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The Not-So-Scary Creaky Door!

For Teachers K
Students recognize the short vowel e in spoken language. Through listening activities, they discriminate the short vowel phoneme /e/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify the...
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The Crying Baby Sound

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel a in spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ in words and sentences. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and read sentences...
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I Hear a Baby Crying

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify the...
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Wash Your Hands...they are icky sticky!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students engage in an emergent literacy instructional activity that focuses on phonemic awareness and they practice corresponding the letter "i" to its long or short sound. This type of recognition has been found to be essential to...
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Ew!!! It's Icky Sticky!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students engage in an emergent literacy lesson that focuses upon the skill of phonemic awareness. The phoneme sound for the letter "i" is used with a tongue twister to build this important reading skill.
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Icky, Sticky!!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students participate in an emerging literacy lesson plan that focuses on the skill of phonemic awareness. The phoneme of choice is the letter "i". Students need to recognize the letter in correlation to its sound.
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Buzzing Bees

For Teachers 1st
First graders engage in a lesson on phonemic awareness. They practice skills that are considered essential for good reading to occur. The skills of letter recognition and corresponding the letter to its phoneme are taught.
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O-O-O-O-O, I get it!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students engage in an emergent literacy instructional activity that focuses on the skill of phonemic awareness. To practice the skill the phoneme for the letter "o" is used. The students need to recognize the letter and its corresponding...
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She Ships Shells to the Shore

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify the digraph /sh/ in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion the independent and combined sounds of the phonemes /s/ and /h/ students practice identifying initial and final placement of the new digraph...
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The Door is Creaky E

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners observe the prop of a door to demonstrate the sound of the phonemic sound of the letter "e". Then they drill and practice the sound with the teacher. The essential importance of the skill of phonemic awareness is stressed in the...
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"Ehh?" Says Grandpa Edward"

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students engage in an emergent literacy lesson that focuses on phonemic awareness. This lesson plan helps students to identify the correspondence e=/e/ by recognizing the sound of an elderly person ¿¿¿eh?¿¿¿ throughout words.
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Build Fluency /A/

For Teachers K
Students are introduced to the letter "A" and play a game to reinforce the printed and sound recognition of the letter "A."  In this letter "A" lesson, students observe the teacher model the letter card game. Students participate in the...
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"Poppy P"

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students engage in a lesson of emerging literacy that focuses on phonemic awareness. The phoneme for the letter "p" is chosen for the lesson and students must acquire the skill of letter recognition also.
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Yellowish Fish

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students engage in an emergent literacy lesson plan in order to obtain the skill of phoneme awareness to become better readers. They practice blending different phonemes in order to eventually form words.
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OOOhhhh, My Toe!!!!

For Teachers K - 1st
Pupils examine the /O/ phoneme by examining words and reciting a tongue twister. They practice writing the letter 'O' on their dry erase boards. While they listen to a read aloud of "Bo and Rose" they form the /O/ with their mouths when...
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Mmmmmm Mmmmmm Yum!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students engage in an emergent literacy lesson that focuses on phonemic awareness. The importance of the letter to sound relationship is stressed in the lesson. The letter "m" is the target phoneme for students to master.
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Aaaaa! I'm at the Doctor

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students develop Phoneme awareness of a letter. They explore pictures, hand gestures, tongue twisters, and sounding out the letter. The i will be represented through a picture of an i and students circle the words with the...
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Aaa-aaa-aaa-choo!!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students study the /a/ sound by mimicking the sound one makes when they sneeze. Next they work with a tongue twister, which they recite while stretching out the initial short a sound. Next, they practice writing the letter and read "A...
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"Arrrrr" said the Pirate

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students practice decoding r-controlled vowels. Through various activities, they identify the change made to a vowel sound by adding "r." They decode words and spell them using Elkonin boxes. To conclude the lesson, students identify...
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Excellent Ehhhh

For Teachers K - 1st
Students make the different e sounds and practice a chant about the e sounds. They use a letterbox to write different words utilizing the e sounds. They listen to a story about a dog named Red that emphasizes the e sound. They write a...
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Spooky Sound

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore the concept of vowel digraphs. They distinguish between the sound made by one vowel and two vowels. Through listening, matching, and writing activities, 1st graders identify the sound in words and sentences they...
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The Fish Say Shhh

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify the digraph /sh/ in written and spoken language. Students practice the production of the /sh/ sound through tongue twisters and riddles. They identify the initial and final placement of the new digraph /sh/ using a...
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Ewww, That's Gross

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners recognize the /ew/ digraph in written and spoken words by reading and spelling words with ew=/oo/. They say a tongue twister emphasizing words with the /ew/ digraph. They then listen to the story "Shoe Man" and identify the...
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Shhh Here and There

For Teachers K - 1st
Students identify words containing the sh digraph in this lesson. They say a tongue twister which contains words emphasizing the sh digraph. They then read with a partner "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish" and identify words in...