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Phonological Awareness - Phoneme Segmenting and Blending, Treasure Chest
Working in pairs, scholars use picture cards to practice segmenting words into phonemes and blending phonemes into words. When a peer answers correctly they place a penny in a treasure chest. Incorrect responses make the card go back in...
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Pronunciation of Initial /s/ Consonant Clusters
Students comprehend how to produce these pronuciation features, recognize the various blends of initial /s/, hear the sounds, produce them correctly when thinking about it, and practice correct pronunciation to be comprehended by others.
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Blends Word Search
In this language arts instructional activity, students examine a word bank with 40 words which contain consonant blends. Students locate the words in a word search puzzle.
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Consonant Blends and Digraphs
In this consonant blend/digraph worksheet, students select from a "consonant bank" and complete words correctly, filling in blank spaces with the appropriate blend.
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R blends
In this r blends worksheet, students use the words in the word blank with r blends to answer the questions. Students answer 12 questions.
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Working with Ss Blends
In this recognizing words with Ss blends activity, students view pictures, say their names, and print the blend that they hear at the beginning of each word. Students write 12 beginning Ss blends.
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Initial Consonant Blends Match
In this recognizing consonant blend words activity, students view pictures, say their names, and draw a line to match the pictures with their beginning consonant blends. Students match 10 answers.
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S Blends
In this reading worksheet, learners match 12 words with their pictures. All words contain S blends, such as snail, sweep, skate, smoke, and stick.
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Consonant Clusters
In this consonant clusters instructional activity, students practice their language skills as they use the clusters "pl" or "pr" to fill in the blanks 12 words that are missing letters. Picture clues are provided.
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Blends: "gl" or "gr"?
In this consonant blends activity, students respond to 12 fill in the blank questions that that require them to identify and use words have the "gl" and "gr" sounds. Picture clues are provided.
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Working With L Blends
For this blends worksheet, students fill in the missing initial consonant blend that will complete a word. There are picture clues to help.
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Phonics Consonant Blends Workbook Sample
In this consonant blend worksheet, 1st graders complete words with th, wh, ch, or sh. They draw a line from the carrot next to the words with short vowel sounds to the basket at the bottom of the page.
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Phonics: Encoding and Decoding, Make-A-Word
Little learners place a picture card on a magnetic board, say the name of the object on the card, then sift through alphabet magnets to find and spell the word they said.
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Kelly's Kindergarten: Words that End in T
From hat and hut to rat and cat, youngsters review consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words that end in the letter t. They first cut out and paste provided images, and then categorize them based on their end sound (i.e. /at/ /et/ /ot/ and...
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Onset and Rime Slide
Discover onset and rime blends using this interactive activity which will appeal to your kinesthetic learners. Using the sliding templates provided, budding readers try different onsets with each rime. They practice reading skills by...
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BL to the Ends (blends)
Students examine word blends. In this word blends activity, students investigate common word blends. Working in pairs, students analyze words containing blends and generate a word list.
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THE BLENDING SLIDE
Your beginning readers will practice blending sounds with this hands-on activity! Each learner gets their own paper slide, cards with consonants, and cards with vowels. Then, after practicing as a class, they can blend consonant and...
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Blending is Fun
Use a poster picture of a slide to illustrate the blending of phonemes in words. First show your youngsters basic examples like cat and cap. Then have learners work in pairs to create some blends of their own! Provide words for them to...
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Blending into Good Speech
Your class can increase their production of the target phoneme /sh/ through the use of video, the Internet, and hands-on activities listed here. Sound out the phoneme altogether, then model words that include /sh/ at the beginning....
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Anansi Goes To Lunch - First Grade
Greed is the theme of this collection of multidisciplinary activities. As a class, read The West African folktale, Anansi Goes to Lunch by Bobby Norfolk, and take part in a grand discussion about it's plot and theme. Reinforce the theme...
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Phonics: Encoding and Decoding, A Digraph A Word
Learners view a series of images, then choose digraphs, consonants, and vowels to spell out the object's name on each card.
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Phonics: Encoding and Decoding, Letter Cube Blending
Emergent readers use a letter cube to identify, blend, and make words. They roll each of the three-letter cubes, mark down the letters they rolled, then blend the letter sounds together to make a word. They record each word on a...
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Phonological Awareness: Onset and Rime, Sound Detective
Play letter sound detective with your class, and snoop out sounds, onsets, blends, and rhyme. In pairs, children take turns choosing a card from the pile; as they sound out part of the word, their partner attempts to figure out which...
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Blends with R as the Second Letter
Students listen to a text in class and determine which words the blend with an "r" as a second letter. They practice the blend.