Students play the game Phonics Rummy and practice making words from phonics monster cards. In this ESL lesson, students respond to icons. Students also respond to pictures and words while reading phrases that provide visual cues.

Whether new to teaching or a seasoned pro, this 12-page phonics and phonemic awareness guide is a must for your curriculum library. Everything from a summary of research on the topic to exercises and activities is included.

Learners play the game "Change It" and practice making words from phonic monster cards. In this "Change It" lesson, students read words and phrases that are used as functional print with visual cues. Learners respond to icons, pictures,...

Students explore English by completing an interactive language history activity. In this word recognition lesson, students discuss word formations and the phonetic relationship between letters. Students identify the origin of individual...

Read the story Green Eggs and Ham to practice phonemic awareness, rhyming, and writing skills with emerging readers. They will match oral words to printed words, create a graphic organizer, and the use rhyming words in an...

Students match pictures with words that have specific phonics connotations. In this picture matching lesson plan, students have groups of words with the same phonics sayings.

Get pre-readers comfortable with phoneme substitution using these helpful letter cards, which are printable in three different sizes depending on your classroom needs. Once scholars understand some letter sounds, they can begin...

Students download from a website to learn about digraphs. In this digraphs lesson, students download a digraphs game to practice digraphs. 

Young scholars navigate a website to practice the short e sound.  In this short e sound lesson, students read a story on Starfall and complete practice with the short e sound.

ESL pupils practice saying and spelling consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words. In this spelling lesson, students play a board game that requires them to look at a picture and say then spell the word pictured. The first student to the end...

Learners investigate color words. In this vocabulary, high frequency words, and technology instructional activity, students visit various websites to practice reading color words. Learners listen to Eric Carle books and observe the...

Students practice saying and spelling long vowel "bossy E" words. In this spelling lesson, students play a board game that requires them to look at a picture, say and spell the word. The first person to the end wins.

Beginning writers practice writing and reading from left to right using green and red dots. You'll need notecards with a green dot on the left side and a red dot on the right side. Do your learners understand that print moves from left...

Students explore language arts by participating an on-line grammar activity. In this letter U lesson, students discuss the uses for the letter U in the English language and the different sounds that can be made from the vowel. Students...

Students are introduced to the phonetic sound associated with the short letter "i" and listen to a story which includes words with this sound. In this the big hit starfall lesson, students build sound letter accuracy. Students also...

Students say the name of pictures of simple objects, people and places, choosing 15 to use for the lesson. Students glue pictures in a scrapbook and write the word for each picture beside it. Students complete word recognition worksheets...

Students build word families. In this interactive language arts activity, students visit a website where they play a game creating word families. Students may print out their work when finished.

Learners explore number sense by participating in a math recognition activity. In this number identification lesson, students practice pronouncing names of numbers and matching the number with an amount of objects. Learners practice...

Students explore shapes. In this math lesson plan, students identify basic geometric shapes. Students complete activities in which they identify shapes, symbols and letters. Students draw geometric shapes.

Students use the r controlled o sound to sound out words and identify items and people in a picture. In this r controlled o lesson plan, students use the internet to complete their activity.

Students watch a PowerPoint presentation. In this early literacy instructional activity, students watch a PowerPoint presentation describing print from pictures and the difference between the two.

Students recognize and spell color and shape words. In this color and shape words lesson plan, students reinforce their vocabulary and spelling skills.

Students read along with their parents to promote their own reading and fluency. In this reading lesson plan, students look at picture books and follow along with their finger.

Students explore language arts by participating in a letter identification activity. In this word recognition lesson plan, students are shown a list of vocabulary terms which they practice reciting with their classmates. Students...