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T is Totally Terrific

For Teachers K - 1st
Students discover the letters of the alphabet and how they sound with a focus on the letter t. As a class, they write the letter and read words with the letter t for practice. To end the lesson, they complete a variety of tongue twisters.
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Cranking Cooky Cars

For Teachers K - 1st
Students practice the strategy of phoneme awareness with special vocal gestures or sound with the correspondence /k/. They listen as the book, "ABC," by Dr. Seuss is read to them and then they work on a tongue twister and worksheets.
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Extra, Extra Read all about E!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students examine the letter 'e'. Through instruction and modeling they explore the sound the letter makes, how the letter is written, etc. They recite tongue twisters and use letterboxes to write 'e' words. They pick out short /e/ words...
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Our Five Senses

For Teachers K
Students identify their five senses and how the are used everyday. As a class, they develop a list of sounds they hear at a zoo and compare them with a list of sounds they hear at a park or school. They create an instrument on their...
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Pronunciation of Final /-s/ and /-es/

For Students 4th - 6th
Pronunciation with words that end in -s and -es have different sounds. In this pronunciation worksheet, students sound out and determine if the s at the end of 16 words sounds like /z/ or /s/. Students sound out and decide if the es at...
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Phonemic Awareness, Say It and Move It

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students clap and count sounds when saying different words. In this phonemic awareness lesson plan, students move bingo chips around when hearing a certain number of sounds in words.
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Oy!

For Teachers K - 5th
Learners practice saying and identifing the sounds "oi" and "oy'. They review the rules for saying two vowels that appear next to one another. They create illustrations for objects having those sounds.
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore phonemes and short vowels. They identify /a/ (short a) sound in spoken words and learn a meaningful representation and a letter symbol for the sound. Students identify /a/ (short a) sound in words. They read "The Very...
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Home Spelling Practice: F Spelled F, FF, Ph

For Students 5th - 6th
In this spelling worksheet, students learn to spell a list of 20 words that have the sound of F spelled either with F, FF, or Ph. Students write each word one time. There are additional activities to do at home.
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Home Spelling Practice: Grade 6: Short A, Long A

For Students 5th - 6th
In this spelling worksheet, students learn to spell a list of 20 words that have both long and short sound of vowel A. Students write each word one time. There are additional at-home activities listed.
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String Telephone

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Learners investigate sound as a form of energy. In this energy, forces, and sound lesson plan, students work in pairs to examine how sound travels through solid things as they construct a telephone exchange system using string and tin.
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Home Spelling Practice: R-Controlled Vowel: "ur"

For Students 4th - 5th
For this spelling worksheet, students study a list of 20 words that have the sound of R controlled vowel "ur". Students write each word one time on the lines.
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Shout Out Loud

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore the /ow/ sound using the 'ou' digraph. They recite an /ow/ tongue twister and participate in a letterbox lesson to gain understanding of the ou = /ow/ concept. They read 'The Napping House' to practice reading with /ow/...
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Head Lice Are Not Nice

For Students 4th - 5th
In this words that sound alike worksheet, students list 3 words in the boxes provided that sound almost the same as the 11 words listed.
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Exploring the Families of Instruments

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate the families of instruments. In this instrument lesson, students discuss how each instrument family makes their sound. Students then make their own instruments. Students write a paragraph about their favorite musical...
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High Frequency and Spelling Words: 11

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this high frequency and spelling words learning exercise, students circle the words that name the pictures, fill in the blanks to sentences, and read a passage while circling the "or" sound. Students complete 4 activities total.
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Short Vowel Words

For Students Pre-K - 1st
For this short vowel sounds practice worksheet, students examine 8 pictures, say the names of the pictures, and select the correct letters to spell the 8 words.
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Ph words

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this ph words worksheet, students fill in the missing sound ph into 10 words. Then students fill in words with the ph sound in it to 10 sentences.
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Letter Puzzle

For Students Pre-K - K
In this sounds worksheet, students write all of the starting letters of five pictures. Students put those letters together to form a new word.
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Confusing Words

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
This word recognition PowerPoint quizzes students on tricky words. In this PowerPoint, students read a sentence and click on the correct word choice to complete the sentence. The words this PowerPoint focuses on are words that sound...
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Timbre

For Students K - 1st
In this timbre activity, learners define what the definition of timbre is, circle their favorite timbre group and practice writing the words timbre, sound and music.
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Carnival of the Animals

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Learners listen to music to study the various sounds instruments make and feelings they incur. In this music analysis instructional activity, students listen to musical extracts from 'The Carnival of Animals' describe the music. Learners...
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My Favorite Things

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders listen to the song "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music. In this singing instructional activity, 4th graders discuss the words of the song and also find where the note goes upward. Students write down what their...
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Short Vowel Words

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this short vowel words worksheet, students choose the correct word to match a picture, write vowel sounds, fill in letters to words, and more. Students complete 5 activities.