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Lesson Plan
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To the Sea

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Improve pronunciation and phonemic awareness in your first and second graders! With this plan, they distinguish between the sounds for short vowel e and long vowel e. They are introduced to the vowel patterns that comprise long vowel...
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K12 Reader

The Kid Will Win a Ship

For Students 1st Standards
Which word included the short /i/ sound: pirate or ship? Work on the short /i/ sound with your class by using the short poem provided here. Class members read the poem and answer three reading comprehension questions.
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Lesson Plan
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Peachy Teacup by the Stream

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Help your kids distinguish between the sounds for short vowel /e/ and long vowel /e/. They are introduced to the vowel patterns that comprise long vowel sounds, with a particular emphasis on /ea/. They practice reading and spelling a...
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Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Picture the Word

For Teachers K - 1st
This is an excellent way to make onset and rime visual for beginning readers. They examine CVC-word picture cards that are all missing the first letter. Using plastic letters (or whatever you have), they complete each word and record it...
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Lesson Plan
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Aaa! A monster

For Teachers K - 1st
Students practice the strategy of phonemic awareness to become better fluent readers. They grasp the concept of short vowels and identify the sound of /a/ in reading and spelling words. A letterbox is utilized within this lesson plan...
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Lesson Plan
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The Big Pig

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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Lesson Plan
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Here Kitty, Kitty

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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Lesson Plan
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The Scary, Creaky Door

For Teachers K - 1st
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 identify the phoneme and letter in pictures using a...
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Lesson Plan
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Isabelle the Icky Iguana

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice the sound and spelling of the short vowel /i/. They identify the short /i/ sound in spoken and written words. The tongue twister "Isabelle iguana is in her igloo," and "Tin Man Fix It," along with Elkonin letter boxes...
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Lesson Plan
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Spill the Beans

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars play an alphabet game with beans that asks them create simple short vowel words. They spill several marked beans onto a paper and separate those that have fallen face-up. They arrange the beans into words and read them aloud.
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Worksheet
Kelly's Kindergarten

Kelly's Kindergarten: I Sounds

For Students K - 1st Standards
Youngsters practice identifying, writing, and pronouncing long and short i sounds in common words. After cutting out vowel sound cards, they then paste the cards besides appropriate matching words, such as zip, ice, and six.
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Interactive
Arcademics

Turtle Dash

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Vowel digraphs are the focus of a turtle-themed learning game. Players race against three others, filling in the blank space of words with a double vowel spelling pattern. 
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Short Vowel U

For Students 1st
In this short u sound worksheet, 1st graders use the secret code box to help them spell words that contain the short u sound. Students write the word on the lines and draw pictures of it.
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McGraw Hill

Phonics Teachers Resource Book

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Looking to improve your classes literacy program? Then look no further. This comprehensive collection of resources includes worksheets and activities covering everything from r-controlled vowels and consonant digraphs, to the different...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Spelling List 22: Sight Words, Short /u/ words, and Academic Vocabulary

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this spelling worksheet, students practice their spelling words that include sight words, short u words, and vocabulary. Students practice spelling 21 words.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Spelling List 2: Sight Words, Short i/o/u Words, and Academic Vocabulary

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this spelling list worksheet, students practice spelling words that are sight words, short u words, and vocabulary. Students practice spelling 16 words total.
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Worksheet
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Phonics Tic-Tac-Toe

For Students 1st
In this phonics activity, 1st graders play tic-tac-toe while they practice reading words with short vowel sounds. Students cut Xs and Os to match with short vowel words on the game board.
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Worksheet
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Phonics Tic-Tac-Toe

For Students 1st
In this phonics worksheet, 1st graders play tic-tac-toe while they practice reading words with short vowel sounds. Students match Xs and Os to short vowel words on the game board.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Phonics Tic-Tac-Toe

For Students 1st
In this phonics instructional activity, 1st graders practice reading words with short vowels and cvc pattern while playing tic-tac-toe. Students cut out Xs and Os to match with words on their game board.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Phonics Tic-Tac-Toe

For Students 1st
In this phonics learning exercise, 1st graders play tic-tac-toe while they practice reading words with cvc and cvcc pattern. Students cut out Xs and Os to match with short vowel words on the game board.
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Worksheet
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Phonics Tic-Tac-Toe

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this phonics worksheet, learners practice reading a group of words with short vowel sounds while playing tic-tac-toe. Students cut out x's and o's to match with the words on the game board.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Short /a/ Words

For Students K - 1st
In this short a words activity, students draw a line to match the short a words with their pictures. Students complete 5 matches. 
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Worksheet
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Short /e/ Words

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this short e words worksheet, students fill in the first letter to the short e words and then write them 2 more times. Students complete this for 5 words.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Short /o/ Words

For Students K - 1st
In this short o words worksheet, students draw a line to match the short o words with their pictures. Students complete 5 matches.