Jumpstarting Journeys
Vowel Digraph Activities for au and aw
It can be awfully hard teaching young children how to read, but this phonics resource will make the job a little easier. Focusing on the au and aw vowel digraphs, this collection of engaging activities teaches beginning readers how to...
Discovery Education
Sonar & Echolocation
A well-designed, comprehensive, and attractive slide show supports direct instruction on how sonar and echolocation work. Contained within the slides are links to interactive websites and instructions for using apps on a mobile device to...
Curated OER
Identifying Sounds in Words with Elkonin Boxes
Students examine words. In this letter sounds lesson, students use Elkonin boxes to identify the beginning, medial, or final sound of a word. They work in small groups with picture cards and an instruction of where to put a marker in...
Curated OER
Short A Vowel Sound
For this short a sound worksheet, 1st graders say the word for each picture and circle one letter from each column for the beginning, middle, and final sound. Students then write the word in the provided space. Students read a list of...
Curated OER
Practicing Letters g and h
Which of these pictures begins with this sound? Learners focus on letters g and h in this alphabet practice instructional activity. They trace and print each letter and add them to an incomplete alphabet. Then, they examine sets of...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Surprise!: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 2)
Surprise! is the theme of a unit covering such topics as consonants, blending, short vowels sounds, high frequency words, and number words. The unit's lessons also include teachable moments covering story structure, illustrations,...
Colorado Unit Writing Project
Fun with Phonemic Awareness
The phonemic awareness activities in this packet are designed to help kids develop skills in rhyming, syllabication, blending onsets and rimes, and beginning and ending sounds. Well worth a place in your curriculum library.
Curated OER
Pronunciation: The Sounds /s/, /z/ or, /iz/? Consonant Clusters with "s"
Instruct your class on how to pronounce /s/ sounds with this resource. Learners fill in the final /s/ sound into blanks, listen to plural sounds, learn about the rules of the target sound, write sentences, and work with consonant...
Curated OER
Introduction to Dolch Words
First graders are introduced to Dolch words. In this reading improvement lesson plan, 1st graders use Dolch words to review beginning and ending sounds, consonant blends and sight words.
Literacy Connects
Activities to Build Phonological Awareness
Begin your reading program each day with a mini lesson on phonological awareness using these engaging activities listed in the resource. Young ones will enjoy word families, clapping and counting syllables, identifying single sounds and...
Novelinks
Sense and Sensibility: Final Assessment: Movie Maker
Assess your class's understanding of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility with a fun and creative final project. Using what they have learned about the novel's characters, they create presentations featuring music and images that best...
Curated OER
The Sound of Letter N-- Picture of Ship
In this phonics worksheet, students identify where they hear the sound of the letter N in 6 words. Students examine the pictures of words containing letter N (at the beginning, middle or end) on a drawing of a ship. Beside each picture...
Core Knowledge Foundation
Kindergarten Skills Unit 6
Throughout 15 lessons, scholars explore four and five-sound and rhyming words, closely examining initial and final consonant sounds, and begin reading the text independently. Each lesson follows a similar routine; an introduction to...
Curated OER
Final Rule e - Recognition Memory
In this final e spelling pattern worksheet, students say each picture word slowly and listen to the sounds. They circle one letter from each column for the beginning, middle, and final sound before writing the word in the space provided.
Curated OER
Practicing Letters C and D
The lowercase letter c and d are highlighted in this two-part worksheet. Kids complete the top half by tracing then printing the letter c and locating images that begin with the /c/ sound. Part two requires them to trace then write the...
Curated OER
Practicing Letters i and j
Become acquainted with the lowercase letters i and j and the many words that begin with them. First, printers follow guiding arrows to trace each letter, writing several on their own. Next, they connect the letters to images of words...
Curated OER
Introduce /u/
As scholars are learning about letter sound correspondence use this activity to help them with the /u/ sound. Learners examine a large u on the board, identifying it if they can. They listen to you make its sound, explaining to them what...
Curated OER
Reintroduce /b/
Combine letter sounds, pronunciation, recognition, and word examples in one exercise by following these strategies. Scholars examine the letter b and identify it if they can. As they listen to you make the /b/ sound, youngsters try it...
Curated OER
Reintroduce /l/
Connect letter recognition, pronunciation, sound, and word examples to give scholars a solid grasp on the letter l. They watch you draw a large l on the board and make the /lll/ sound. Using your tips, they try the sound on their own....
Curated OER
Introduce /d/
Give youngsters a better grasp of the letter d by combining letter sounds, pronunciation, recognition, and word examples. Scholars examine the letter shape then listen to you make the /d/ sound and try it on their own. Kids brainstorm...
Curated OER
Hh- Beginning and Ending Sounds; Printing Practice
In this printing and phonics worksheet, 2nd graders color outline pictures of H and h. They say the Hh sound at the beginning of the name of 3 pictures and at the end of 3 pictures. They print for lines of H and h, circle three items...
Curated OER
Word Wheel- Beginning and Ending Sounds
In this word wheel worksheet, students cut out the two parts of a word wheel and the window on the top wheel. They place the wheel with the "ay" ending sound on top of the wheel that shows beginning consonants before spinning it to make...
Curated OER
Identifying Letter Sounds in Words - The /b/ Sound
In this letter b sound worksheet, students identify if the /b/ sound appears at the beginning and/or end of a word by looking at a picture of the word, saying the word aloud, then circling the letter "b" before the word and/or after the...
Curated OER
Initial Ss Blends
In this beginning blends worksheet, students practice listening for the initial blends. They circle the correct sounds for the beginning blend - middle vowel - and final sound. They write the word that names each of 8 pictures using...