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Beginning Sounds of Letters

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
Big B little b what begins with B? That's a great question! Children read a string of words and circle the ones that have the same beginning letter sound. The page contains 15 word strings for learners to assess. 
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Curated OER

Ben's Bedroom

For Students K - 3rd
In this consonant B activity, students read ten words and circle each one that begins with the same sound as ball. Students then color in the picture with vibrant colors.
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Curated OER

Who Knows the Letter?

For Teachers K
Help learners identify initial consonant sounds and letters that represent that sound. They indicate awareness of consonant sounds and letters by responding with a physical movement. They also sing using "Sing Your Way Through Phonics"...
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Curated OER

Initial Sounds with Word Families

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this word sound worksheet, students practice different word and letter sounds. They repeat rhymes, name letters, review letter sounds, review similar word sounds and complete an activity where they use a word bank to fill in the...
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Curated OER

Beginning Sounds Worksheet Set 3

For Students K - 1st Standards
Bird starts with B and so does banana! Being able to identify beginning letter sounds takes early readers one step closer to reading complete words. They say the name of the items in each row, and then circle the letter that makes the...
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Curated OER

Animated Alphabet

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Learners explore English by completing an interactive language history activity. In this word recognition lesson, students discuss word formations and the phonetic relationship between letters. Learners identify the origin of individual...
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Letter B: Initial Sounds

For Teachers K - 2nd
In this letter B activity worksheet, students examine 12 pictures of various objects and identify the pictures of the items that begin with the letter B. A word bank is provided.
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Curated OER

The Big Hit

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students are introduced to the phonetic sound associated with the short letter "i" and listen to a story which includes words with this sound. In this the big hit starfall lesson, students build sound letter accuracy. Students also...
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Odd One Out

For Students Pre-K - K Standards
One of these words doesn't belong! As they practice first-letter recognition, scholars examine rows of familiar objects to determine what letter each begins with. For each row of three items, they decide which does not begin with the...
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Friends Together: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 4)

For Teachers K Standards
Friendship is the theme in this series of extra support lessons. With a variety of resources (practice worksheets, letter, word, punctuation and picture cards), young readers gain knowledge of initial consonants v and h, blending short...
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Curated OER

Blending Buddies

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students put word cards together and use the word parts to create correct words. In this phonics lesson plan, students practice pronouncing consonant blends and vowel sounds, demonstrating an awareness of beginning, middle, and ending...
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Curated OER

Phonemic Awareness: Phoneme Blending

For Teachers Pre-K - K
This resource is more of a suggestion than a full lesson. It explains how young pre-readers can work with their teacher to practice blending phonemes to make words. The class watches the teacher as she says and orally segments a word...
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Elephant Eggs

For Teachers K - 1st
Study the short and long sounds of the letter e. Learners will practice words and tongue twisters using both the short and long vowel /e/. They use letter boxes and letter tiles to spell words containing the target sound. To close the...
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Beginning Sounds

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this early childhood beginning sounds worksheet, students learn to recognize beginning letters of words as they look at the pictures of the ball, goat, money, octopus and zebra on the page and then draw a line to the letter each item...
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The Letter Bb

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students participate in a variety of activities to practice words with the Bb sound. In this Bb sound lesson, students use craft rolls to create butterflies. Students create a letter book with B words
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Review Letters and Words: 20

For Students 1st - 3rd
For this reviewing letters and words worksheet, students name letters, say sounds of letters, read sentences, say beginning sounds, and more. Students complete 5 exercises.
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Word Recognition

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students recognize and spell color and shape words. In this color and shape words lesson plan, students reinforce their vocabulary and spelling skills.
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Making Words

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders spell words and define homophone.  In this making words lesson, 3rd graders decipher words from letter strips in an effort to identify the "secret word". Students use a set of letters to spell different words. 
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Beginning and Ending Consonants

For Teachers K - 1st
Young readers explore consonant sounds. In this beginning phonics lesson, learners fill in a beginning/middle/end vertical column chart with the sounds they hear in the pictured object. Practice spelling CVC words.
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Play I Spy

For Students Pre-K - K Standards
Pre-readers examine a rainy-day picture with many details to find words beginning with either p, u, w, or l. They tally the number of objects they find and write the numbers beside each letter. To help kids stay organized and meet...
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Kelly's Kindergarten

January Daily Activities

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Start the year right with a series of activities about phonics, reading, winter exercises, and writing. Focused on snow and winter items, a month's worth of short lessons address various skills and keep your kids practicing language arts.
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Poetry4kids

How to Write a Tongue Twister

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Betty Botter and Theophilus Thistle provide models for willy writers to wrestle words into tricky tongue twisters. 
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Curated OER

Beginning Sounds - Kindergarten Reading

For Teachers K
Students practice the use of beginning sounds to improve their emerging reading skills. In this beginning sounds lesson, students review beginning sound of words before participating in a "Bingo" type game that has them use the sounds...
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Beginning Sounds

For Teachers K
Students find the beginning letters of words. In this alphabet lesson, students sound out words to find the beginning sound and the beginning letter. They play a game to mark these letters on a card.