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Core Knowledge Foundation

Second Grade Skills Unit 2: Bedtime Tales

For Teachers 2nd Standards
A unit covering second-grade skills reviews 16 letter-sound correspondences, tricky words, and punctuation. Readers provide context for examining story elements, and pupils participate in close reading and write narratives retelling a...
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Howwwwl At The Moon

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars explore vowel digraphs. They discuss what a vowel digraph is and discuss the vowel digraph ou=/ow/. Students read "The Napping House." They practice spelling words with the /ow/ sound in them. Young scholars read words...
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Introduce /ai/

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students state the "ai" long a sound. In this vowel combinations phonics instructional activity, students say the sound of "ai" when the teacher points to the corresponding letter combination and remain silent when all other letters are...
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Under the Umbrella

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore the short /u/ sound. They practice making the sound, noticing how their mouths move to make it. They use letterboxes to spell 'u' words, identify 'u' = /u/ in written words, and play the 'Under the Umbrella' game.
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Introduce /oo/

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners explore language arts by participating in a vowel identification activity. In this word sound lesson, students discuss the sound that is made by two consecutive O's. Learners listen to the teacher recite words and identify the...
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The Doctor Said Open Up and Say /o/

For Teachers K - 1st
Students complete a variety of activities related to the short /o/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, and trace and write the letter O. Students then listen to the book "In the Big Top," and write down the words from the...
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Using Folk Tales: Vowel Influences on the Letter G

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize and identify words with hard and soft g sounds. They also categorize words beginning with the letter g by their sound. The folk tale Jack and the Beanstalk is read and then students are asked to name words in the...
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Short A Words

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students study the short "a" sound. In this word study lesson, students brainstorm words that begin with a short "a" sound and are given a picture of the word. Students play an online game to reinforce the concepts taught.
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"Ea" Review

For Students K - 2nd
In this vowel combinations worksheet, students respond to 40 fill in the blank and short answer questions that require them to identify and use words have the "ea" sound.
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Scare the Crows

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this long vowel O activity, students determine which shapes on the page contain words with the long vowel O sound. Then, they cut them out and glue them together on another piece of paper to create a scarecrow.
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Sounding out accuracy, Bingo

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars explore language arts by participating in a class game. In this word sound lesson, students discuss the sounds that vowels make in words and identify the different vowels. Young scholars utilize index cards with words on...
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Vowels: review of short and long e, o

For Teachers 1st
First graders investigate sounds of short and long vowels for e and o. They develop phonics skills through drill and practice sessions. They use a variety of activities that include games. This is a whole unit plan.
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Crazy Crossword

For Students 2nd - 4th
For this long vowel I activity, students complete a crossword puzzle from a word bank containing eight words containing the long vowel I in them.
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K12 Reader

The Note Was in Code!

For Students 1st Standards
While it's quite an ode, this short poem uses the long /o/ sound repeatedly in words like code, note, alone, and phone. Kids read the selection and answer three comprehension questions about the text.
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Uggy the Umbrella Went Up, Up, Up!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore the short /u/ sound. They practice making the sound, noticing how their mouths move to make the sound. They recite tongue twisters with short /u/ words and practice writing the letter 'u'. With a partner, they read...
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Short A Puzzle Game

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this short A puzzle game worksheet, students match 24 short A words with the pictures on puzzle pieces that the teacher has printed, cut and laminated. 
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Kelly's Kindergarten

Kelly's Kindergarten: Snow and the Letter E

For Students K - 1st Standards
It's a flurry of vowels! Learners review a series of snowflakes featuring pictures that include the letter E, glue them into place, and write the words underneath. 
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We All Scream for Ice Cream!

For Teachers K
Students complete a variety of activities related to the long /e/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then spell different words that contain the ee and ea correspondence. Students then read the book "Tea For Three" with a...
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Lazy O

For Teachers K - 1st
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 then listen to word pairs and identify the word containing the short /o/...
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What a Day!

For Students 1st - 3rd
For this long O sound learning exercise, learners view the picture "What a Day" to assist them in finding the words to fill in each blank in five sentences. Students circle each of their answers in the picture.
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School-Home Links

For Students 1st
In this phonics worksheet, 1st graders practice at home, with a partner, tracing the lowercase letters in 8 words containing long "A" and "I" vowel sounds.
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Put Out the Fire

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this phonics practice instructional activity, students examine 10 words and then follow the directions to identify the words that have the same vowel sound as the word fire.
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Organizer
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Long A Reading Worksheets

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this long a reading worksheet, students recognize the words that have the long a sound as they read 2 short story selections.
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ie, igh, and y

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this long "i" sound worksheet, students put words into the correct column in the chart. Kids fill in the chart with ie, igh, and y words. Students fill in 21 words.

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