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Discover the Secret Word
For 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.
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Beginning Consonants: Circle the Picture
In this beginning consonants learning exercise, students say the sound of five letters and name the two pictures in each row. Students circle the picture that begins with the given letter.
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Initial Sound of Letter S
In this phonics worksheet, students examine 12 pictures of common objects and say their names. Students draw a line from the picture to the large "S" in the center of the page if the word starts with letter S. Note: The directions do not...
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Blends Concentration
Practice blending initial sounds with a St. Patrick's Day-themed word sort! Scholars read 20 word cards, organize them by initial blends, and write their findings on a corresponding worksheet.
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Let Us Rhyme With Madeline
Listen to the book Madeline, and identify rhyming words with learners as they hear them in the book. Learners will engage in a class discussion about rhyming words. After listening to Madeline, they will circle pictures of words that...
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Advanced Phonics: Syllable Patterns, Syllable Game
A game designed to support advanced phonics instruction challenges scholars to read and break a word into syllables. If the player is correct, they move their game piece forward on the board. Whoever gets to the end first wins!
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Phonics: Consonant-Vowel-Consonant Words
In this recognizing consonant-vowel-consonant word patterns worksheet, students view and say the names of pictures, recall the beginning sounds, and circle the middle and ending sounds to spell and write the word. Students write twenty...
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Word Family Memory Match
For this word families matching worksheet, students cut out 24 word cards. Students place beginning sound cards face down in one group and word family ending sound cards face down in a separate group. Students turn over cards to make...
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Beginning Sound of Letter T
In this letter T instructional activity, students trace the upper and lowercase letter T and then practice writing both of them on the lines provided. They then insert a "t" into the 6 words at the bottom of the page to complete them.
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CVC Words - Initial Sounds
In this phonics worksheet, learners study each picture and then fill in the missing sound for each word. Students follow a consonant-vowel-consonant pattern.
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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.
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Initial L
In this word recognition activity worksheet, learners examine 5 pictures of various objects and select the words that represent each of objects.
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Find the Word that Matches the Picture- br/cr Beginning Sounds
In this br/cr word worksheet, students choose the correct word that corresponds to the picture that is shown above the words. They circle the correct word that begin with either br or cr.
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Rhyming Words
Examine the rhyming words in nursery rhymes. Kids identify rhyming words by looking at the end spelling, and underline the parts of the words that are the same. They then complete guided practice and independent practice.
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Introduce /t/
What sound does the letter t make? As scholars develop letter recognition, form sound associations with strategies like these. Explain the tongue movement in making the /t/ sound, asking learners to try it. Draw the t on the...
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Introduce /r/
Use these inventive strategies to focus on the letter r, forming sound associations along with letter recognition. Explain the tongue movement in making the /r/ sound, asking learners to try it. Draw the r on the board and give...
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Introduce /k/
Explore the ins and outs of the letter k using these strategies combining pronunciation, letter recognition, and initial phoneme examples. Scholars examine the letter shape and listen to you pronounce the /k/ sound. Use these tips to...
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Final - E Rule
In this phonics worksheet, students look at 20 pictures and then say each picture out loud. Students circle the letters that make the beginning, middle and final sound of each picture underneath each picture. Students spell out each word...
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Consonant-Vowel-Consonant Words
In this recognizing consonant-vowel-consonant words worksheet, students pronounce three-letter picture words, circle one letter from each column for the beginning, middle, and final sounds, and write the picture words. Students write...
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Introduce Last Sound Segmenting (Mico Version)
What is Mico trying to say? Use a puppet to make this final-phoneme activity more engaging for kindergartners. Using three picture cards at a time (included), they listen to him say a final sound. To which of the three images is he...
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Beginning Consonants: M and C
In this beginning consonants worksheet, students fill in the missing beginning letters m and c to complete words with pictures. Students fill in five blanks.
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“Wild Readers” Decoding Skills Lesson Plan
Set young readers on the path toward fluency with this phonemic awareness resource. Based on the award-winning children's book, Where the Wild Things Are, this lesson allows beginning readers to practice isolating...
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Letter Booklets: Qq to Zz
In these recognizing letters of the alphabet worksheets, students identify each letter Qq to Zz, and create booklets of each letter, trace and write the upper case and lower case letters, observe pictures of words with the beginning...
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Initial Consonant Activity
Bingo is a super fun game and can be used to reinforce a vast number of recognition skills. These bingo cards are prepared by constructing nine squares, each delineated with raised Wikki Stix or gluedyarn and containing a...