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Vocabulary Building Activity: Short i
In this short i worksheet, students write 5 short i words as they are called out, unscramble the words and find incorrectly spelled words in a series.
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Vocabulary Building: Short e
In this short e activity, students write 5 short e words as they are called out, unscramble them and find the misspelled word in a series.
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Gus the Duck
For this daily activities activity, students cut out the short book Gus the Duck, read each page, and then color each page appropriately for visual authenticity.
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My Family
For this literacy worksheet, students cut out the pictures of the frogs for the story. They are put into order for the story and colored.
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Peg The Hen
In this literacy worksheet, students cut out the parts of the story and then put them in the correct order to reconstruct and color the book.
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Introduce the VCe rule (Long i)
Students sound out the word "made" as the teacher reviews the rule for silent e making vowels say their names. In this phonics lesson, students continue to sound out words with other long vowels and the silent e, with teacher guidance.
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Introduce Silent-letter Words
First graders are introduced to silent letter words and practice their silent sound. In this silent letter words activity, 1st graders take turns reading words with silent letters. Students sound out words and recognize the silent...
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Sesame Street Letter Recognition
Students study the letters of the alphabet, explore different shapes, rhyme, and listen to the different sounds of the alphabet to help them sound out words and begin elementary level reading.
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Name Game
Student select a name card from the envelope and class will then sound out the name of the child on the card. They then will spell out the child's name chanting "Give me an A...", "Give me an N...", etc. The teacher then says, "What does...
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Ready, Set, Read!
Students observe a sentence as it is written on the board and listen as it is read to them twice. They choose which reading of the sentence they prefer; the first time it is read slowly with some words sounded out and the second time...
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School-Home Links: Spell Simple Words
In this simple words worksheet, students look at each picture and name the object. Students use a pencil to circle four of the things they like best. Students sound out each word for the pictures and write the letters that spell each...
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School-Home Links: Spell Simple Words
In this spelling worksheet, students look at each picture and name the object. Students sound out the word for each picture and write the letters that spell each word on the lines under the picture.
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Introduce Contractions
Students are introduced to contractions and their function as apostrophes. In this contraction lesson, students recall the word "it's" on the board. Students then sound out the word and recognize that he apostrophe is silent....
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Word Families
First graders listen as they are read a book containing exmaples of word families, they listen for rhyming words. They focus on word families, words that have rhyming sounds and share the same spelling patterns. Pupils work in small...
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Caterpillar Jumps
In this phonics worksheet, students participate in a class game which reinforces the phonetic sounds and blends. The full color caterpillar pieces on this page are laminated and the head is placed on the carpet with the children sitting...
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Letter A Alligator Theme
Students complete a variety of activities related to the letter A. They trace the letter A on a worksheet, paint the letter A, create an apple print painting, cut out and glue magazine pictures of things starting with the letter A, and...