Students examine both the upper and lower case letter "N,n." They practice making the "n" sound, writing the letter, and recognizing it in words. After a teacher book talk, they listen to Christine Young's, "Nests," and make the "boat...

Students learn the value of respect. In this Clifford the Big Red Dog lesson plan, students read the story, discuss respect, and experience a mini-international festival.

Students identify p in spoken words and the written letter the represents it. The story, Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss is read the the class. They then have to circle pictures that have the p sound in them. This assessment is done after...

Young scholars identify the grapheme and phoneme for G. They practice writing the letter G and through listening activities, discriminate the phoneme /g/. They associate the phoneme /g/ with its letter representation and identify it in...

Young scholars are introduced to the vowel pattern that produces the /oo/ sound in words. Through matching, listening, and spelling activities, students recognize the phoneme /oo/ and it's placement in words. They write a message using...

Students 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...

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 activity, students identify...

First graders identify the digraphs in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion of the combinations of /c/ and /h/ that comprise the /ch/ digraph, 1st graders practice identifying initial and final placement of the digraph...

Students investigate the African language of Swahili by translating vocabulary words.  In this foreign language lesson, students write 26 English words that define Africa and utilize the Internet to translate them into Swahili....

Students understand a variety of poems listening for sound letter correspondence, rhyme scheme, assonance, and alliteration. In this language arts lesson, students practice listening and reading skills to complete patterns in...

In this letter and picture association worksheet, students observe alphabet letters and match pictures of fruits that begin with those letters. Students circle five answers.

In this short u words worksheet, 1st graders use the alphabet and number code to find the words that contain short u sounds. Students write the 20 words on the lines and may use the word bank for help.

For this instructional activity, learners practice tracing and writing the cursive uppercase letter C on the lines provided.

In this lowercase H worksheet, learners practice tracing and retracing the lowercase letter H on the lines provided for mastery.

In this lowercase Q-learning exercise, students practice tracing and retracing the lowercase letter Q fifty times on the fifty lines provided for mastery.

In this worksheet, students practice tracing and retracing the uppercase letter O.

Students practice tracing and retracing the letter Q on the lines provided.

Students practice tracing and retracing the uppercase alphabet letter R.

In this worksheet, students practice tracing and retracing the uppercase alphabet letter S.

In this activity, students practice tracing and writing the letter N.

In the worksheet, learners practice writing the lowercase letter E.

Students recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ from other vowel phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify...

In this alphabetizing worksheet, students examine 12 words, each ending with the "--ar" pattern. Students put these words in alphabetical order. Some words begin with the same initial consonant.

First graders recognize the short vowel E in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /e/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and spell...