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- Kindergarten - 1st
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Students complete a variety of activities as they explore the letter 'u' as it makes the short /u/ sound. They recite short /u/ tongue twisters and using Elkonin letter boxes, they spell words with the letter 'u'. They also practice writing the letter 'u'. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 3rd
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Students explore reading with fluency. They use rereading to improve their reading fluency. Students read "Pat's Jam." They review how to decode an unknown word. Students read with a partner and record the number of words read in one minute. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 3rd
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Students practice reading orally with expression in this lesson. They discuss as a class to importance of reading with expression, and how it improves the understanding of the story. The students read with a partner using expressive voices. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 1st
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Students recognize the short vowel i in written and spoken language. Through listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /i/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify them in words and pictures. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 1st
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Students recognize the short vowel a in spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ from other vowel sounds. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify the phoneme and letter in words they hear. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 1st
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Students discover the /u/ sound as well as how to recognize, spell, and read words that contain the sound. As a class, they practice making the /u/ sound and identifying words containing the sound. Students use Elkonin letterboxes to practice spelling three, four, and five letter words with the /u/ sound. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 1st
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Students recognize the short vowel "O" in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /o/ from other vowel sounds. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify the phoneme in pictures. Full Review »
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- 1st
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Students compare the /a/ sound to that of a baby crying. They practice making the sound and then say the tongue twister as it is written on a sentence strip and then using the overhead and letters, name words with that sound in them. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 1st
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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 associate the phoneme with its letter representation through a picture matching worksheet. Full Review »
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- 1st - 3rd
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Students distinguish between letters that stand for phonemes that deal with the short /o/ sound. They study how spellings map out the phonemes in oral language in order to be able to read and write words. Each student practices the tongue twister "Oliver had an operation in October, and Oscar gave him an octopus" and read the book, "In the Big Top," by Shelia Cushman. Full Review »

