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Lesson 7 - Letter Combinations
Individually, letters have their own sounds, but when combined with other letters, those sounds completely change. Introduce letter combinations with a instructional activity that asks learners to search for combinations in familiar...
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Phonemes
This worksheet provides two differentiated versions of 3 tasks that challenges students to identify phonemes in spelling and reading. Task 1 asks students to split a given list of words into their appropriate phonemes; task 2 instructs...
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Initial Consonant Clusters
In this literacy instructional activity, students look for the words that correlate to the pictures that are listed. They are all words that are consonant clusters.
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Literacy by Design: Theme 5 & 6
In this literacy and word usage worksheet, students complete several pages of activities that help them learn how to spell and use words with the sounds of ou, ow, oi, and oy as well words with the silent consonant sounds of b, g, gh, w,...
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Elementary School--Advanced Vocabulary
In this advanced vocabulary worksheet, students study 20 words, write the word that is spelled correctly on the line after each number, read 10 additional sentences and choose the word in parentheses that completes each sentence...
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Fry's Fifth Hundred - Words 21 to 30
In this sight words worksheet, students read 10 sight words from Fry's list then trace each sight word 2 to 4 times. This would be a good worksheet to help students read and spell these words.
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Fry's Fifth Hundred - Words 71-80
In this sight words worksheet, students read 10 sight vocabulary words from Fry's list, then trace each word 2 to 4 times. This is a great activity to help students learn to read and spell sight words.
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"eat" Word Family Alphabetical Order
In this alphabetical order worksheet, students study a list of 11 words in a word box that all have the "eat" spelling pattern. Students alphabetize the words.
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Lesson 4 - Consonant Blends
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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Compounding the Problem
Pupils sharpen their dictionary skills and their understanding of compound words in this plan. Tailor it to the grade level you teach by honing in on specific skills. For older learners, the plan suggests providing a word and having them...
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Digraphs
Third graders complete a worksheet. In this digraphs lesson plan, 3rd graders discuss the sound of digraphs ch, sh, th and wh and brainstorm words that contain these digraphs. Students complete a word search worksheet.
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Clap Syllable
Learners identify the number of syllables in a word. They count the beats in a word and realize that one beat -words are shorter than three beat words.
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Silent Letter Game
In this silent letters worksheet, students play a Snakes and Ladders game, write words with silent letters, solve clues to words, and more. Students complete 4 activities.
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Igga Bigga
Students explore consonant digraphs in written words and use them in their own sentences. They work with /th/, /sh/, and /ch/ digraphs. Students read The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything and identify words with the...
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Classifying and Sorting
In this English instructional activity, students add the suffix "ic". Students form adjectives by adding the suffix to nouns. Students choose the noun or adjective to complete the sentence.
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Reading Comprehension Strategy Ideas
Young scholars participate in pre-reading activities, journal keeping, vocabulary lists and other reading comprehension boosters. These activities can be applied to many genres.
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Flow Charts
Students explore the use of flow charts and cyclical diagrams. They discuss how to read the charts. Students produce a simple flow chart or diagram to explain a process. They investigate various methods used to present text.
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Using Suffixes -er, -or, -ar To Make Nouns
In these grammar worksheets, learners will circle nouns and verbs, fill in blanks with suitable verbs, add -er and -or to verbs to create nouns, write silly sentences using nouns that end in -ar, add the correct suffix to change verbs...
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Using a Writing Workshop
Students observe modeling of the writing workshop. In this writing workshop lesson, students understand that the writing workshop will be taught throughout the year and each lesson will be a segment which will be discussed.
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Word Track Games
In this word tracking worksheet, learners use dice with words on it and when their word comes up they get to move 1 square across a game board. Students play this in groups of 3.
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Initial Consonant Clusters -1
In this literacy worksheet, students find the words to complete the crossword puzzle. They are focusing on the concept of consonant clusters.
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The Great Chase
Young scholars use the text "The Great Chase" to explore characters, views, and using words and phrases from the text. They write character profiles that describe the characters in the story. Students use key words and phrases from the...
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Free Phonics Lessons: Lesson 58: Digraphs: /Ph/ and /Gh/
Ready-to-print phonics worksheet on the digraphs "ph" and "gh." Includes information on the digraphs, word lists, sentences using words in context, and opportunities for students to write spelling words and original sentences.