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Wade Swayed At the Masquerade
Students practice reading words with vowel patterns that change the sound of the vowel. After reviewing the short vowel sound /a/, they are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e pattern that changes the short vowel sound into a long vowel...
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Color the Bubbles
For this long and short vowels discrimination worksheet, students see 15 bubbles with words written in them. They color the long a sound words pink, and the short vowel sound purple.
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Words that start with the letter I - Alphabet Recognition
In this alphabet recognition instructional activity, students read 15 words then circle the words that begin with the letter I. Next, students look at 4 pictures then circle and color the pictures that begin with the letter I.
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Long Vowel Phoneme - i_e
The vowel/consonant/vowel combination of /i_e/ is one of the most common in our language. In this lesson plan, kindergarterners share the book, The Doctor's Line to gain practice in reading these kind of words. A brainstorm session...
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Long Vowel Phoneme - y
The long vowel phoneme /y/ is the star of this language arts lesson. Kindergarteners share the book, I Spy a Little Fly then brainstorm more words that end in /y/. Since so many of our words end in /y/, this would be a very...
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Long Vowel Phoneme - ay
Kindergarteners spell patterns of the long vowel phoneme /ay/. After listenting to The Birthday Day, learners work together to construct a class book that utilizes words that end in /ay/. Since the /ay/ phoneme is used so much...
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Chocolate Puzzles #1
Here is a collection of wroksheets that give young readers a chance to practice identifying words that use a long vowel sound. Each of the puzzles, if correctly done, spells out a letter once the shading is complete. While not the...
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Long e and Long i Sound
In this phonics instructional activity, 1st graders examine 3 lines of words that contain 4 words each. They circle the word that contains the long e word, and place an X on the word with the long i word in each row.
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The Long I Sound
Learners read words with the long 'i' sound from a word box and then write four words that rhyme. They draw a circle around each word they use, then repeat the process finding three more words that rhyme. The worksheet is complete when...
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'Ay' Word Search
In this word search activity, students find the hidden 'ay' words in the word search puzzle. Students use the word bank to locate the 20 words.
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Bright Mice
Kindergarten through second graders explore the long i sound. In this phonics lesson, they read The Mother's Day Mice, sing "Farmer in the Dell," and play I Spy with long i in order to explore the target sound. Additionally, there is a...
Kelly's Kindergarten
April Daily Resources
Spring has sprung in your classroom! An entire month of activities relating to spring prompts learners to color, draw, write, and work on phonics.
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Blake's Brave Race
Students distinguish the difference between the short and long vowel sounds. They practice correspondences that are spelled and pronounced differently working with a_e=/A/ vowel sounds. Elkonin Letter boxes and class set of books are...
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Vocabulary Building Activity
The four worksheets here are provided to introduce your learners to new vocabulary on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Each list contains seven vocabulary words focused on a specfic vowel pair. First the learner hears the word,...
Starfall
Pete's Sheep
In this language arts learning exercise, learners investigate the long /e/ sound by writing four words corresponding to a picture.
Rock ’N Learn
What Do You See? Long Vowel E
In this long vowel E worksheet, learners examine a detailed picture of a farm scene and 10 words in a word bank. Students circle all the words that have long E sound, then find the pictures of these objects and color them.
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Long vowel u words
In this long vowel u words activity, learners read words and circle the ones that have the long u sound in them. Students read 24 words total.
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Crazy Crossword
In 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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Say and Spell Long Vowel Bossy E Board Game
Students practice saying and spelling long vowel "bossy E" words. In this spelling activity, students play a board game that requires them to look at a picture, say and spell the word. The first person to the end wins.
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Long ee or ea
Students practice spelling words with the long e sounds using ee or ea. In this ee or ea lesson plan, students complete words using the ee or ea pattern, identify rhyming words, and write a rhyming poem using ee words. Using word and...
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Short Vowels: Read and Color
In this short vowel learning exercise, students read words inside of pictures that have a short vowel sound, then use a color key to color correctly. Worksheet contains links to additional activities.
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'Ay' Wordsearch
In this phonics word search puzzle worksheet, students use their problem solving skills to find as many -ay words as possible in the word puzzle. There is no word bank provided.
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Spelling-Long E Words
In this spelling learning exercise, learners copy a set of 6 long e spelling words. Parents are given suggestions to help students study and learn the words.
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Long and Short Vowel O
In this vowel activity, students sort pictures according to their vowel sound, either long or short o, writing the words beneath the correct label. A reference web site is given for additional activities.