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Third Grade Skills Unit 5: Adventures in Light and Sound
Light and sound are the themes of a unit focused on third-grade skills. Scholars practice spelling patterns, grammar—adverbs, adjectives, synonyms, writing sentences with conjunctions, and listening and responding to read-aloud. Over...
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Diphthongs 4
In this recognizing diphthongs worksheet, students list as many words as possible that have the ai and ou diphthongs in them.
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When A Says Its Name
Students are introduced to the concept of vowel digraphs. They identify the digraph /ai/ in spoken language. After a brief discussion, students apply the rule for reading and spelling words containing the /ai/ digraph by playing word bingo.
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The Rain in Spain Stays Mainly in the Plains
Students review the concept of vowel digraphs. They identify the digraph /ai/ in spoken language. After a brief discussion, students apply the rule for reading and spelling words containing the /ai/ digraph by creating a word chart.
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Introduce /oo/
Students explore language arts by participating in a vowel identification activity. In this word sound instructional activity, students discuss the sound that is made by two consecutive O's. Students listen to the teacher recite words...
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Beginning Sounds: 2 Letter Vowels
In this beginning sound learning exercise, students say picture words and guess which given letters make the beginning sound. Students circle letters that make the middle and final sound, then spell the word in the space provided.
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No Pain, No Brain!
Students complete a variety of activities related to the /ai/ digraph. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then spell different words containing the /ai/ digraph using letter manipulatives. Students listen to the book "The Long Long...
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Looking Good
In this Language Arts worksheet, students write 7 words for each different vowel sound. For example, under "ai" students could write, "pain" and "rain."
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"Oa" Review
In this "oa" word search worksheet, students locate and circle the 5 "oa" words listed in the word bank within the word puzzle. Students also fill in the blanks in 4 words with the letters "oa".
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Sound It Out!
Help your class improve their spelling skills. Learners take a test, are given a particular spelling rule to practice, and play a Bingo game. This employs various methods for practicing spelling skills.
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Reading Bear: Ai Quiz
This site is an interactive quiz to assess knowledge of "ai" in words. The quiz is designed to follow the "Reading Bear: ai" lesson.
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Reading Bear: Ai Lesson
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate "ai" in them. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound out words, see words...
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Rock 'N Learn: Paint Pails: Long Vowel A
This printable vowels worksheet from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Students will identify pictures with words that contain the long /a/ with the /ai/ digraph. An answer key and lesson...