Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Bright Mice

For Teachers K - 2nd
Kindergarten through second graders explore the long i sound. In this phonics lesson, they read The Mother's Day Mice, sing "Farmer in the Dell," and play I Spy with long i in order to explore the target sound. Additionally, there is a...
Activity
Reading Resource

Falling Leaves Long Vowel Game

For Teachers 1st - 4th Standards
Autumn's come early in your classroom! Match leaves with short words to the trees with the correct vowel sounds. A few blank leaves allow you to add your own words to the activity.
Organizer
Curated OER

Home Spelling Practice: Grade 6: Vowels oo

For Students 6th - 7th
In this spelling worksheet, students learn to spell a list of 20 words. Some contain long or short vowel "oo" sound. Students write each word one time on the lines.
Worksheet
K5 Learning

Liza's First Spelling Bee

For Students 4th Standards
Learners read about Liza's first spelling bee before answering six reading comprehension questions. Skills include identifying similarities, making inferences, drawing conclusions, and answer questions based on explicit information in...
Interactive
Arcademics

Coconut Vowels

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Scholars show what they know about vowel digraphs with a quick coconut-themed learning game. Players fill in the blanks of falling coconuts to make words with a double vowel spelling pattern. 
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What's the Weather Where You Are?

For Teachers K
Students create a weather map while traveling across the country on the train. They study the names of the states, letter recognition and the vocabulary of weather terms.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Making Words

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders spell words and define homophone.  In this making words lesson, 3rd graders decipher words from letter strips in an effort to identify the "secret word". Students use a set of letters to spell different words. 
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St. Charles Place Education Foundation

Reading Bear: Y, Ie, Ind, Ild Quiz

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This site is an interactive quiz to assess knowledge of long /i/. Words with the letters "y", "ie", "ind", and "ild" are included on the assessment. The quiz is designed to follow the "Reading Bear: y, ie, ind, ild" lesson.
Unit Plan
St. Charles Place Education Foundation

Reading Bear: Y, Ie, Ind, Ild Lesson

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this beginning reading video module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate "y", "ie", "ind", and "ild" to form words with the long /i/. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various...
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Other

Make, Take, & Teach: Long I Vowel Sound Word List [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
Use this list to master the letter combinations which create the long i sound in English words.