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Applying Phonetic Principles

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young readers develop their phonetic skills by using a nifty tool called a word pocket. They use the tool to help them organize individual letters that they have at their desks to spell entire words and to construct beginning and ending...
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Color the Bubbles

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this long and short vowels discrimination worksheet, students see 15 bubbles with words written in them. They color the long a sound words pink, and the short vowel sound purple.
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Language: lesson 23

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this language arts activity, students complete activities such as reading, writing high frequency words, finding long o words, fill in the blanks, and short answers. Students complete 4 activities.
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Short Vowel Fill-In-The-Blanks

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this short vowel activity, students fill in missing short vowels to make words, 12 words total. Worksheet contains links to additional activities.
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'O-E" Words

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this long "o" vowel sound worksheet, students respond to 22 fill in the blank and short answer questions that require them to identify and use words with the long "o" sound.
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Long And Short E Sounds

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this vocabulary instructional activity, learners examine 4 picture clues which depict long and short vowel e words. There is a primary writing line and the direction "write," but it is unclear if students are to write a sentence or...
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Starfall

Soap Boat

For Students K - 2nd
In this Language Arts learning exercise, students read a short book about a "soap boat." Students may practice reading it aloud and color in the illustrations.
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The Hole Story

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this filling in the blanks and sequencing learning exercise, learners use words from the word box to complete the sentences and number the pictures to show the order of events in the short story. Learners write 8 answers.
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A Race to Place

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
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 spelling words with the vowel-consonant-e pattern.
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Beat the Heat

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Review common digraphs with your early elementary schoolers. They identify the digraph /ea/ in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion, they apply the rule for identifying and spelling words containing the /ea/ digraph....
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Closed Syllables

For Teachers 2nd
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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Phonics Tic-Tac-Toe

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this phonics instructional activity, 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.
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CVC Cloze: Middle a

For Students K - 2nd
In this CVC cloze activity worksheet, students fill in the blanks in 10 sentences with CVC words that have the short a sound. Students also list as many other CVC words with the short a sound as possible.
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Spelling-Long E Words

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this spelling worksheet, students copy a set of 6 long e spelling words. Parents are given suggestions to help students study and learn the words.
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Wild for Watermelon

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In this multiple skills worksheet, learners identify long and short vowel sounds in words and sequence the life cycle of a watermelon. Students write 14 answers.  
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First-Grade Intervention

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Learning how to read is a big challenge for young learners, but this series of lessons provides them with the extra support they need to succeed. With each lesson following the a clearly outlined format, children are introduced to new...
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Essential Reading Strategies for the Struggling Reader

For Teachers K - 5th Standards
Beneficial for beginning readers, struggling readers, and those in need of review, a set of language arts activities is a great addition to any foundational reading unit. Focusing on phonological awareness, fluency, instructional...
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Ned's Red Guitars

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this phonics practice activity, learners examine 10 words that have "ea" in them. Students color the guitars with the long e sound red and those with the long a sound gray.
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First Day of School

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Primary learners complete pre reading, writing, during reading, and interdisciplinary activities for the book First Day of School. They will  complete journal entries, answer short answer questions, have discussions, and much more.
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A? Speak up, I can't hear you!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students become phonemically aware of various sounds that make up written words. This lesson focuses on the vowel correspondence a_e=/A/. They decode the long a mouth moves in words as well as practice spelling the words themselves.
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My Spelling Words-- Spelling List #142

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this spelling worksheet, learners learn to spell 12 words. The words are the short vowel words and also the same words with the silent e ending which change them to long vowels. Students write the words and use them in a short paragraph.
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My Spelling Words-- Spelling List #145

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this spelling worksheet, students learn to spell 12 words. Some have short vowels and others have the silent e ending with a long vowel. Students use 2 words in a sentence and alphabetize the list.
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My Spelling Words-- Spelling List #121

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this spelling worksheet, students learn to spell 6 short vowel words and the 6 long vowel words made when a silent e is added. Students use 2 words in a sentence and alphabetize the list.
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Sing Your Way Through Phonics Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore how to recognize and spell sets of rhyming words. They become familiar with short vowel spelling patterns.

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