Free Reading
Free Reading: Give Me Five; Letter Sound Accuracy Activity
An exciting game to build students' understanding and accuracy of producing words that begin with the same letter. Students sit in a circle and the teacher says the sound of the letter. One student must pass a bean bag around the circle...
Free Reading
Free Reading: Catch a Sound: Letter Sound Accuracy Activity
A quick alphabet game for the whole class. Young scholars stand in a circle and throw a beanbag to each other. When they catch it, they must say a word that begins with the letter given. Continue this in alphabetical order.
Free Reading
Free Reading: Letter Ring Game: Letter Sound Accuracy Activity
A fun, unique version of the game "Ring Around the Rosie" that builds the students' accuracy in identifying letters, sounds, and words that begin with that letter. A link to printable letter cards is provided on this site as well.
Free Reading
Free Reading: Connect 4 Words: Letter Sound Accuracy Activity
A reading game based on "Connect 4" that will build student's abilities to say the name and sound of a letter and find a word beginning with that sound.
Free Reading
Free Reading: Tic Tac Toe; Letter Sound Accuracy Activity
A letter sound version of Tic Tac Toe that learners play with partners. Before they can take their turn, they must draw a letter and give three words that begin with that letter. Their partner must give them a thumbs up before they can...
Free Reading
Free Reading: Letter Hunt Tally: A Letter Sound Accuracy Game
Students play detective and discover a given letter at the beginning of a word. They keep a "tally" sheet and compete with their classmates. This site includes links to Letter cards and a Letter Hunt Tally Sheet.
Free Reading
Free Reading: Word Race Game: Letter Sound Fluency
An exciting classroom word game based on the game "Boggle." The classroom is divided into groups. The teacher says a letter, and each students writes down as many words as they can that begin with that letter. Then they compare with the...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Phonics
[Free Registration/Login Required] This interactive flipchart explores beginning word sounds, ending word sounds, and short vowels. There are assessment questions included. The vocabulary level is appropriate for primary elementary...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Whole to Parts Phonics Instruction: Letter Sound Correspondences
Contains plans for two lessons that use the whole-to-parts phonics approach to beginning reading. It uses onset and rime to group word families and spelling patterns to show sounds in context. In addition to objectives and standards,...
Rock ’N Learn
Rock 'N Learn: Splendid Sounds
This printable worksheet from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Students will match each short vowels to the picture that begins with it. An answer key and lesson extension are included.
Kidsource OnLine
Kid Source: Beginning Reading and Phonological Awareness
Key to learning how to read is the ability to identify the different sounds that make words and to associate these sounds with written words. There are 44 phonemes in the English language, including letter combinations such as /th/,...
Other
Darlene Dittus: Free Phonics Lessons
Click on any of the ten interactive charts to hear different letter and letter-blend sounds and see corresponding words and pictures. In addition, over sixty printable phonics lessons provide word lists and practice activities for the...
Free Reading
Free Reading: Beginning Sound Spin Letter Sound Accuracy Activity
Builds students' abilities to identify the sound of a letter and say if a word begins with that sound. The student spins a wheel and says what letter/sound it stops on. Then they find a picture that begins with that sound. This site...
Free Reading
Free Reading: Holiday Relay: A Sounding Out Game
A small group game to practice word and sound recognition and accuracy. Given a sound or word, each student on team runs to pile of holiday shapes, finds the letter, or picture that begins with the sound, or brings back all the letters...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Soft "C" Words
This video segment from Between the Lions focuses on letter knowledge, showing several words that begin with the letter "c" and, in these examples, the /s/ sound that it makes.
LD Online
Ld Online: Beginning Reading and Phonological Awareness
This site from the LD OnLine focuses on beginning reading and phonological awareness for students with learning disabilities. Check out the information presented in this informative article.
Other
Printable Reading and Phonics Games
This site includes 15 different phonics and reading games to download, laminate, and cut out. Includes games for phonics blends; "When two vowels go walking;" ee; ir, ur er; tion, etc.
St. Charles Place Education Foundation
Reading Bear: Y and More Lesson
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate "y" to form words with the long /e/. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Works from famous artists...
St. Charles Place Education Foundation
Reading Bear: Ck Lesson
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate "ck" in them. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound out words, see words...
St. Charles Place Education Foundation
Reading Bear: Ge, Dge, Etc. Lesson
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate "ge", "dge", etc. Students will choose to sound out words, see words sounded out, see words with pictures with and without sounds, and see...
St. Charles Place Education Foundation
Reading Bear: Lessons 13 24 Review
In this beginning reading module, the instructor reviews words that incorporate "x", "2 syllables", digraphs, and more. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound out words,...
St. Charles Place Education Foundation
Reading Bear: Or Lesson
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate "or" in them. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound out words, see words...
St. Charles Place Education Foundation
Reading Bear: Lessons 23 29 Review
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate "x". Words with digraphs and 2-syllable words are also included in this review module. Students are prompted to interact with the video...
St. Charles Place Education Foundation
Reading Bear: Ew, Ue Lesson
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate "ew" and "ue". Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound out words, see words...