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Letter Sound Accuracy, Musical Chairs
Students explore word structure by participating in a game of musical chairs. In this phonics lesson plan, students discuss the letters of the alphabet and identify words that begin with each letter and the sounds they make. Students...
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Letter Slide
Learners are taught how to blend sounds into words. They share experiences about sliding boards. They keep a list of the words they have made and use the words to create sentences or experience stories.
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The Rr Sound
Students explore words that start with "Rr." In this beginning sounds lesson, students brainstorm words that begin with r. The teacher calls out words that start with r and asks the students if they hear the r sound. Students write...
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Shake Out the SH!
Pupils study the /sh/ digraph using a tongue twister chart and practice saying the sound. They examine pictures to decide which contain the /sh/ sound and determine if the sound is at the beginning or end of the word. Next, working with...
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My Family
For this literacy worksheet, students practice using the words that end with the letter y. Pupils color words with the long /i/ sound and long /e/ different colors.
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Words and Letters Practice #3
In this words and letters practice worksheet, students practice naming letters and practicing sounds of given sets of letters, read simple sentences, and practice sight words.
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Silent Letters
Students know and apply methods to help learn and remember correct spellings. Students relate certain spelling of words to the Harry Potter knight bus story. Students express what exactly silent letters are and how to identify them.
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Upper and Lower Case Pp Initial Sound Recognition Activity
In this upper and lower case Pp initial sound recognition instructional activity, 1st graders follow directional arrows and trace the dotted lines to write one line of each letter. They write the letter p next to 7 pictures of items that...
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Upper and Lower Case Zz- Printing Practice and Initial Sound Recognition
In this upper and lower case Zz printing practice and initial sound recognition worksheet, students write 1 row of each letter. They follow the directional arrows and dotted lines to form the letters. They print a z next to 7 pictures...
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Long Vowel - Letter U
For this recognizing words with the long "U" sound worksheet, students observe pictures, say their names, and write the letter "u" to complete each of the words. Students write 4 answers.
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Reinforcing Alphabet Names/Sounds
Students reinforce knowledge of the alphabet essential to beginning reading by pulling random letters out of a hat and identifying the letter's sound.
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The Icky-Sticky Sound
Young scholars recognize the short vowel i in written and spoken language. Through listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /i/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and...
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Buddy the Bee Bats Balls with the Letter B
Students recognize the /b/ sound in written and spoken words in this lesson. They say a tongue twister which contains words emphasizing the /b/ sound. They then listen to the story "ABC" by Dr. Suess (specifically the B page) and...
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Can You Hear the Sound?
Students recognize the short vowel e in spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /e/ from other short vowel phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify the...
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The Letter P Popcorn Balls
Students examine the letter and the sounds of P. They are read a book about popcorn and make treats for an activity. They identify other words that begin with P as well.
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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...
Kelly's Kindergarten
April Daily Resources
Spring has sprung in your classroom! An entire month of activities relating to spring prompts learners to color, draw, write, and work on phonics.
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Red Gets Fed
Learners practice with the strategy that letters represent phonemes and spellings map out phonemes in spoken words. They work on the phoneme sounds of /a/ and e=/e/ in correspondences with reading. Each student also recites the tongue...
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Chicka-Chicka-Boom-Boom
Young scholars review the "ch" digraph in this instructional activity. Students identify words that have the "ch" sound, and practice writing the digraph. Young scholars then listen to the story "Chicka-Chicka-Boom-Boom" and identify the...
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Alphabet Game
Students recognize and orally name all of the letters of the alphabet when shown each letter individually. They pronounce words correctly when orally. Students decode words to orally speak the correct pronunciation. Students discuss...
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Preschool Lesson: Guinea Pigs
In this Guinea Pig themed lesson, students hear the story, Guinea Pigs Add UP! and then engage in several themed learning activities. Each activity fosters skills in letter/number recognition, art, math or writing.
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Fun Fonix: Ss
In this phonics worksheet, students respond to 8 questions by practicing the formation of capital and lower case S and writing the letter in the bubbles next to the pictures.
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Fun Fonix: Rr
In this phonics worksheet, students respond to 8 questions by practicing the formation of capital and lower case R and writing the letter in the bubbles next to the pictures.
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Fun Fonix: Ff
In this phonics instructional activity, students respond to 8 questions by practicing the formation of capital and lower case F and writing the letter in the bubbles next to the pictures.