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Jake's Tale
In this phonics activity, learners circle and write 4 words with the long /a/ sound.
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Short Vowels With Clifford
Phonetic masters identify and recognize short vowel sounds by reading and listening to a story that highlights select words. They use picture clues to aid comprehension and construct a story by actively choosing and identifying...
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Dune Buggy
Students match long /u/ sound words to pictures. All examples are written in DeNelian writing.
University of Texas
Essential Reading Strategies for the Struggling Reader
Beneficial for beginning readers, struggling readers, and those in need of review, a set of language arts activities is a great addition to any foundational reading unit. Focusing on phonological awareness, fluency, instructional...
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Long I Sound
In this letter i activity, 1st graders will read pictures that have the letter i sound. Students will then trace 8 words before drawing a line from the word to the correct picture it represents.
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Long A Word Search
In this long a word search worksheet, students locate and circle the 10 long a words listed in the word bank within the word puzzle.
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Phonics: Long O Spelling Patterns
Second graders review the spelling of words with the long O sound. In this phonics activity, 2nd graders brainstorm words with the long O sound, gain exposure to common long O spelling patterns and sort long O words based upon the...
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Long "u" With Silent "e" Reading Activity
In this writing and spelling worksheet, students circle pictures of long "u" with silent "e" words that are included in 3 short paragraphs. They complete 3 examples.
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Circle the Word That Has a Long O Sound
In this early childhood long o sound worksheet, students examine the 6 sets of 4 words. Students identify the word in each set that has the long o sound. Picture clues are provided.
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Initial sound: long e
In this long e worksheet, learners fill in the initial sound of the long e under the pictures that contain that sound. Students fill in the blank to 3 words.
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Short Vowel A: Find Words in a Group
In this short A words worksheet, students read 15 words that have the letter A. Students circle the words that have a long vowel sound and write them on the lines.
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Word Building
For this long vowel worksheet, 1st graders will focus on the long o sound. Students will study 6 pictures and choose the beginning, middle, and end sound for each before writing the words on the lines provided.
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Crazy Crossword
In this long vowel I activity, learners complete a crossword puzzle from a word bank containing eight words containing the long vowel I in them.
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First-Grade Intervention
Learning how to read is a big challenge for young learners, but this series of lessons provides them with the extra support they need to succeed. With each lesson following the a clearly outlined format, children are introduced...
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Long Vowel 'O'
In this vowel sounds worksheet, students identify the pictures in each box and bracket the long o sound in each word. Students complete 6 examples.
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Long -oo and Short -oo
When two Os are put together in a word, a long -oo or a short -oo sound are produced. Learners examine two slides that have pictures and decide if the word depicted has the long -oo or short -oo sound. Examples are: football, hood, and...
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A's Baseball
First graders distinguish between short vowel a and long vowel a. They are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e pattern that changes short vowel sounds into long vowel sounds. They practice reading words with the vowel-consonant-e pattern.
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O No!
First graders distinguish between short vowel a and long vowel O. They are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e pattern that changes short vowel sounds into long vowel sounds. They practice spelling words with the vowel-consonant-e pattern.
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Long Vowel Free-Writing Activity: Long A
In this long vowel writing worksheet, students say the name of pictures that have the long a sound, then write about the pictures. Worksheet has links to additional activities.
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Sounding Out CVCE Words
First graders explore vowels and consonants by participating in a flash card activity. In this phonetics lesson, 1st graders discuss the difference between short and long vowels and identify them within a story told to them by their...
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Oh Deer!
In this identifying the long o sound words activity, learners observe a puzzle with words written on each piece, color the words with long o sounds brown, and the remaining words green. Students color 17 puzzle pieces.
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Dune Buggy
In this reading worksheet, students practice reading with long /u/ words. Students make a seven-page book about Luke and his dune buggy. Students read and color the pictures.
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What A Day!
In this completing sentences worksheet, students fill in the blanks with long o words and then circle those word pictures hidden in a scene. Students write 10 answers.
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Ohhhh Me, Ohhhhh My!
Students practice identifying phonemes and recognizing letters in written words to become fluent readers. They study the phoneme /O/ in the tongue twister, "Oh No, my Nose needs an operation in October." Each student also interacts with...