Writing
Starfall

Make a Word _ip

For Students K - 2nd
In this printing practice worksheet, students trace, then write four words that end with the rhyming pattern "--ip." Students use two of the words in a sentence, printing them correctly on the primary lines. Students illustrate one of...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Animal Alphabet

For Teachers K
Students make a class animal book using the letters of the alphabet. They use a website imbedded in this plan to get pages with animals that begin with any of the 26 letters.
Worksheet
Starfall

Short E Label the Picture

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this reading worksheet, students use the words from a list to label six pictures within an illustration of a circus show. Students may also color the pictures.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A Tisket-A-Tasket, Let?s Make a Flower Basket!!!

For Teachers 1st
First graders practice blending words with the phonemes /i/ and /e/. Working with a specific groups of letters, 1st graders create words using the vowels i and e. they decode those words and read them repeatedly to increase fluency.
Worksheet
Starfall

Short O - Classification (Place, Animal, Thing)

For Students K - 2nd
In this grammar learning exercise, students write five nouns from a list of illustrated words into their correct category. The categories include place, animal, and thing.
Worksheet
Starfall

Short A Word Search

For Students K - 2nd
For this literacy instructional activity,learners look for the words in the word search that focus upon three letter words. The words come with a picture for vocabulary help.
Unit Plan
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Silly Stories: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 1)

For Teachers 2nd
Kids who need extra support with the concepts in the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt thematic unit on silly stories, will benefit from this packet packed with skill builders, activities, exercises, and practice sets.
Lesson Plan
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The Itsy Bitsy Pig

For Teachers 1st
First graders recognize the short vowel I in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /i/ from other vowel sounds. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and...
Lesson Plan
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Say aahhh....said the doctor

For Teachers K - 1st
Students 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...
Lesson Plan
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Alikizam...There's Apple Jam!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students complete a variety of activities as they explore/review 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...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Emergent Literacy: Open Up and Say Aaaah!

For Teachers K - 2nd
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...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Say Ahh Went the Doc

For Teachers K - 1st
Students 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...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Short a and short i

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars participate in a lesson used in order to strengthen reading comprehension skills. They use spelling lists in order to sort them to the corresponding studied sounds. Vocabulary is used and students read them in context.
Worksheet
Starfall

Soap Boat

For Students K - 2nd
For this Language Arts learning exercise, learners read a short book about a "soap boat." Students may practice reading it aloud and color in the illustrations.
Activity
University of Texas

Essential Reading Strategies for the Struggling Reader

For Teachers K - 5th Standards
Beneficial for beginning readers, struggling readers, and those in need of review, a set of language arts activities is a great addition to any foundational reading unit. Focusing on phonological awareness, fluency, instructional...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Not-So-Scary Creaky Door!

For Teachers K
Students recognize the short vowel e in spoken language. Through listening activities, they discriminate the short vowel phoneme /e/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify the...
Lesson Plan
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The Icky in Sticky

For Teachers K - 1st
Students study the /i/ sound by listening to it in words and a tongue twister which they later recite. Next, they practice writing the letter and making word using letterboxes. They listen to 'Icky Sticky Inchworm' while placing their...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

I Hear a Baby Crying

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners 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...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Adam's Apples

For Teachers K
Students recognize the short vowel "A" in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ from other vowel phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Iiicky, Stiicky, I

For Teachers 1st
First graders 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 psuedo words they...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Open Up and Say /o/

For Teachers 1st
First graders listen to a variety of words to see if they can recognize the /o/ sound. They use letterboxes and letters discovering that each mouth moves gets its own box practicing forming words with the /o/ vowel sound. They then read...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Hop Scotch

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice a variety of techniques and strategies to assess the letter sound of o=/o/. They encounter Elkonin Boxes to assist them with their task as well as the tongue twister "Oliver had an operation in October, and Oscar gave...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Reintroduce an Irregular Word

For Teachers K
Students explore language arts by participating in a pronunciation activity. In this irregular word lesson, students must identify irregular words used in class and pronounce them when their teacher refers to one in class. Students...
Worksheet
Starfall

Gus the Duck

For Students K - 2nd
In this spelling learning exercise, students fill in each sentence with the correct word or letter. The practice of using the right kind of sentence structure is done.