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Reintroduce /X/
Students say the /x/ sound, following teacher modeling and review words beginning with the sound. In this phonics lesson, students select the letter x each time it appears in a set of 12 letters and practice saying its sound, remaining...
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Introduce /X/
Students repeat the letter x sound following teacher modeling. In this phonics lesson, students brainstorm words that begin with the /x/ sound and say the sound as the letter is pointed out among a set. Students continue recognition and...
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Wendy Walrus
In this recognizing words with the beginning consonant W instructional activity, learners draw an X on the fish that do NOT begin with the W sound and count the ones that do begin with W. Students mark 8 answers.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
A World of Animals: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 10)
Provide extra support with this collection of animal-themed lessons. Early readers gain proficiency in high frequency words are and he, practice blending short vowel sounds, and substitute initial and final phonemes while creating...
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Word Search: Phonics: Double Letter Consonants ending with "-le"
In this double letter consonants worksheet, students solve a puzzle, finding a set of words with double consonants ending with "le." An answer key is included.
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Learning Upper and Lower Case Letters
For this phonics worksheet, learners practice recognizing upper and lower case same letters. students circle the letter in a row that are the same, 5 rows total. Worksheet is designed to be signed by student and parent when completed.
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Under the Umbrella
Students complete a variety of activities related to the short /u/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then trace and write the letter U. Students then listen to a list of words and identify the words containing the short...
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Introduce /D/
Students identify the letter sound, "d." For this sound fluency lesson, students view the letter "d" and practice repeating the sound. Students identify the sounds of 12 letters written on the board and are given hints on how to...
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Phonics Assessment
In this phonics worksheet, students identify each alphabet letter and say the sound of the letters. Students complete 26 letters and sounds.
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Initial Sound Recognition Activity for "o" as a Short Vowel
In this initial sound recognition worksheet, students circle the pictures that begin with the short "o" vowel sound. They place an X on the pictures that do not. They examine a total of 11 pictures on the page.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Spring Is Here: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 9)
Spring is the theme of this unit of extra support lessons. Your early readers enhance their skills using chants, practice worksheets, picture cards, and alphabet cards. Topics include identifying syllables, beginning sounds /w/, /g/,...
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Letter Sounds
In this sounds activity, students circle the pictures that begin with the given letters. Letters include h, v, x, j, y, and g.
Rock ’N Learn
Missing Instrument Beginning Consonant G Ending Consonant X
In this phonics activity instructional activity, 2nd graders follow directions to color a picture. They color yellow the words that have the same beginning sound as queen and color red the words that have the same ending sound as fox.
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Last Letter: G, T, and X
In this ending sounds learning exercise, 1st graders study the pictures and the first letters for each word. Students then write the last letter for each word on the lines. Students learn the ending sounds of g, t, and x.
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School-Home Links: Say Sounds of Letters in a Word
For this letter sounds worksheet, students look at each word, point to each letter, and make that letter's sound. Students repeat each word on the page. Students then sound out the letters in their name.
Florida Center for Reading Research
Phonological Awareness: Phoneme Segmenting and Blending, Picture Slide
A hands-on activity challenges young scholars to name a picture, segment its phonemes, then blend those sounds to make the word.
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Word Puzzle
Add some fun to rhyming using a word puzzle instructional activity. First, learners match up single-syllable rhyming words. Then, they find all the words in a word search. This beginning reading activity only has words spelled...
Florida Center for Reading Research
Phonological Awareness: Phoneme Manipulating, Phoneme Swap
Reading readiness can be a fun skill to foster. Scholars manipulate phonemes to change one word into another. They pick picture cards, say the object's name on the card, then change the final phoneme to create a new word. They then find...
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The or Sound
Before using this vowel sounds crossword activity, be forewarned that the pronunciation here is based on British English, and will be confusing for American English speakers. Learners focus on the /or/ sound, examining five spelling...
Florida Center for Reading Research
Phonological Awareness: Syllables, Clapping Names
Scholars practice identifying and counting syllables. Images of classmates are cut out and placed on a chart. Learners clap and count the syllables in each child's name. They finish by writing the number of syllables under the...
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'Ow' (long o) Decoder
In this phonics word decoder worksheet, students use their problem solving skills and the decoder key to decode 20 sets of letters in order to form 20 long o words.
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'O / Magic e' Decoder
In this phonics word decoder worksheet, students use their problem solving skills and the decoder key to decode 20 sets of letters in order to form 20 long o words.
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Beginning Consonant W Wendy Walrus Words
For this beginning consonant W word worksheet, learners put an x on all of the words that do not begin with the letter W. They see a picture of a walrus and read about how they eat fish. They count up the words that begin with W.
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Letter Puzzle
In this sounds worksheet, students write all of the starting letters of five pictures. Students put those letters together to form a new word.