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THE BLENDING SLIDE

For Teachers K - 1st
Your beginning readers will practice blending sounds with this hands-on activity! Each learner gets their own paper slide, cards with consonants, and cards with vowels. Then, after practicing as a class, they can blend consonant and...
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OW! I stubbed by toe

For Teachers K - 3rd
Drill and practice the /ow/ sound! Kids practice recognizing pictures that begin with the ou=/ou/ correspondence. They experience a letterbox lesson plan to help implement this task before them as well as reading the story, The Napping...
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I Scream You Scream We All Scream for Ice Cream!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
Use letter boxes and example words to help kids distinguish between the sounds for short vowel e and long vowel e. They are introduced to the vowel patterns that comprise long vowel sounds, with a particular emphasis on /ea/. They...
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Eehh?" is for Eleven Elephants

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners complete a variety of activities related to the short /e/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then trace and write the letter E. Students then listen to word pairs and identify the word containing the short /e/...
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Shhhhhhh! The sheep are sleeping!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students examine the use of /sh/ in written and spoken words by watching how their mouth moves while making the sound, identifying words, listening to a story, and making words with Elkonin letterboxes. As an assessment, they complete a...
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Reintroduce /S/

For Teachers K
Pupils explore the alphabet by participating in a phonics activity. In this letter "S" lesson, students identify the different sounds made by the letter "S" and discuss words that start with the letter. Pupils view a letter card to view...
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Taking a Cruise To U=/u/

For Teachers K - 1st
Students complete a variety of activities related to the short /u/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then spell different words containing the short /u/ using letter manipulatives. Students then read the book "Bud the...
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Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students complete a variety of activities related to the /ch/ digraph. As a class recite a tongue twister, and identify the words containing the /ch/ sound. Students then spell different words containing the /ch/ digraph using letter...
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Sing Your Way Through Phonics Lesson Plan "What's That Sound?"

For Teachers K - 1st
Students practice pronouncing the correct consonant sound.
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Beginning Reading Lesson: Aaa-aaa-aaa-choo!!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students study the letter sound recognition for the /a/ by recognizing the sound one makes when they sneeze. They use a chart with a tongue twister on it and work with letterboxes and manipulative letters that focus on words with the...
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Reintroduce /U/

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students identify the sound of the letter "u". In this sound fluency lesson, students review the sound for the letter "u" and repeat the sound after the instructor. Students then identify the sounds of the 12 letters that are written on...
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Red Gets Fed

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice with the strategy that letters represent phonemes and spellings map out phonemes in spoken words. They work on the phoneme sounds of /a/ and e=/e/ in correspondences with reading. Each student also recites the tongue...
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Hot Rod

For Teachers K - 1st
Students complete a variety of activities related to the short /o/ sound. They spell different words containing the short /o/ sound using letter manipulatives, and with a partner read the book "Big Top." With their partner they count...
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Mr. Cloak Loads his Boat with Oats

For Teachers 1st
First graders distinguish between the sounds for short vowel o and long vowel o. They are introduced to the vowel patterns that comprise long vowel sounds, with a particular emphasis on /oa/. They practice reading and identifying a...
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Study Guide for Island of the Blue Dolphins

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Dive your class into a reading of Island of the Blue Dolphins with this in-depth study guide. Breaking the novel into three parts, the resource begins each section with a focus activity that identifies a specific theme or question...
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Icky Stinky Fingers!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students examine the letter 'i'. Through instruction and modeling they explore the sound the letter makes, how the letter is written, words that contain the letter, etc. They use letterboxes to write 'i' words and read stories...
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Icky Sticky Hands!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students examine the letter 'i'. Through instruction and modeling they explore the sound the letter makes, how the letter is written, words that contain the letter, etc. They use letterboxes to write 'i' words and read stories containing...
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IzzyWizzy

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners complete a variety of activities related to the short /i/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then spell different words using letter manipulatives. Students then read the book "Tin Man Fix It," and identify the...
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A-Okay

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners complete a variety of activities related to the long /a/ sound and the a_e vowel correspondence. As a class they recite a tongue twister, and spell words containing the /ae/ correspondence using letter manipulatives. Students...
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Introduce Soft-G

For Teachers K
Students practice the soft letter "g " sound and distinguish its sound from other letters. In this soft letter "g" lesson, students take turns saying the soft letter "g" sound. Students identify words that begin with the soft letter "g."
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Wade Made Lemonade in the Shade

For Teachers K - 1st
Students complete a variety of activities related to the long /a/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, and identify words that contain the long /a/ sound. Students spell words containing the long /a/ sound using letter...
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This Glue is Sticky!!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students examine the letter 'i'. Through instruction and modeling they explore the sound the letter makes, how the letter is written, words that contain the letter, etc. As the teacher reads a story, they identify words with the short...
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Icky Sticky

For Teachers 1st
First graders the /i/ sound by practicing the way the mouth moves while making the sound while saying "icky, sticky." They write the letter "i" using both upper and lower case letters, make words using letterboxes, and write about a...
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Introduce /R/

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students demonstrate the sound of the letter "r". In this sound fluency lesson, students view the letter "r" on the board and practice repeating the letter sound after the teacher. Students identify the sounds of the 12 letters written...