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Beginning Consonants
In this consonant worksheet, students say and trace letters. They also color pictures that begin with the letter. All consonant letters of the alphabet are represented in five pages, with an answer sheet for each page. There are...
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Word Bank Think Pack- Letter A Words
In this word bank letter A words worksheet, students use the card as a reference for A sight words. They add words of their own to the list.
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The Letter C
In this letter c worksheet, students work toward printing mastery as well as the letter sound. Students practice writing the letter c on the dotted lines, and color 7 pictures that begin with the phonetic sound.
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Short Vowels
Learners will create a list of short vowel sound words and participate in computer phonics activities to practice. They will read an interactive storybook online. Next, they will complete words in order to better understand short vowel...
Florida Center for Reading Research
Treasure Chest
Segmenting and blending phonemes helps budding readers understand words. Use this strategy in an engaging game where partners test each other's auditory processing using familiar words. Using picture cards and a chart (included),...
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SLIDE INTO A RHYME
Have your young readers practice phonetic analysis skills with onsets and rhymes. Groups of students create animations in PowerPoint to demonstrate combining beginning letters with rhyme patterns.
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I Say You Say
Students practice switching initial consonant sounds to make rhyming words. They identify the difference between rhyming words is in the initial sound. Students practice various rhyming phrases and create their own rhyming pairs.
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Learn-to-Read Pumpkin Patch
Students practice identifying and pronouncing the short letter "u" sound. In this phonetic awareness lesson, students access the Starfall.com website and follow the directions on the screen to reinforce the short "u" sound. Students can...
University of Texas
Alphabetic Understanding, Phonics, and Spelling
Have your youngsters reading in no time with with collection of literacy activities and lessons. Starting with a basic understanding of the alphabet, this unit progressively builds students' phonemic awareness and ability to decode and...
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The Big Hit
Learners are introduced to the phonetic sound associated with the short letter "i" and listen to a story which includes words with this sound. For this the big hit starfall lesson, students build sound letter accuracy. Learners also...
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Make a Word: Long U by Starfall
Students explore language arts by participating an on-line grammar activity. In this letter U lesson, students discuss the uses for the letter U in the English language and the different sounds that can be made from the vowel. Students...
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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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Beginning Consonants
In this alphabet worksheet, students focus on the beginning consonant sounds of words. Students study 5 rows of pictures and circle the picture that begins with the letter that is shown for each row.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Friends Together: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 4)
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...
Florida Center for Reading Research
Phonological Awareness - Phoneme Segmenting and Blending, Treasure Chest
Working in pairs, scholars use picture cards to practice segmenting words into phonemes and blending phonemes into words. When a peer answers correctly they place a penny in a treasure chest. Incorrect responses make the card go back in...
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Spelling Words for Mystery of the Night Song
In this spelling words for Mystery of the Night Song worksheet, 1st graders write 8 high frequency words, 10 spelling words, fill in 6 sentences and answer 6 comprehension questions from a story, over 4 days with parental guidance.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
All Together Now: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 1)
All Together Now is the theme of this series of extra support lessons. The collection aids the instruction of blending sounds and reading high-frequency words through writing and reading sentences. Support also engages pupils in...
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Consonant-Vowel-Consonant Words
For this recognizing consonant-vowel-consonant words worksheet, students pronounce three-letter picture words, circle one letter from each column for the beginning, middle, and final sounds, and write the picture words. Students write...
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Beginning Consonants 2
In this beginning consonants learning exercise, students respond to 5 questions that require them to select the pictures of the words with that begin with each the listed consonants.
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THE BLENDING SLIDE
Your beginning readers will practice blending sounds with this hands-on activity! Each learner gets their own paper slide, cards with consonants, and cards with vowels. Then, after practicing as a class, they can blend consonant and...
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Word Family Memory Match
In this word families matching worksheet, students cut out 24 word cards. Students place beginning sound cards face down in one group and word family ending sound cards face down in a separate group. Students turn over cards to make...
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CH-ch-ch-ch, CH-ch-ch-ch, CHOO-CHOO!
Students identify the digraphs in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion of the combinations of /c/ and /h/ that comprise th /ch/ digraph, students practice identifying initial and final placement of the digraph /ch/ in...
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Suppressing Short O
Young scholars complete a variety of activities as they explore/review the letter 'o' and the short /o/ sound. They recite short /o/ tongue twisters, practice writing the letter 'o', and listen to stories, identifying words with the...
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Introducing Phonemic Awareness Using Oral and Written Instruction
First graders demonstrate their ability to read with fluency, accuracy, and comprehension through phonemic awareness. They use a color-coding system to master the long and short vowel sounds and develop their skills in listening and...