Curated OER
Vowel Digraph Sounds: Long A, Long E
In this digraph worksheet, students read 10 phrases such as "they has the sound of ?" and determine whether the given word has the long a or long e sound.
Curated OER
Vowel Combination: Aw
For this word and sound recognition worksheet, learners examine 3 words with the aw sound and trace the words. Picture clues are included. Students also practice tracing the letters and reading sentences.
Curated OER
Vowel Combination: Oy
In this word and sound recognition worksheet, students examine 3 words with the oy sound and trace the words. Picture clues are included. Students also practice tracing the letters and reading sentences.
Curated OER
Vowel Combination: Ir
In this word and sound recognition learning exercise, learners examine 3 words with the ir sound and trace the words. Picture clues are included. Students also practice tracing the letters and reading sentences.
Curated OER
Vowel Combination: Ay
In this word and sound recognition worksheet, students examine 3 words with the ay sound and trace the words. Picture clues are included. Students also practice tracing the letters and reading sentences.
Curated OER
Phonics- Y as /igh/ or /ee/
First graders discover vowel /y/. In this phonics lesson, 1st graders will use Fancy Nancy, Poison Ivy Expert, to generate a list of words with vowel /y/. Students will sort the words according to the vowel sound.
Curated OER
Vowel Digraph ou and ow
In this vowel digraph activity, 1st graders use the ou and ow letter combinations. Students complete 6 fill in the blank questions writing the correct word from the word box next to the picture it represents.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Phonics lesson for -ew and -oo
First graders identify letters and sounds associated with -ew and -oo sounds. Each learner receives a stack of cards containing these sounds, and they must determine whether the word uses the -ew or the -oo sound. This could easily...
Curated OER
'Ee' Words Missing Vowels
In this phonics missing vowel activity worksheet, students fill in the missing vowels in 30 words in order to form 30 words with "ee". Students then read the list of words they have created.
Curated OER
'Ea' Missing Vowels
In this phonics missing vowel activity worksheet, students fill in the missing vowels in 30 words in order to form 30 words with the "ea". Students then read the list of words they have created.
Curated OER
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/...
Curated OER
Phonics Jeopardy
In this phonics PowerPoint, 1st graders participate in a game show similar to "Jeopardy" in which they identify pictures that have a beginning sound corresponding to the given vowel pattern, blend, or digraph.
Curated OER
Two Vowels Making one Sound
First graders become word detectives and find words with the vowel combinations: "ee" and "ai". In this phonics lesson, 1st graders read the words they find and create pictionaries of the words read.
Curated OER
Vowels Practice Worksheet
In this vowel practice activity, students examine 6 pictures, and complete the word that labels the picture. Students select "ee" or "ea" to fill in the blanks in each of the words to complete them.
Curated OER
Vowel Combination: OA
In this vowel combinations worksheet, students trace the 3 oa letters and the 3 oa words boat, goat, and soap. Students read the 2 oa sentences.
Curated OER
Wow, That's Loud!
Students explore vowel digraphs. They discuss the vowel digraph ou=/ow/. Students identify ou=/ow/ in spoken and written words. They read words with the ou digraph and practice spelling words that contain the ou=/ow/ digraph.
Curated OER
'Oa' Words
In this vowel combinations worksheet, students respond to 13 fill in the blank and short answer questions that require them to identify and use words have the "oa" sound
Curated OER
Long Vowel A
In this long vowel a worksheet, students look at pictures and fill in the consonants to "a-e" words, and use learning cards to review "ai," "ay," and "ei" words. Students have 21 cards to work with.
Curated OER
Mr. Cloak Loads his Boat with Oats
First graders distinguish between the sounds for short vowel o and long vowel o. They are introduced to the vowel patterns that comprise long vowel sounds, with a particular emphasis on /oa/. They practice reading and identifying a...
Curated OER
Long -oo and Short -oo
When two Os are put together in a word, a long -oo or a short -oo sound are produced. Learners examine two slides that have pictures and decide if the word depicted has the long -oo or short -oo sound. Examples are: football, hood, and...
Kiz Club
Pie Tie
What do a pie and a tie have in common? The ie digraph, of course! Invite your learners to practice these two rhyming words with these cards. Once cut out and glued together, kids can practice spelling these words and matching up the...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Phonics lesson for -ick family
Kindergarteners and first graders develop phonemic awareness for words that contain -ick. Each learner gets a stack of cards with different -ick words, highlighting the target sound as they review each one.
Curated OER
Phonics and Decoding Strategies for Struggling Readers Using Core Knowledge Poem
Students complete multiple activities to help them hear sounds, syllables, and spell words with vowel patterns, digraphs, or blends. In this word sounds lesson, students use letter tiles, sort words cards, analyze poems, and play a bingo...
Curated OER
When A Says Its Name
Students are introduced to the concept of vowel digraphs. They identify the digraph /ai/ in spoken language. After a brief discussion, students apply the rule for reading and spelling words containing the /ai/ digraph by playing word bingo.