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Rhyming Objects
Students explore language arts by reading Dr. Seuss stories in class. In this word play lesson, students identify the rhymes in both Dr. Seuss and Nursery Rhyme stories. Students utilize flash cards with rhymes written on them to play a...
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Down by the Bay
Students work with rhyming words to add verses to a song. In this rhyming words activity, students use rhyming words to add verses to Raffi's song, "Down by the Bay." They look for patterns and rhymes in the original verses before adding...
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Peg and Hen
Students navigate a website to practice the short e sound. In this short e sound lesson, students read a story on Starfall and complete practice with the short e sound.
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Segmenting and Blending Words
Pupils are introduced to the concept of segmentation and blending of words. As a class, they are shown various words and are asked to determine the amount of letters and sounds in each. To end the lesson, they participate in a guessing...
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We All Scream for Ice Cream!
Students complete a variety of activities related to the long /e/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then spell different words that contain the ee and ea correspondence. Students then read the book "Tea For Three" with a...
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Beginning and Ending Sounds
First graders practice the beginning and ending sounds of words. In this phonological awareness instructional activity, 1st graders use picture cards for one syllable words and pronounce each word. Students match other picture cards with...
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Letter Hunt
Students search for and find certain letters, blends, or vowel combinations in words, sentences and paragraphs. They investigate how these letters, blends or combinations are used in "every day" writing.
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Ou Words
In this ou words activity, students read 10 sentences and fill in the blanks with the ou words listed in the word bank. Students also write 5 original sentences that include ou words from the word bank.
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Word Families: A Kindergarten Experience
Students study rhyming words. In this language arts lesson, students participate in several activities in which they practice rhyming words. Students match onsets and rhymes and practice spelling words.
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Howwwwl At The Moon
Students explore vowel digraphs. They discuss what a vowel digraph is and discuss the vowel digraph ou=/ow/. Students read "The Napping House." They practice spelling words with the /ow/ sound in them. Students read words with the /ow/...
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Dge, dge, dge, just do it!
Students practice recognizing the value of digraphs to reading and becoming fluent readers. This lesson plan covers dge=/j/ by familiarizing themselves with the digraph, pronouncing it and reading words that use the digraphs. They lesson...
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No Pain, No Brain!
Learners complete a variety of activities related to the /ai/ digraph. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then spell different words containing the /ai/ digraph using letter manipulatives. Students listen to the book "The Long Long...
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Flashcards - Ou Words
In this -ou word list worksheet, 2nd graders will cut apart and practice reading 36 different words containing the -ou diphthong.
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Letter Pronunciation -- | ou | Sound
In this /ou/ sound- letter pronunciation learning exercise, students examine colorful clip art pictures, identify the words that name them, and use each word in a sentence. They complete 7 examples.
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School-Home Links: Vowel Sounds
In this vowel sounds worksheet, students first name the picture and then circle the word that matches. Students say the word aloud and listen for the vowel sound.
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What is the Parent's Name?
In this early childhood word recognition worksheet, students read the 8 baby animal's names and fill in the blanks of the matching adult animal's names with the correct letter.
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Phonics Test #10: A Trip to the Fire Station
In this vowel sounds activity, students find words that have the same sound as the underlined vowel sound in the first word from the story A Trip to the Fire Station. Students complete 10 multiple choice questions.
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Syllables #4
In this Halloween word parts worksheet, students recognize syllables as they say the name of 10 pictures and identify whether they hear 1, 2, 3, or 4 word parts.
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Phonogram and Rhyming Word Sheets
In this 22 page set of phonogram and rhyming word worksheets, students add letter tiles to photograms to make words. They work with phonograms such as up, ut, ip, it, in, ug, en, et, ig, ap, at, an, aw, ay, ot, op, am, un, to make word,...
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CVC Words: ed and en
In this CVC words practice worksheet, students fill in the letter blank in 8 words with "ed" or "en". Students also list as many "ed" and "en" CVC words as they are able to the graphic organizer.
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CVC Words: id and it
In this CVC activity learning exercise, students fill in the blanks in 10 sentences with the letter "id" or "it". Students also list as many other CVC words with the letters "id" and "it" as possible.
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CVC Words: ad and ap
In this CVC activity worksheet, students fill in the blanks in 8 sentences with the letter "ad" or "ap". Students also list as many other CVC words with the letters "ad" and "ap" as possible.
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Writing a Word Fib Poem
Students write a word fib poem using different word starters and different number of syllabled lines. Students write 6 lines in the poem.
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Ugly Umbrellas
First graders make the /u/ sound together and repeat a sentence that contains several /u/ words until they become familiar with it. They raise their hand to tell which word contains the /u/ sound and then use letterboxes to spell words...