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Dear Abby- Colonial Style
Students review the Colonial period in American history and read literature from this era. They assume the roles of a colonial young person and an adult to compose letters from each and communicate their ideas through the letter writing...
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The Alphabet
In this language arts worksheet, students sort all the letters of the alphabet into a pile. Then they select all of the capital letters and write the lowercase letters next to each. Students also fill in the missing letters of a chart.
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A-Okay
Students complete a variety of activities related to the long /a/ sound and the a_e vowel correspondence. As a class they recite a tongue twister, and spell words containing the /ae/ correspondence using letter manipulatives. Students...
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Discover the Secret Word
In this phonics worksheet, learners examine 8 pictures and 4 letter choices. Students say the name of the picture and circle the correct beginning letter. Learners use those letters to solve a secret code.
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Discover the Secret Word
In this phonics worksheet, students investigate the beginning letters of words by examining 6 pictures. Students say the name of the object then choose the beginning letter and circle it. The circled letters will form a secret code word.
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Persuasion
Students explore the characteristics of a persuasive letter. They label each characteristic and they create a persuasive letter using the correct business letter format. Students recommend a school rule or change of a rule and justify...
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Pen Pal Project
Second graders write letters to a pen pal in proper letter form. In this writing instructional activity, 2nd graders discuss why they would write to a pen pal, brainstorm the elements that should appear in their letters, then write the...
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Name Squares
Students examine the sounds the letters of their name make. They read Dr. Seuss' ABC Book and Mary Engelbreit's Put Em All Together. They practice writing the individual letters of their names in squares.
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Email Around the World
Students send and receive e-mail messages and find the location of each of the messages on a map. Students then write a description and trivia facts about their school to send to others.
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B Is For Butterfly
In this letter B worksheet, students analyze a picture of a large butterfly with various upper and lower case alphabet letters. Students circle all the letters that are B.
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The Icky in Sticky
Young scholars 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...
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Discover the Secret Word 2
In this phonics worksheet, students examine 6 pictures and say the word names. Students circle the correct beginning letter. The circled letters will then reveal a secret code word.
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Alphabet Recognition (Lowercase English)
In these tracing letters worksheet, students trace the lowercase letters a-z. Students improve their alphabet recognition skills with the activity.
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Animal Words That Begin With "A"
In this animal words that begin with "a" instructional activity, students look at 3 animal pictures, then color the one that starts with the letter "a".
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Beginning Reading Design: A and I are Team Players
Students complete a variety of activities related to the long /a/ sound and the /ai/ correspondence. As a class they recite a tongue twister, and spell words containing the /ai/ correspondence using letter manipulatives. Students then...
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I'm Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot
Students recognize the phoneme /h/. Through listening and matching activities, students discriminate the phoneme /h/ from similar looking letters and phonemes. They associate the phoneme /h/ with its letter representation and identify...
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T is for Turtle
In this forming words activity, 3rd graders make 10 turtle words on the lines provided. Students must first read a fact about box turtles then create words out of the letters in "box turtle".
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Discover the Secret Word!
For this phonics worksheet, students analyze 6 pictures and say the names out loud. Students circle the beginning letters, then solve a code with the answers.
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Bb
In this writing worksheet, students practice printing capital B and lower case b. Students trace words and sentences beginning with Bb. Students copy sentences.
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The Scary, Creaky Door
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 identify the phoneme and letter in pictures using a...
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Sheepish Ee
Students examine how "ee" makes the /E/ sound using Elkonin boxes and letter manipulatives. While reciting an e rhyme they practice saying the long /e/ sound before reading a story which contains long e words. Finally, they complete a...
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Learning the ABC
In this alphabet worksheet, students make groups of letters, choose the correct letters, write words with certain sounds, and more. Students complete 4 activities total.
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Elmer the Elephant
First graders 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 spell...
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Write Right Back
Third graders explore communications by utilizing technology. In this e-mail writing lesson plan, 3rd graders identify important elements to include when writing an e-mail based on whether it's to a friend, colleague or employer....