Learners review short vowel sounds. They complete a variety of activities as they discover how to say the short /o/ sound, write the letter 'o', and pronounce words with the short /o/ sound. They read stories with short /o/ words in them.

Students discover how to hold their mouths to form the /o/ sound and that it may be hidden in different words. They say /o/ and then repeat a tongue twister that contains many /o/ words and practice writing it on primary lined paper....

Students are introduced to different words that have the /a/ sound in them. They think of their own words that contain the sound and practice making the letter "a" on primary writing paper. Students who have formed the letter correctly...

Students, through modeling, explore how to make the short /o/ sound. They practice /o/ sound tongue twisters and recognize the sound in written form as the letter 'a'. They practice writing the letter 'a'. They pick out the /o/ sound...

First graders give examples of consonants and vowels. They review the sound the /u/ phoneme makes and then play a word creation game placing letters together to make the /kuuuu/ sound which bumps into /p/ forming the word "cup" as a class.

Young scholars complete a variety of activities as they explore the long /E/ sound. They recite tongue twisters, practice writing words with the long /E/ sound (especially those using 'ee'), and read and identify long /E/ words in the...

Students study the /i/ sound by examining how one's mouth moves when making the sound and using it in words. Next, they recite a tongue twister which contains many words with the focus sound, and practice writing it the lowercase "i."...

Students recognize the short vowel o in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, students discriminate the short vowel o from the long vowel o. They associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify the...

Pupils study the /a/ phoneme by determining how the mouth move when it makes the sound by imitating a sneeze. They recite a tongue twister, practice writing the lowercase "a" and listen to a story while identifying the letter sound....

Students recognize the phoneme /n/. Through matching activities, students discriminate the phoneme /n/ from similar looking letters and phonemes. They associate the phoneme /n/ with its letter representation and identify the phoneme /n/...

Students identify the digraph /sh/ in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion the independent and combined sounds of the phonemes /s/ and /h/ students practice identifying initial and final placement of the new digraph /sh/...

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

Learners complete a variety of activities as they explore/review the letter 'o' as it makes the /o/ sound. They recite tongue twisters and practice writing words with the /o/ sound. They read a story and choose /o/ words from the story...

First graders discover that letters are used to write words and that they have different sounds. They pronounce the word, "pig" emphasizing the /i/ sound. They say a tongue twisters that features the /i/ sound in each word. They then...

Tenth graders investigate different systems that are used to purify water. They have class discussion about the benefits and challenges that different countries would face with the implementation of the systems. Students explain the...

Young scholars examine the letter 'm'. Through instruction and modeling they complete a variety of fun and hands-on activities as they explore the sound the letter makes, how to make the sound with their mouths, how the letter is...

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

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 practice using the phoneme and letter in words by writing...

Students examine the letter 'i'. Through instruction and modeling they explore the sound the letter makes, how the letter is written, words that contain the letter, etc. They use letterboxes to write 'i' words and read stories containing...

Young scholars observe the phoneme and digraph /sh/ in spoken words. They discover a meaningful representation and practicie finding /sh/ in words. They read and spell words (using a letterbox activity) that contain the phoneme /sh/.

Students become aware that when certain letters are put together in a word they are said with a single mouth move. Through modeling and a variety of guided practice activities they explore the /sh/ phoneme. They read and identify 'sh'...

Students study the /d/ sound by making the sound and determining where their tongue is when the make it. They repeat a tongue twister while emphasizing the /d/ sounds. Next, they identify the sound in words as the teacher uses a puppet...

Students identify the short /o/ sound in spoken words, and recognize the letter symbol /o/. They say a tongue twister emphasizing words with the short /o/ sound. They then listen to the story "In the Big Top" and identify the words...

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