sound. Students will study 6 pictures and choose the beginning, middle, and end sound for each before writing the words on the lines provided.
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Sound Box
Students make simple observations and identify relevant variables, such as frequency and diameter. They then discuss the relationship between variables. The task assesses students' abilities to make simple observations and make...