Students complete a variety of activities related to the short /i/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then spell different words containing the short /i/ sound using letter manipulatives. Students listen to the book "Liz...

Students study the /a/ using the hand gesture and 'aaa' sound as if they were seeing a ghost. Next, they recite a tongue twister and make words using letter boxes using different numbers of phonemes. Next, they read "Pat's Jam" out loud...

Young scholars recognize the short vowel i in written and spoken language. Through listening and matching activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /i/ from other phonemes. Students identify the phoneme and letter in pseudo words...

First graders observe the letter "f" and the sound it makes. They practice making the sound /f/ and look at pictures to tell if they begin with that sound. They pretend to be angry cats and make the /f/ sound and try a tongue twister for...

Students recognize the short vowel e in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /e/ from other phonemes. Students identify the phoneme and letter in words and pictures.

Students identify the digraph /sh/ in written and spoken language. After a reading of a decodable story containing the digraph, students practice identifying the initial and final placement of the new digraph /sh/ in words using a...

Students practice saying each letter of the alphabet to determine the different sounds from each letter. As a class, they are given a tongue twister to practice making the "a" sound and spelling the words. To end the instructional...

Students study the /a/ in both written and spoken word by reciting a tongue twister in which they exaggerate the /a/. Next, the make given words using letterboxes after the teacher models the technique, Next, they read "Pat's Jam" to a...

Students explore digraphs. They discuss the ay=/A/. Students learn a tongue twister to help them remember the ay=/A/ correspondence. They read a story and identify /A/ in spoken and written language. Students spell words using the ay=/A/.

Students identify /sh/ sound when reading and writing words with the /sh/diagraph. They practice saying "Shhhh" and then read the tongue twister "She sells sea shells and fish by the sea shore." They complete a worksheet circling...

Students practice recognizing the phoneme /a/ in spoken words. They interact with the book, "A Cat's Nap," and a poster with Abby and Allen on it that are asking animals for apples, and cards with words on them like at, mad, went, bag,...

First graders are introduced to the concept that letters stand for the mouth moves that we make when sounds are made. They practice making the /e/ sound and compare it to the sound a creaky door makes and then try saying the tongue...

First graders recognize the short vowel o in written and spoken language. Through listening and matching activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /o/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation...

Students read and spell words. They have to recognize that letters stand for phonemes and spellings map out spoken words. Long and short vowels are hard to recognize and this lesson focuses on that. The short i is taught in the...

Students must explore the phoneme awareness. They must decode many different correspondences. Students explore the o sound by illustrating the concept using memorable tools used in by showing the o sound in spoken and written words.

Learners recognize the short vowel "E" in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /e/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and fill in the...

Students recognize the short /o/ sound in written and oral words in this lesson plan. They say a tongue twister which emphasizes words with the short /o/ sound. They then listen to the story "The Big Top" and identify the words in the...

Students recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ from other vowel phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify...

Students explore the short /u/ sound. They practice making the sound, noticing how their mouths move to make the sound. They practice writing lower and uppercase U's. In pairs, they create and recite tongue twisters with short /u/ words.

Students recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ from other vowel phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify...

Students complete a variety of activities as they examine the letter 'a' as it makes the short /a/ sound. Through instruction and modeling, they explore the sound the letter makes and how the letter is written. They recite tongue...

Students identify /b/ in spoken words and recognize the letter symbol b in written words. They say a tongue twister which contains words with /b/. They then listen the the book "The Butter Battle Book" by Dr. Suess and identify the...

Students recognize /u/ in spoken words by observing a meaningful representation and a letter symbol. They then practice finding /u/ in words. They listen to the story "Fuzz and the Buzz" and identify the words they hear with the /u/.

Pupils recognize the short vowel O in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /o/ from other vowel sounds. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify the...