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Last Sound Segmenting (Mico Version)

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Get your scholars excited about phonemes using Mico the puppet; they use the picture cards to examine three words at a time. Mico says the ending sound of one of the words, and learners determine which of them is a match. You'll want to...
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Word Formations (Page 5)

For Teachers K - 2nd
In this word formations worksheet, students cut out and rearrange six letters to form four key words to learn for mastery: lip, sip, rip and nip.
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Word Formations (Page 6)

For Teachers K - 2nd
In this word formations worksheet, learners cut out six letters to rearrange into four key terms to learn for mastery: fix, six, tin and win.
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Word Formations (Page 12)

For Teachers K - 2nd
In this word formations worksheet, students cut out and rearrange six letters to form seven key words to learn for mastery: hot, not, pot, top, pod and nod.
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Word Formations

For Teachers K - 2nd
In this word formations worksheet, students cut out six letters and rearrange the letters to spell four main words: ran, fan, man and van.
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Beginning Letters

For Teachers Pre-K - K
For this initial consonant worksheet, students analyze 9 pictures of common objects. From a list of 3 choices, students circle the beginning letter of the word.
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Beginning Letter

For Teachers Pre-K - K
In this initial consonant worksheet, young scholars analyze 9 pictures of common objects. From 3 choices of beginning consonant letters, students circle the correct choice.
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Correct Beginning Letter

For Teachers Pre-K - K
In this initial consonant worksheet, students analyze 9 pictures of common objects. From a list of 3 choices, students circle the beginning letter of the word.
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Beginning Consonants

For Teachers Pre-K - K
In this initial consonant worksheet, young scholars analyze 9 pictures of common objects. From a list of 3 choices, students circle the beginning letter of the word.
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Beginning Reading: Word Formation

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this word formation worksheet, students cut out the letters f, g, o, l, t and n. Then they use these letters to form the words fog, log, lot and not.
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Introduce /r/

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Use these inventive strategies to focus on the letter r, forming sound associations along with letter recognition. Explain the tongue movement in making the /r/ sound, asking learners to try it. Draw the r on the board and give...
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Introduce /t/

For Teachers Pre-K - K
What sound does the letter t make? As scholars develop letter recognition, form sound associations with strategies like these. Explain the tongue movement in making the /t/ sound, asking learners to try it. Draw the t on the...
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Introduce Middle Sounds Segmenting (Mico Version)

For Teachers K - 1st
Mico the puppet offers a phoneme challenge for emerging readers: can they find the object with the middle sound they hear? Use the fantastic set of full-color picture cards to play this game with small groups or even the whole class....
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Building Fluency

For Teachers K - 1st
As your youngsters begin to recognize the letters of the alphabet and their correponsding sounds, there are some they will be more familiar with than others. Cement their letter associations using this quick strategy, shown here with the...
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First Sound Segmenting Accuracy

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
What's the sound, Mico? Use your class' favorite puppet (in this example, Mico) to teach them about initial sounds in single-syllable words. Using the picture cards provided, choose three and lay them out in front of learners. When Mico...
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Introduce Onset-Rime Blending

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Mico (or your favorite puppet) helps emergent readers recognize words from segmented phonemes. Explain to learners that he struggles with pronouncing words and needs their help. Model how Mico segments sounds in single-syllable words....
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Odd One Out

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Practice lowercase letters i-n with this initial sounds worksheet. There is a row of three objects for each of these letters, and scholars examine them to determine which does not begin with the letter sound. This would work best with...
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Phonics Endings -ail

For Students 2nd - 5th
Young spellers draw a line between six pictures and the correct word that matches each one. There are six pictures on the page and each word ends in -ail. 
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Spelling High Frequency Words

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Have your class practice spelling high frequency words. With 28 words on each page, this presentation gives learners a good overview. These lists could be used during writing activities to help them improve their spelling abilities.
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High Frequency and Spelling Words: 25

For Students 2nd - 3rd
Using their readers, learners answer questions, compose sentences, fill in the blanks, and compare two stories. Each activity is intended to build high frequency vocabulary and spelling proficiency, and is scheduled for a different day...
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Phonics: Read and Write Words with a Consonant Blend

For Teachers K
Reading often times starts with phonemic awareness and letter sound correspondence. Get little ones blending those letter sounds together to read and write simple words. As the teacher sounds out each word, learners count phonemes, and...
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Phonemic Awareness: Blending

For Teachers 1st
First graders listen closely as their teacher sounds out a variety of words, one phoneme at a time. They then practice blending sounds to create words on their own. Tip: While you sound out words have your class write down each phoneme...
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Phonics: Decode and Write Words with Blends

For Teachers 1st
Kids see, say, then count the phonemes they hear in a series of simple words. They practice counting phonemes with the teacher, then sound out the same word on their own. As they count each phoneme they write it down on their paper. A...
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Phonics: Segmenting Sounds in Short Words

For Teachers K
F-u-n spells fun. It is a simple word that little learners can sound out as they build phonemic awareness and those early reading skills. This short scripted lesson plan provides teachers with the basics for teaching how to sound out...