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Long Vowels with Silent 'E'

For Teachers 1st
First graders read words with a silent E at the end. In this literacy lesson, the teacher explains how the silent E changes the sound a vowel makes, then students practice reading words. Students complete a worksheet with the teacher for...
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Beginning letters

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this beginning letters worksheet, students write the beginning letters for 3 letter words by looking at their pictures. Students complete 5 words.
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Identification of Short Vowels

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify words. In this short vowels lesson, 1st graders identify words that have the short /e/ sound. They work either independently or in a small group to sort picture cards into "yes" or "no" stacks depending on if it...
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Two Vowels Making one Sound

For Teachers 1st
First graders become word detectives and find words with the vowel combinations: "ee" and "ai". In this phonics lesson, 1st graders read the words they find and create pictionaries of the words read.
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Sound the Foghorn

For Teachers K - 1st
Students complete a variety of activities related to the long /u/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then trace and write the letter U. Students then listen to pairs of words and identify which word contains the long /u/...
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Short Oo Practice

For Students K - 2nd
In this short Oo sound review worksheet, students examine 12 pictures and identify those that have the short Oo sound. Students then trace the uppercase and lowercase letters at the bottom of the sheet.
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Short Ee Practice

For Students K - 2nd
In this short Ee sound review activity, learners examine 12 pictures and identify those that have the short Ee sound. Students then trace the uppercase and lowercase letters at the bottom of the sheet.
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Short Vowel I

For Students 1st
In this letter i learning exercise, 1st graders will read pictures that have the letter i sound. Students will then trace 5 words and write them on the lines provided before drawing a line from the word to the correct picture it represents.
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Phase 5 - Tricky Words 2

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
This simple presentation shows learners examples of tricky words, or, words that have unusual letter combinations. Words such as, laughed, different, friends, and mouse are shown. Learners read the words as they appear on the screen.
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Ehhhh?

For Teachers K - 1st
Are your kindergarten learners working with the letter e and the sounds that is makes? They'll practice writing a capital e, hear the /e/ sound in a funny tongue twister, and then identify when the teacher is saying a word that uses...
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Iggy the Penguin

For Teachers K - 1st
Take your young word detectives on a hunt for the /i/ sound. Use the tongue twister about Iggy the penguin to help learners identify the target sound. Then learners are given several words, and they have to use their detective skills to...
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Icky Sticky Inchworm

For Teachers K - 1st
Use the meaningful example "Icky Sticky Inchworm" to demonstrate the /i/ sound. Then have learners take out letter boxes and spell simple words like six, lip, him, pin, slim, grin, etc. 
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Articles and Article Check-Up

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Help your learners practice proper article usage with this informational handout and brief exercise. After reading information about articles and their uses, including details about when to omit articles, scholars complete fourteen...
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The Preterite Tense

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Focus on how to conjugate Spanish verbs in the preterite. You can use this webpage to inform your own lesson on the preterite, take a day in the computer lab, or flip your classroom and have pupils examine the page for homework. There is...
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Beginning Sounds: 2 Letter Vowels

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this beginning sound instructional activity, students say picture words and guess which given letters make the beginning sound. Students circle letters that make the middle and final sound, then spell the word in the space provided.
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When Vowels Follow the Letter R

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this vowel learning exercise, students review the sounds of the combinations ar, er, ir, or and ur. choose words from a word box that correctly complete 5 short sentences.
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Y as a Vowel

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this y as a vowel instructional activity, students use the 16 clues and 16 words in the word bank to correctly complete the crossword puzzle.
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Beginning and Ending Sounds Springtime Bouquet

For Students K
In this beginning and ending sound worksheet, students use magnetic or plastic letters to fill in the letters that make the beginning and ending sounds so that each word matches the picture that is shown on a flower shape.
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The "M" Sound

For Students K - 1st
In this phonics learning exercise, 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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Short A and Short O

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this short a and short o worksheet, students match pictures to words that have the short a and short o in them. Students complete 15 matches total.
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The "S" Sound

For Students K - 1st
For 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.
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Crying Baby Sound

For Teachers K - 1st
Students 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 words from the story...
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Vowels, Reading Fluency

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders practice identifying words with the short o vowel sound. They use the strategy will reading a page from The Hare and the Tortoise. They read the passage while focusing on increasing their reading fluency and practice...
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Can You Hear the Sound?

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel e in spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /e/ from other short vowel phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify the...