Florida Center for Reading Research
Phoneme Feud
This is a phoneme feud! A literacy game that is very similar to the classic card game War! has partners challenging each other for the most phonemes. They place one picture card face-up at a time and segment the phonemes aloud. Whoever...
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Onomatopoeia
Some words actually sound like their meaning. When this happens, it's known as onomatopoeia. Learners look at a series of pictures, and match up a bunch of words with the pictures they sound like. For example, the word buzz would go with...
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VCe Rule Fluency
Explore English by identifying word structures. Learners find many words that end with a vowel, consonant, and then an e. The class will participate in a word flash card game in which they correctly pronounce vowel-consonant words.
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VCe Rule Accuracy
Explore word structure by participating in a vowels and consonants activity with young readers. They will read words their teacher points out in class and pronounce them correctly. Then they identify the words they say which have a...
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Mystery Picture
Wait, what is that? Young learners will be surprised when they see that they've colored a snake! By coloring all of the words with the same sound as lips green and the words with the same ending sound as gems brown, they'll create their...
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Christmas Syllables
Readers say the word for the four Christmas images given. Then they listen for the syllables, count them, and circle the number that matches. There are four pictures with numbers. Use this theme to get in the holiday spirit!
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Syllable Activity 6
Learn to identify syllables in compound words by dividing nine words into their separate syllables. The syllables in these words end up being complete words in themselves as well! Each word has two activities.
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Syllable Activity 5
Use a syllables worksheet to help learners read nine words, write them onto the line with a division line, and then write the two consonant syllables for the word on the separate lines. They will learn the VCCV pattern with visual ease.
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Winter Syllables pg. 2
Come December, practice syllable counting with the appropriate time of year! Using the winter theme, readers identify the winter picture, clap the number of syllables, and place the correct number of cotton balls next to the four...
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Syllable Activity
Have young learners practice breaking apart multi-syllabic words. The entire word is written to the left and writers first copy the word adding a backslash, then write each syllable separately. The structure of this worksheet makes it...
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Winter Syllables pg. 1
It's winter! Bring the winter theme into your classroom with a syllable worksheet. Scholars identify the winter picture, clap the number of syllables in the word, and then write in the matching number of syllables for the word. There are...
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Chopping Sounds
With the swing of a paper ax, young learners demonstrate how to appropriately segment three-letter words. Consider breaking learners into small groups and having them share a paper ax to keep the peace. This plan is so creative, but be...
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Phoneme Recognition Games
Students explore language arts by completing an in-class phonics activity. For this word structure lesson, students utilize the Internet to identify the sounds that different letter combinations make. Students practice combining word...
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Reintroduce "ee"
Students explore phonics by participating in a word sound activity. For this repeating vowels lesson, students identify the sound that is made from the letters "ee" and words in which the consecutive vowels appear.
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Sounding out accuracy, Mix, Mix, Match
Students explore English by identifying segments of words in class. In this phonetics lesson, students utilize flash cards which contain letters and mix them in order to create a "match" word. Students sound out the words they...
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Initial Sounds with Word Families
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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Introduce "th"
Students explore language arts by participating in a pronunciation activity. In this word sound lesson, students discuss the sound made by the letters /th/ and identify words where that sound appears. Students participate in a game in...
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Introduce "Ou"
Students explore language arts by participating in a word sound activity. In this letter combination lesson, students identify the sound made by the letters "ou" and what words contain this sound. Students listen as their teacher...
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Reintroduce "Ur"
Students explore word structure by participating in a word sound activity. In this vocabulary identification instructional activity, students discuss the sound that is made by the letters "ur" and in what words this sound is found....
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Reintroduce /Q/
Students explore the alphabet by participating in a letter identification activity. In this letter "Q" lesson, students identify the different sounds that can be made by the letter "Q" and words that begin with the letter. Students...
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Letter Sound Accuracy, Egg Carton Game
Students explore phonetics by participating in a word sound game. In this letter identification activity, students review the letters of the alphabet and discuss the sound each one makes. Students view a video tutorial of an egg carton...
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Sounding out accuracy, Bingo
Students explore language arts by participating in a class game. In this word sound lesson, students discuss the sounds that vowels make in words and identify the different vowels. Students utilize index cards with words on them to...
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Reintroduce -er
Students explore phonetics by participating in a pronunciation activity. In this word sound lesson, students identify words in the English language which contain the "er" sound. Students play a class game in which the teacher uses...
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Reintroduce /ol/
Young scholars explore phonetics by participating in a speaking activity. In this word sound lesson, students identify the sound "ol" and the different words the sound can be found in. Young scholars write words in class with the sound...