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Phonics Tic-Tac-Toe
In this phonics worksheet, students practice reading a group of words with short vowel sounds while playing tic-tac-toe. Students cut out x's and o's to match with the words on the game board.
McGraw Hill
Phonics Teachers Resource Book
Looking to improve your classes literacy program? Then look no further. This comprehensive collection of resources includes worksheets and activities covering everything from r-controlled vowels and consonant digraphs, to the different...
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Long e Vs. Short i
In this long e and short i practice worksheet, learners study 28 examples of word pairs that feature the long e and short i sounds.
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Mike and Mick: Long I and Short I Vowel Sounds
In this long and short I vowels worksheet, students analyze 12 pictures and label them with words that contain vowel I. Students color the long vowel pictures and circle the short vowel pictures.
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Long A Reading Worksheets
In this long a reading worksheet, students recognize the words that have the long a sound as they read 2 short story selections.
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Long E Reading Worksheets
In this long e reading learning exercise, students recognize the words that have the long a sound as they read 2 short story selections.
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Little Rabbit's Tale: 19
This set of daily spelling activities is intended for use with the story, Little Rabbit's Tale. Learners use the high frequency and spelling words found in the story to complete 4 different activities. They write the long e words, fill...
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Food Pyramid
Here is an engaging cross-curicular lesson which incorporates elements of language arts and heatlh. Groups of learners are assigned to one vowel sound. They work together to find pictures of food out of a booklet that have the long vowel...
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Rain Rain Go Away
Complete a variety of activities related to the long /a/ sound with a focus on words containing the ai and ay correspondence with your readers. As a class, they recite a tongue twister, then spell different words containing ay and ai...
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Bee a Good Reader
Being able to distinguish between the sounds for short vowel e and long vowel e is an important skill. Young readers are introduced to the /ee/ vowel pattern that makes the long vowel sound. They practice reading and identifying a...
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Short e, Long e Spelling Activity
In this spelling activity worksheet, students rewrite the words with short e and long e sounds on the lines. Students spell 20 words.
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Shy Tyrone
For this identifying long and short i words worksheet, students cut pictures with words using the long and short i vowels and paste them in categories according to their sounds. Students solve 8 problems.
National Institute for Literacy
Making Sense of Decoding and Spelling
Go over digraphs, vowel sounds, and affixes with a series of decoding and spelling lessons. Each lesson guides learners through a different reading and phonics skill, building on the lesson before, and challenging them with each step.
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Mike and Mick
For this identifying long i and short i vowel sounds worksheet, students observe pictures and write their names, color the long i words, and circle the short i words. Students write 24 answers.
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"A" All Around
Spell and read words containing ai and ay. First and second graders identify vowel digraphs in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion on the combinations of letters that comprise digraphs, they practice reading and...
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Closed Syllables
Second graders, given 5 elephant words, divide the words into syllables by underlining the talking vowels, swooping, and pulling down consonants to find cutting pattern, and to explain that a single vowel represents the short vowel sound.
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Wade Swayed At the Masquerade
Students practice reading words with vowel patterns that change the sound of the vowel. After reviewing the short vowel sound /a/, they are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e pattern that changes the short vowel sound into a long vowel...
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Hi, My Name is A
Students distinguish between short vowel a and long vowel a. They are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e pattern that changes short vowel sounds into long vowel sounds. They practice decoding pseudo words with the vowel-consonant-e...
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Words that start with the letter I - Alphabet Recognition
In this alphabet recognition worksheet, students read 15 words then circle the words that begin with the letter I. Next, students look at 4 pictures then circle and color the pictures that begin with the letter I.
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To Make a Cake you must say /A/
Here is a great way for learners to practice identifying sounds made by both short and long vowels. This lesson stresses the a_e=/A/ correspondence along with letterboxes. They read their spelled words, whole text selection and...
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Bright Mice
Kindergarten through second graders explore the long i sound. In this phonics lesson, they read The Mother's Day Mice, sing "Farmer in the Dell," and play I Spy with long i in order to explore the target sound. Additionally, there is a...
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Oh! Let's Go Home
Students distinguish between short vowel o and long vowel o. They are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e pattern that changes short vowel sounds into long vowel sounds. They practice reading and spelling words with the vowel-consonant-e...
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Bo Knows "O"
Students are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e patter that changes short vowel sounds into long vowel sounds. They distinguish between the short vowel o and long vowel o. Students practice reading and spelling words with the...
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The Squeaky Door
Young readers distinguish between the sounds for short vowel e and long vowel e. They are introduced to the vowel patterns that comprise long vowel sounds, with emphasis on /ea/. They practice reading and spelling a variety of words that...