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Blending Sounds and Reviewing Sight Words

For Teachers K
Sight words are so important for young readers to know and the more words they recognize the broader their reading ability becomes. This presentation provides 12 words for students to review in two different ways. First, letters are...
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Who Let the Letters Out

For Teachers K - 1st
Reviewing the letters and the short vowel sounds, this resource provides an enjoyable way to go over this topic. While the presentation is just a basic review of letters and their sounds, there is animation that is sure to appeal to...
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The -igh Sound

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
This presentation asks what flight, light, and fight all have in common. They all have the -igh sound or spelling pattern. Other words with the -igh sound such as fine, fly, and bite are shown because they use different letters to make...
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Short i Sound Words

For Teachers K - 1st
If you are teaching your young readers about the short vowel sounds, this presentation could be for you! Sixteen simple, 3-letter words appear in this basic PowerPoint. The i's are colored differently than the other two letters in each...
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I Can Make New Words

For Teachers Pre-K - K
A fun rhyming song written out on these slides help learners comprehend what word families consist of in order to make their own new words! For example, they first see tan, can, fan, and ran with the initial different letters in a...
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Silent "e"

For Teachers K - 2nd
Large font and colorful images allow your students to study words including the silent "e". There are a total of nine words on separate slides with the consonants and vowels typed in different colors. Tip: While reading the...
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Phonic Knowledge

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
This lengthy presentation gives young readers a lot of chances to practice sounding out vowel and consonant blends. There are 122 slides full of vowels, consonants, and actual words. For example, one slide has ay, the next slide has pl,...
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Word Families

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
This phonics PowerPoint presents sets of word families featuring /a/ and /o/. Each of the words is accompanied by a picture. Students practice sounding out each of the words.
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Consonant Game

For Teachers 5th - 9th
With fun sound effects and bright animations, this interactive game will help your ESL class with their initial consonants. Each slide shows a picture of an item (snail, lion, car, etc) and prompts pupils to choose the correct consonant...
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Computer Language

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
A thorough and engaging slideshow presentation discusses all things computer, from artificial intelligence programs to text messaging lingo. Computer science students will get a kick out of the examples for ELIZA, Otto Jesperson's...
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Accent Marks & Special Characters in Spanish

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Check out this clear description of how and when to use accent marks and special characters. The information, necessary to truly understand the purpose of special characters and accent marks would make a great reference material for...
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“Wild Readers” Decoding Skills Lesson Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Set young readers on the path toward fluency with this phonemic awareness resource. Based on the award-winning children's book, Where the Wild Things Are, this lesson allows beginning readers to practice isolating...
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The Mighty Apostrophe

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Here is a well-designed presentation on apostrophes and their many uses. The apostrophe is used in many different ways, and this PowerPoint does a great job of showing how it's used. There is a nice interactive component built in, and...
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Chapter 9: Language Processing: Humans and Computers

For Teachers Higher Ed
Designed to accompany An Introduction to Language by Victoria Fromkin, Robert Rodman, and Nina Hyams, this powerpoint addresses a number of language, technological, and sociological topics. The slides could be helpful in either a...