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Word Puzzle
Add some fun to rhyming using a word puzzle worksheet. First, learners match up single-syllable rhyming words. Then, they find all the words in a word search. This beginning reading activity only has words spelled horizontally from left...
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The Scarlet Letter Vocabulary Words--Set 1
Kids can practice using vocabulary from The Scarlet Letter as they play a vocabulary memory game based on words and definitions taken from the novel. They click to match words to definitions.
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Sight Words
Practice sight words. There is a list of forty-six words, such as house, very, and half. Learners could use this resource to practice reading or spelling these words. It would also work well as part of a whole group or center activity.
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Sight Words: Phase 4
Use this series of slides displaying sight words to have your class practice reading and spelling skills. Learners read a series of words such as have, went, and some. This is beneficial for either a group or center activity.
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Spelling with /ou/ Sound
Fourth graders recognize spelling words with ou and ow sounds. In this spelling lesson, 4th graders begin with ground and town and build lists of words with similar spelling. Students complete a worksheet with antonyms and synonyms for...
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Spelling List 6: Sight Words, kn/wr Words, and Academic Vocabulary
In this spelling activity, students practice their spelling words that include sight words, kn/wr words, and vocabulary. Students practice spelling 16 words.
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Spelling List 5: Sight Words, "-ight" Pattern, and Academic Vocabulary
In this spelling list worksheet, students practice spelling words that are sight words, -ight pattern, and vocabulary. Students practice spelling 16 words total.
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Spelling List 12: Sight Words, /oi/ Sound, and Academic Vocabulary
In this spelling list activity, students practice spelling words that are sight words, oi sounds, and vocabulary. Students practice spelling 16 words total.
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Spelling List 5: Sight Words, Suffix "-able," and Academic Vocabulary
In this spelling list worksheet, students practice spelling words that are sight words, suffix -able, and vocabulary. Students practice spelling 21 words total.
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Spelling List 8: Sight Words, "Shun" Words, and Academic Vocabulary
In this spelling list worksheet, students practice spelling words that are sight words, shun words, and vocabulary. Students practice spelling 21 words total.
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Spelling Words With Double Consonants Unit 17
In this recognizing words spelled with double consonants worksheet, students read and write the words in cursive. Students write 20 words.
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Spelling Word Scramble
For this spelling worksheet, students unscramble three- and four- letter words. The list contains 15 words for each student to correctly spell. There is a link for the solution.
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Sight Word Cards
Second graders participate in small group sight word activities. In this sight word instructional activity, 2nd graders use sight word cards to practice reading, saying and spelling a stack of words. They build words that include the ch,...
Have Fun Teaching
March ABC Order
Reinforce alphabetizing and spelling skills while getting into the St. Patrick's Day spirit with a festive word sort that challenges young scholars to place and write words in alphabetical order.
National Institute for Literacy
Making Sense of Decoding and Spelling
Go over digraphs, vowel sounds, and affixes with a series of decoding and spelling lessons. Each lesson guides learners through a different reading and phonics skill, building on the lesson before, and challenging them with each step.
Florida Center for Reading Research
Phonics: Encoding and Decoding, Three-In-One
Scholars use the provided pack of alphabet cards to construct basic CVC words, then write down each word they make in one of two columns. Column one is for real words and column two is for nonsense words.
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Phonics: Encoding and Decoding, Letter Cube Blending
Emergent readers use a letter cube to identify, blend, and make words. They roll each of the three-letter cubes, mark down the letters they rolled, then blend the letter sounds together to make a word. They record each word on a...
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Phonics: Encoding and Decoding, Digraph Delight
There are three spinners to use in this phonic activity. Spinner one contains digraphs, spinner two contains vowels, and spinner three contains consonants. Learners spin each spinner, write down the letters they get, blend them to make a...
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Phonological Awareness: Phoneme Manipulating, Name Changes
Set up a listening center, record the provided script, and see how well your class can manipulate phonemes based on the instructions you've provided. This center-based activity builds the phonological awareness and phoneme manipulation...
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Phonological Awareness: Phoneme Manipulating, Phoneme Swap
Reading readiness can be a fun skill to foster. Scholars manipulate phonemes to change one word into another. They pick picture cards, say the object's name on the card, then change the final phoneme to create a new word. They then find...
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Phonological Awareness: Syllables, Feed the Animals
An activity challenges scholars to sort picture cards based on the number of syllables they count as they say the item's name on each card. Depending on how many syllables they count, they place the card in the corresponding box...
K12 Reader
Spelling Rule Exceptions for Plural Nouns: Words That End in O
Why do heroes and photos end in different ways? Learn the differences among different words that end in -o with a grammar exercise activity.
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Match the Words
As early readers begin recognizing simple words, give them practice with exercises like this matching worksheet. For each word, learners examine three options to determine which is the same. They draw a line from the starting word to its...
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Spelling - Compacting (Grades 3-5)
Students use compacting when learning spelling words. In this spelling lesson, students take a pre-test on their weekly spelling words. Students who score 100% are exempt from spelling and those who miss 0-2 words compact their studying...