Lesson Plan
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Say /o/

For Teachers K - 1st
Ollie the octopus is occupied! Use this tongue twister to help youngsters learn the /o/ sound. After practicing the target sound, learners should print the letter. When they are familiar with the letter and its sound, the group will...
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It's Icky Sticky

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /a/ from other phonemes. Students identify the phoneme and letter in pseudo words...
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Clifford Phonics Fun

For Teachers K
Students develop phonemic awareness skills. They recognize consonant sound spellings and distinguish easily confused letter pairs. Students examine common short and long vowel sound spellings. They read stories containing high frequency...
Worksheet
Starfall

Short E Word Search

For Students K - 2nd
In this literacy worksheet, learners find the words that are in the word search puzzle. The emphasis is upon vocabulary and spelling.
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David Suits

“Wild Readers” Decoding Skills Lesson Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Set young readers on the path toward fluency with this phonemic awareness resource. Based on the award-winning children's book, Where the Wild Things Are, this lesson allows beginning readers to practice isolating...
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Go Fish

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars 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 in a...
Lesson Plan
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Icky Sticky Hands!

For Teachers K - 1st
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...
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The Cat Ate My Apple

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners recognize the phoneme for the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through a variety of activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter...
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Who Knows the Letter?

For Teachers K
Help learners identify initial consonant sounds and letters that represent that sound. They indicate awareness of consonant sounds and letters by responding with a physical movement. They also sing using "Sing Your Way Through Phonics"...
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Lucky Ducky

For Teachers 1st
First graders recognize the short vowel u in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the short vowel /u/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation...
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Tricky Nicky

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students 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 words they decode with...
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Alligator Open Wide

For Teachers 1st
First graders recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /a/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify...
Lesson Plan
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Don't Punch Too Hard

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel u in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /u/ from other phonemes. Students identify the phoneme and letter in words and pictures.
Lesson Plan
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Ew...That's Iiiicky!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students complete a variety of activities related to the short /i/ sound. As a class they recite a short /i/ tongue twister, then spell words containing the short /i/ sound using letter manipulatives. In pairs they read the book "Tin...
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Allie The Alligator

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /a/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify them...
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The Whining Child

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel u in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /u/ from other phonemes. Students identify the phoneme and letter in words and pictures.
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Sing Your Way Through Phonics Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 2nd
Pupils recognize and spell sets of words with r-controlled vowels. They become familiar with r-controlled spelling patterns.
Lesson Plan
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Sing Your Way Through Phonics Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars explore how to recognize and spell sets of rhyming words. They become familiar with short vowel spelling patterns.
Worksheet
Starfall

The Big Hit

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this activity, students fill in the blanks with short /i/ words that rhyme with "big."
Worksheet
Starfall

The Big Hit

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this reading instructional activity, students practice reading words with short /i/ by making an eight-page booklet. Students read the story about a tin man who plays baseball.
Printables
Make Take Teach

7 Syllable Types - Classroom Posters

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd Standards
Review r-controlled words, open and closed vowels, and dipthongs with a set of classroom posters. Each page features one concept with a colorful illustration, an explanation, and a list of applicable words.
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A Race to Place

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars distinguish between short vowel a and long vowel a. They are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e pattern that changes short vowel sounds into long vowel sounds. They practice spelling words with the vowel-consonant-e pattern.
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O No!

For Teachers 1st
First graders distinguish between short vowel a and long vowel O. They are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e pattern that changes short vowel sounds into long vowel sounds. They practice spelling words with the vowel-consonant-e pattern.
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Crying Baby

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore phonemes. They discuss the short a sound. Students discuss the shape their mouths make when saying /a/. They read familiar words with the /a/. Students read "The Cat In The Hat." They identify words with the short a sound.