Help young readers recognize the short vowel /a/ in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /a/ from other phonemes. Learners associate the phoneme with its letter...

Study the short and long sounds of the letter e. Learners will practice words and tongue twisters using both the short and long vowel /e/. They use letter boxes and letter tiles to spell words containing the target sound. To close the...

Review sight words with readers. They will look over their sight words and come up with sentences for each of them. They also review the alphabet and identify unfamiliar words.

Learners 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 various...

Students explore the Alphabet and acquire basic English vocabulary through the exploration of art. They find the alphabet in a variety of visual art images the teacher provides for them. Students count, sort and categorize Alphabet...

First graders observe that the key to reading words is memorizing the symbols that make them up. They observe a picture of children jumping rope and watch as the teacher models the /j/ sound. They then all pretend to jump rope and make...

In this writing worksheet, students trace upper case letters of the alphabet. Letters are pre-printed in a grey dashed line format.

Students explore language arts by participating in an alphabetical letter writing activity. In this letter "K" instructional activity, students practice sounding out the letter in class and pronouncing unfamiliar words which start with...

Students use the books of Eric Carle to change the first letter in a word to see a new word. In this phonics lesson plan, students change the beginning letters in poems and books.

Students are read a book about aboriginal perspectives. They answer questions and practice words with the letter "g". They participate in math drills practicing their counting as well.

Young scholars practice identifying and pronouncing the short letter "u" sound. In this phonetic awareness lesson, students access the Starfall.com website and follow the directions on the screen to reinforce the short "u" sound. Young...

Learners answer a series of questions about the letter G. They practice the sound that G makes and trace a letter G. They decorate their letter G with glue and glitter. They listen to a story about Plainting a Rainbow.

Students play various games to help create a classroom community. In this name recognition instructional activity, students combine their name recognition skills with newly learned art and geometric vocabulary. First students discover...

Students practice the Spanish alphabet using an interactive website. A video explaining adaptations for ESL students and classroom instructional strategies is included for this excellent elementary lesson.

Students explore language arts by participating an on-line grammar activity. In this letter U lesson, students discuss the uses for the letter U in the English language and the different sounds that can be made from the vowel. Students...

Students demonstrate beginning reading strategies. In this Chicka Chicka Boom Boom lesson plan, students identify upper case letters of the alphabet while relating them to a selection of literature.

Students paint alliteration pictures. In this adjectives lesson, students select an adjective and noun that begin with the same letter, for example: hairy heart, to represent in a painting.

Students discover missing letters of the alphabet. In this letter recognition instructional activity, students identify the missing letters in a short alphabet sequence. Students complete a worksheet as an assessment.

Students are introduced to the Kid Pix software program and its templates. With a partner, they use the internet find a picture that starts with each letter of the alphabet. They practice saying and reading the words to their partner for...

Students work with a partner from a different grade level to brainstorm, draft, edit, illustrate and publish alphabet-themed books. They take turns reading the books to each other and conference with a teacher to review their work.

In this alphabet worksheet, students determine which letter is hidden behind given figures based on its placement in the alphabet. Students circle the missing letters.

In these lowercase letters worksheets, learners cut out the feet pattern printed with the alphabet lowercase letters a-z. Students place the feet on the floor and step on each letter in alphabetical order.

In this alphabet worksheet, students cut and paste the missing letters in the alphabet. Five letters need to be put in the correct place.

Students discover words through text, audio and images that begin with the letter B.  In this letter B lesson, students download an ebook and navigate through an interactive reading activity.