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Free Reading

Free Reading: Word Race Game: Letter Sound Fluency

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
An exciting classroom word game based on the game "Boggle." The classroom is divided into groups. The teacher says a letter, and each students writes down as many words as they can that begin with that letter. Then they compare with the...
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Free Reading

Free Reading: Letter Hunt Tally: A Letter Sound Accuracy Game

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Students play detective and discover a given letter at the beginning of a word. They keep a "tally" sheet and compete with their classmates. This site includes links to Letter cards and a Letter Hunt Tally Sheet.
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Free Reading

Free Reading: Word Swat a Word Sound Recognition Game

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
A classroom game to help students create new words from a particular word family. The class is divided into two teams; the first student in each line is given a flyswatter and must go to the board and "swat" the correct letter that...
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PBS

Pbs Kids: Super Why: Letter Sounds Worksheet [Pdf]

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
An excellent resource for teaching beginning letter-sound correspondence. Student must identify the object in the picture and circle the letter that begins the word.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Phonics

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This interactive flipchart explores beginning word sounds, ending word sounds, and short vowels. There are assessment questions included. The vocabulary level is appropriate for primary elementary...
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St. Charles Place Education Foundation

Reading Bear: Y and More Lesson

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate "y" to form words with the long /e/. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Works from famous artists...
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St. Charles Place Education Foundation

Reading Bear: Or Lesson

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate "or" in them. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound out words, see words...
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St. Charles Place Education Foundation

Reading Bear: Lessons 68 73 Review

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this beginning reading module, the instructor reviews how to pronounce words that incorporate"a_e", "e_e", "ing", and other patterns. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to...
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St. Charles Place Education Foundation

Reading Bear: Ce, Ci, Cy Lesson

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate "ce", "cy", and "ci" in them. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound out...
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St. Charles Place Education Foundation

Reading Bear: Ea and Ear Lesson

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate "ea" and "ear" in them. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound out words,...
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St. Charles Place Education Foundation

Reading Bear: Lessons 79 83 Review

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this beginning reading module, the instructor reviews how to pronounce words that incorporate "the", "se", "ea", "ear", and other patterns. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can...
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St. Charles Place Education Foundation

Reading Bear: 3 & 4 Syllables Lesson

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate three or four syllables in them. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound out...
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St. Charles Place Education Foundation

Reading Bear: Old, Olt, Ow Lesson

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate "old", "olt", and "ow" to form words with the long /i/. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students...
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Starfall

Starfall: Make a Word: Long I

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Given the letter I with a blank before it and a list of letters from which to choose, students make words to match given pictures. Audio and graphs make this page really kid-friendly. When finished, the game moves on to new letter...
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Starfall

Starfall: Make a Word: Long U

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Given the letter U with a blank before it and a list of letters from which to choose, students make words to match given pictures. Audio and graphs make this page really kid-friendly. When finished, the game moves on to new letter...
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Starfall

Starfall: Make a Word: Long E

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Given the letters "ee" with a blank before them and a list of letters from which to choose, students make words to match given pictures. Audio and graphs make this page really kid-friendly. When finished, the game moves on to new letter...
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Free Reading

Free Reading: Rhyme Around Baseball Activity

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
An exciting version of baseball to build fluency in creating rhyming words. The classroom is divided into two teams; when one team is up to bat the first student is given a word family such as -at. They must create a rhyming word and...
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Free Reading

Free Reading: Beginning Sound Spin Letter Sound Accuracy Activity

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Builds students' abilities to identify the sound of a letter and say if a word begins with that sound. The student spins a wheel and says what letter/sound it stops on. Then they find a picture that begins with that sound. This site...
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Free Reading

Free Reading: Give Me Five; Letter Sound Accuracy Activity

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
An exciting game to build students' understanding and accuracy of producing words that begin with the same letter. Students sit in a circle and the teacher says the sound of the letter. One student must pass a bean bag around the circle...
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Free Reading

Free Reading: Amplify Education, Inc.: Words Separated Into Phonemes

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This page contains audio clips of words separated into phonemes. The audios give the word and then the word separated. There is a link to the Phonological Awareness activities page that utilizes this sound page. The sounds are pronounced...
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Free Reading

Free Reading: Catch a Sound: Final Sounds Game

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This site contains a flexible activity that teaches students how to "catch" or identify the final sound of a word.
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Free Reading

Free Reading: Tic Tac Toe; Letter Sound Accuracy Activity

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A letter sound version of Tic Tac Toe that learners play with partners. Before they can take their turn, they must draw a letter and give three words that begin with that letter. Their partner must give them a thumbs up before they can...
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Free Reading

Free Reading: Holiday Relay: A Sounding Out Game

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
A small group game to practice word and sound recognition and accuracy. Given a sound or word, each student on team runs to pile of holiday shapes, finds the letter, or picture that begins with the sound, or brings back all the letters...
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Free Reading

Free Reading: The Ship Is Loaded With: A Game Identifying and Generating Rhyming Words

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
A fun classroom game that helps students come up with words that rhyme with a word given to them by the teacher. Students sit in a circle, the instructor gives them a sentence and asks what word rhymes with the last word. Students raise...