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Musical Chair Review
Young scholars play a simple game designed to reinforce letter names, sounds or sight words. They walk in a circle as music plays, and stop in front of a chair when the music stops. Each chair has a letter or sight word that the child...
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Word Formation Page 1
In this word formation worksheet, students focus on six letters used for initial blending. Using these letters, students have the opportunity to make letter cards to move and manipulate the letters for beginning word formation.
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Diphthongs Au and Aw
In this aw and au words worksheet, 1st graders add the beginning and ending sounds to finish the spelling the aw and au words. Students write 7 words.
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Words of the week: ee words
In this site words worksheet, students make sentences using different words containing ee sounds. Students use 10 words in sentences.
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Letter and Sound Recognition for "L"
For this letter and sound recognition for "L" worksheet, students say the name of each picture, then write the letter "L" if the word begins with that sound for 10 pictures.
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SH Sight words 1
In this SH words worksheet, students write 8 words with the sh sound in them. Students must trace each word to practice both spelling and printing.
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Ashley's Apples
First graders compare the /a/ sound to that of a baby crying. They practice making the sound and then say the tongue twister as it is written on a sentence strip and then using the overhead and letters, name words with that sound in them.
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The Letter C
In this letter c learning exercise, students work toward printing mastery as well as the letter sound. Students practice writing the letter c on the dotted lines, and color 7 pictures that begin with the phonetic sound.
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Initial Or Ending Consonants in Words
In this phonics worksheet, students say the name of 12 pictures, listening to hear if the indicated letter comes at the beginning or ending of the word. Students color the first or second box to indicate whether the letter comes first or...
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Beginning Reader
First graders work in an individual tutoring atmosphere. First the student reads books with the teacher. The student sorts words found in the books using phonetic similarities. Finally, the student writes sentences summarizing the book.
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Make a Word: Long U by Starfall
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...
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Beginning Blends "dr" and "fr"
In this consonant blends worksheet, students study and sound out the words for 12 pictures. Students choose the beginning consonant blend that correctly begins each word.
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Beginning Sounds Worksheet
In this beginning sounds worksheet, students look at pictures, pronounce the word, sound out the beginning sound, and circle the letter that each picture begins with. Students circle four multiple choice answers.
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Chocolate Chip Cookies for Lunch
First graders identify the digraph /ch/ in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion of the independent and combined sounds of the phonemes /c/ and /h/ students practice identifying initial and final placement of the new...
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Chuga Chuga Choo Choo
First graders identify the digraph /ch/ in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion of the independent and combined sounds of the phonemes /c/ and /h/ students practice identifying initial and final placement of the new...
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Izzy the Insect
Pupils recognize the short vowel i in written and spoken language. Through listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /i/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify them...
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Shiny Shoes
First graders identify the digraph /sh/ in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion of the independent and combined sounds of the phonemes /s/ and /h/ students practice identifying initial and final placement of the new...
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Initial Blend "Gr"
In this consonant blend "gr" worksheet, students read six illustrated words that begin with the consonant blend "gr". Students bracket the "gr" sound in each word. Example: (gr)ill.
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Initial Digraph "Ch"
In this consonant digraph worksheet, learners read the labeled pictures that begin with the digraph "ch". Students bracket the "ch" in each word. Example: (ch)amp.
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Ending Consonants #13
In this ending consonant activity, students say the sound of a letter at the beginning of a row, name pictures and circle the picture that ends with that consonant sound. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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A's Baseball
First graders distinguish between short vowel a and long vowel a. They are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e pattern that changes short vowel sounds into long vowel sounds. They practice reading words with the vowel-consonant-e pattern.
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Chug Choo Choo
First graders identify the digraph /ch/ in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion of the independent and combined sounds of the phonemes /c/ and /h/ students practice identifying initial and final placement of the new...
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Shirley's Sea Shells
First graders identify the digraph /sh/ in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion of the independent and combined sounds of the phonemes /s/ and /h/ students practice identifying initial and final placement of the new...
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Shhhhh
First graders identify the digraph /sh/ in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion of the independent and combined sounds of the phonemes /s/ and /h/ students practice identifying initial and final placement of the new...