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The Big Hit
In this literacy activity, students look at pictures, trace, and write letters to make CVC words with a short /i/sound.
Curated OER
Beat the Heat
Review common digraphs with your early elementary schoolers. They identify the digraph /ea/ in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion, they apply the rule for identifying and spelling words containing the /ea/ digraph....
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Doctor : Open Wide And Say /o/
Students complete a variety of activities related to the short /o/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then trace and write the letter O. Students listen to a list of words and identify the words containing the short /o/...
Starfall
Short U Label the Picture
In this language arts learning exercise, learners examine a detailed picture of a child's room. Students use the word bank to label the picture with six nouns using the short vowel /u/ sound.
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On-Level Small Group Phonics Lesson: ea /e/
Students explore /e/. In this phonics lesson plan, students decode words with "ea" representing the short e sound. Students read sentences and a short book that includes "ea" word practice.
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The "M" Sound
In this phonics worksheet, students will copy 5 short vowel words that end with "M". Then students will draw a picture of a plum and some jam.
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The "S" Sound
In this phonics worksheet, students will copy 6 short vowel words that end with "S". Then students will draw a picture of a bus and a dress.
Starfall
Short I Word Search
In this word search puzzle, students search for nine one and two-syllable, short /i/ words. The puzzle, a seven-by-seven matrix, contains words like pin, fin, wig, kitten, six, zipper, dish, and lip. Pictures are placed above the words...
Starfall
Short U Word Search
Learners in this language arts worksheet examine a picture word bank of nine words with a short /u/. Students locate the words in the easy word search puzzle.
Starfall
Short I - Classification (Person, Animal, Thing)
For this grammar instructional activity, students write six short /i/ sound nouns from a list of illustrated words into their correct category. The three categories include person, animal, and thing. Nouns include fish, kid, and pig.
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Short "u" vowel
First graders successfully build words containing the short "u" vowel. They connect letter cards with an accuracy of 90%. Students build on phonics as well. They encounter within this lesson sequencing.
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Discriminating Phonemes
Develop the fluency of beginning readers one sound at a time with this phonemic awareness lesson plan. Through a series of whole-class instruction, independent practice, and collaborative learning activities, children practice...
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Short O and Digraph SH
First graders practice the short o and sh sound. In this phonics lesson plan, 1st graders listen to the stories Hot Pot: The Sound of Short O by Alice K. Flanagan and Shoes: The Sound of SH by Peg Ballard. They create word webs...
Achieve3000
Discriminating Phonemes 2
Some sounds sound very similar! Help your class learn how to distinguish between various sounds by following the steps outlined in this plan. The plan includes a warm-up, a teacher-led portion, and details for guided and independent...
Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk, University of Texas at Austin
Lesson 5 - R-Controlled Syllables
Put on your pirate hat and get ready to teach r-controlled syllables. Learners practice using words that contain ar, or, er, ir, and ur. Instructors model how to decode words to isolate vowel teams, as well as combine r-controlled sounds...
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The Icky Sticky Frog
Learners practice the strategy of phoneme awareness in order to identify phonemes with vocal gestures in spoken words. They blend letters and sounds together utilizing the phoneme /i/ by symbol and letter representation and listen as the...
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Rain Rain Go Away
Complete a variety of activities related to the long /a/ sound with a focus on words containing the ai and ay correspondence with your readers. As a class, they recite a tongue twister, then spell different words containing ay and ai...
University of Texas
Alphabetic Understanding, Phonics, and Spelling
Have your youngsters reading in no time with with collection of literacy activities and lessons. Starting with a basic understanding of the alphabet, this unit progressively builds students' phonemic awareness and ability to decode...
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Taking a Cruise To U=/u/
Students complete a variety of activities related to the short /u/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then spell different words containing the short /u/ using letter manipulatives. Students then read the book "Bud the...
Starfall
Mox's Shop
For this short vowel /o/worksheet, learners complete four picture clues with a word that rhymes with fog.
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Mox’s Shop
In this grammar worksheet, students trace and write short /o/ words next to a picture.
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The "N" Sound
In this phonics worksheet, students will 6 short vowel words that end with "N". Then students will draw a picture of a pen and a man.
Starfall
Peg the Hen
In this language arts instructional activity, learners look at pictures and write words that rhyme with "hen". All examples are written in DeNelian font.
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Open Up And Say Ahh
Who has a word that has an /o/? Teach kids this fun song (sung to the tune of "Skip to My Lou") to remember the /o/ sound and words that contain the target sound. Then have learners identify the sound in various words before...