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Guidance for Creating Phonics Lessons for Dyslexic Students

For Teachers K - 12th
Here is a quick and easy guide to help a new teacher build phonics lessons for students with dyslexia. It stresses the importance of fundamental basics while also providing clear and direct instructional practices that will help you...
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Phonics Instruction: Long Vowel Sound, Silent E

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students explore language arts by participating in a class word identification game. In this phonics lesson, students read several words in class and identify the different sounds between short and long vowel words. Students complete a...
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Lesson 2 - Consonant-Vowel-Consonant Words

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Closed syllable words contain short vowel sounds. A phonics lessons introduces readers to consonant-vowel-consonant words. Guided instruction introduces the words with a series of dictation activities, and then learners practice reading...
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Lesson 15 - Soft G and Soft C

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
The names Cindy and Carrie start with the same letter, but have very different sounds. The 15th of 17 word recognition lessons focuses on the soft C sound found in Cindy and the soft G sound found in Gene. Direct instruction starts with...
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Lesson 3 - Consonant Digraphs

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Words such as witch, whack, and wish often cause beginning readers to struggle. The third installments in the Word Recognition and Fluency series of 17, covers consonant digraphs. Activities guide learners through the identification and...
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Lesson 1 - Short Vowels

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Apple, Adam, and At all have something in common. What is it? They all start with the short A sound. The first lesson plan of set in the Word Recognition and Fluency series introduces readers to short vowel sounds with a series of...
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Lesson 4 - Consonant Blends

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Old, ild, ind, and ost may sound like a foreign language, but they actually represent common final consonant blends. Help learners recognize and pronounce consonant blends with step-by-step instructions, including scripted conversations....
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Lesson 7 - Letter Combinations

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Individually, letters have their own sounds, but when combined with other letters, those sounds completely change. Introduce letter combinations with a lesson that asks learners to search for combinations in familiar words and use oral...
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Daily Lesson Plan for a Struggling Reader

For Teachers K - 8th
Strategy-based programs that are executed with consistency are the best for achieving growth in any learner with a learning disability. Here is a seven-step lesson plan that is highly structured and is intended to help learners with...
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Lesson 8 - Open Syllables

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Just like scholars plug something in to close a circuit, they must plug a consonant onto a word to make closed syllables. Help learners distinguish between open and closed syllables with a series of activities that emphasize open...
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Lesson 17 - Adding Suffixes That Change Base Words' Finally to I

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
If it ends in a y, change the y to i when adding a suffix like -ness, -ly, or fy. The final lesson in the Word Recognition and Fluency series of 17 explains when to change the final letter in a base word to i before adding a suffix....
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Lesson 10 - Compound Words

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
Individually, words have power, but when added together, they can take on a whole other level of meaning. Readers learn about compound words in the 10th of 17 lessons of the Word Recognition and Fluency series. A script provides guidance...
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Lesson 9 - Contractions

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
Is it do'nt or don't? How about doesn't or does'nt? A lesson on contractions helps learners identify, form, and use contractions. Components within the plan include direct instruction on decoding and encoding contractions, as well as...
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Lesson 6 - Vowel-Consonant-E Syllables

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Adding an e sometimes significantly changes the pronunciation of a word. An informative instructional activity introduces Vowel-Consonant-E syllables by helping learners see the difference between the pronunciation of words like mop and...
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Learning About Contractions

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students identify contractions. In this phonics lesson, students define what a contraction is and give examples on the board. Students complete a worksheet as a follow-up.
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Blending Buddies

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students put word cards together and use the word parts to create correct words. In this phonics lesson plan, students practice pronouncing consonant blends and vowel sounds, demonstrating an awareness of beginning, middle, and ending...
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Phonics Monsters Rummy!

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Students play the game Phonics Rummy and practice making words from phonics monster cards. For this ESL lesson, students respond to icons. Students also respond to pictures and words while reading phrases that provide visual cues.
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Vowel Lessons: To Help Improve Spelling

For Teachers K - 12th
There are a few things every good speller knows: spelling rules, vowel sounds, and word endings. Help your learner with dyslexia become a more efficient speller with a few tips from a dyslexia expert. Included in the lesson is a video,...
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Phonics Test #26

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this phonics worksheet, students look at the underlined sound and find another word that has the same sound. There are ten sets of words.
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Technology that Makes Phonics Fun

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students discover the Internet by participating in on-line educational activities.  In this educational technology instructional activity, students utilize interactive story books, podcasts, and games to help expand an understanding of...
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Lesson 13 - Multisyllabic Word Reading

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
One- and two-syllable words may flow from the tongue with ease, but longer words, such as department and volcano, feel like tongue twisters. Scaffolded instruction explains how to break words into their individual syllables, and then...
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Phonics Word Search

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this phonics worksheet, young scholars explore rhyming words that end with "-eat" or "-eet." Students practice using these words by finding them in a word search. There are twelve words in all.
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Phonics Word Search #4: Words That Begin With Cl

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this phonics worksheet, learners learn the blended consonant "cl". Students read 12 words that begin with "cl" and find them in a word search puzzle.
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Phonics Word Search #20: Words That End With "-ct"

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this phonics worksheet, students learn the blended consonant "-ct" at the end of words. Students read 12 words that end with "-ct" and find them in a word search puzzle.

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