Curated OER
What Letter Do These Begin With?
In this initial consonant learning exercise, students complete 9 pages with 9 questions on each page pertaining to initial consonant sounds. Students say the name of the picture and write the letter that starts each word.
Curated OER
Picture - Beginning Letter Matching
In this beginning letter instructional activity, learners match the letters "Aa" through "Ee" to the pictures that beginning with those letters. They see clip art pictures of things like a cat, a dog, an apple, a ball, and an elephant.
Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk, University of Texas at Austin
Lesson 2 - Consonant-Vowel-Consonant Words
Closed syllable words contain short vowel sounds. A phonics lessons introduces readers to consonant-vowel-consonant words. Guided instruction introduces the words with a series of dictation activities, and then learners practice reading...
Curated OER
CVC Words - Initial Sounds
In this phonics worksheet, students study each picture and then fill in the missing sound for each word. Students follow a consonant-vowel-consonant pattern.
Alabama Department of Archives and History
Two Different African-American Visions: W.E.B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington
The strategies civil rights activists Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois proposed for blacks to achieve racial progress is the focus of an activity in which class groups identify the strategies as well as the benefits and drawbacks...
K5 Learning
I Have Been Thinking…
Scholars read a short story about a girl visiting her grandmother, identify the main idea of the tale, and then write a sentence about this idea. Learners practice their phonics skills by filling in word blanks with letters to complete...
Curated OER
First Letter Changes
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.
Florida Center for Reading Research
Final Phoneme Spin
Segmenting words into different phonemes helps kids on the road to reading and writing. Have some fun with this spinner game which includes all the print-outs you will need. Simply assemble the spinner using a brad and lay out the...
Curated OER
Beginning and Ending Sounds
First graders practice their letter and word recognition skills. In this initial and final sounds lesson, 1st graders participate in a classroom activity that requires them to blend phonemes into spoken words and sound out multisyllable...
Curated OER
Technology-Based Lesson on Letter Writing
Second graders discuss the non-verbal ways to communicate. They word process letters to their teachers expressing five of their favorite things to do after school. They set up e-mail and send their letters to an e-pal.
Curated OER
Short e
In this short e worksheet, students copy the words given to them containing the short e sound. Students copy 6 words with the short e sound.
Curated OER
Letter D
In this letter d worksheet, students color the animal that starts with the letter D. Students color 1 animal but have 3 animals to choose from.
Curated OER
Alphabet Scavenger Hunt
Young learners use the provided worksheet to locate and record the names of 26 items that begin with letters of the alphabet. As an extra challenge, scavengers hunt the objects in alphabetical order.
Curated OER
Friendly Letter Writing
Third graders write a friendly letter. In this writing lesson plan, 3rd graders consider audience, purpose, labeling, salutation, body, closing, and ending. Some excellent examples of friendly letters are shared with the students in a...
Curated OER
Using e-mail to Communicate with Students in an Inner City; Celebrating Diversity through a Penpal Program
Students communicate with students at another school through e-mail to help them become better acquainted with using a PC and e-mail. In the second lesson plan, the same type of method is used to explore diversity among communities.
Curated OER
Name That Sound
First graders match different pictures to the correct beginning and ending sounds they go with. In this sound lesson plan, 1st graders will use the computer program Kid Pix to go through a variety of pictures. They then match the picture...
Curated OER
Phonemic Awareness: Phoneme Blending
This resource is more of a suggestion than a full lesson plan. It explains how young pre-readers can work with their teacher to practice blending phonemes to make words. The class watches the teacher as she says and orally segments a...
Curated OER
Discover the Secret Word
In this phonics worksheet, learners examine 8 pictures and 4 letter choices. Students say the name of the picture and circle the correct beginning letter. Learners use those letters to solve a secret code.
Curated OER
Discover the Secret Word
In this phonics worksheet, students investigate the beginning letters of words by examining 6 pictures. Students say the name of the object then choose the beginning letter and circle it. The circled letters will form a secret code word.
Curated OER
Discover the Secret Word 2
In this phonics worksheet, students examine 6 pictures and say the word names. Students circle the correct beginning letter. The circled letters will then reveal a secret code word.
Curated OER
Discover the Secret Word!
For this phonics worksheet, students analyze 6 pictures and say the names out loud. Students circle the beginning letters, then solve a code with the answers.
Florida Center for Reading Research
Sound Changes
Looking for an auditory approach to phoneme manipulation? You'll find everything you need here for an independent practice activity to get youngsters changing initial, medial, and final phonemes to create new words. They begin with a...
University of Texas
Alphabetic Understanding, Phonics, and Spelling
Have your youngsters reading in no time with with collection of literacy activities and lessons. Starting with a basic understanding of the alphabet, this unit progressively builds students' phonemic awareness and ability to decode...
Curated OER
VCe Rule Accuracy
Explore word structure by participating in a vowels and consonants activity with young readers. They will read words their teacher points out in class and pronounce them correctly. Then they identify the words they say which have a...