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Letter Sound Fluency
How fast can you go? Test scholars' letter sound recognition with a timed game. Using letter cards of all the letters you've learned so far, learners take turns flipping cards and correctly saying the letter sound. Model this first,...
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Sounding Out CVCE Words
First graders explore vowels and consonants by participating in a flash card activity. In this phonetics lesson, 1st graders discuss the difference between short and long vowels and identify them within a story told to them by their...
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Phonics: Decoding Words in Connected Text
Introduce your little ones to the wonders of phonemic decoding. They practice along as you sound out simple cvc words in the context of a sentence.
Lakeshore Learning
Alphabet Sounds Teaching Tubs
A hands-on activity brings the alphabet to life in your kindergarten! Fill tubs with items that begin with the same letter or end with the same sound, and let kids make the connections between the items.
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 and...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Nature Walk: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 2)
Walking in nature is the theme of a unit designed to support English language development lessons. Scholars look, write, speak, and move to explore topics such as camping, woodland animals, instruments, bodies of water, things found at a...
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Reader Rabbit 1
Second graders participate in a reading lesson in order to improve phonics skills. They generate the short vowel sound in CVC pattern words. Students blend beginning consonant, short vowel sound and final consonant into words.
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Tracking Rubric
In this assessment worksheet, students read a tracking rubric. The rubric includes the following skills: code knowledge, blending for reading, segmenting for spelling, reading irregular words, and spelling irregular words.
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Animated Alphabet
Students explore English by completing an interactive language history activity. In this word recognition lesson, students discuss word formations and the phonetic relationship between letters. Students identify the origin of individual...
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Learn-to-Read Pumpkin Patch
Students practice identifying and pronouncing the short letter "u" sound. In this phonetic awareness lesson, students access the Starfall.com website and follow the directions on the screen to reinforce the short "u" sound. Students can...
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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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Rhyming Objects
Students explore language arts by reading Dr. Seuss stories in class. In this word play lesson, students identify the rhymes in both Dr. Seuss and Nursery Rhyme stories. Students utilize flash cards with rhymes written on them to play a...
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Peg and Hen
Students navigate a website to practice the short e sound. In this short e sound lesson, students read a story on Starfall and complete practice with the short e sound.
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The Big Hit
Learners are introduced to the phonetic sound associated with the short letter "i" and listen to a story which includes words with this sound. For this the big hit starfall lesson, students build sound letter accuracy. Learners also...
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Alphabet Game
Students recognize and orally name all of the letters of the alphabet when shown each letter individually. They pronounce words correctly when orally. Students decode words to orally speak the correct pronunciation. Students discuss...
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Spill the Beans
Students play an alphabet game with beans that asks them create simple short vowel words. They spill several marked beans onto a paper and separate those that have fallen face-up. They arrange the beans into words and read them aloud.
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Number Recognition Games
Students explore number sense by participating in a math recognition activity. In this number identification instructional activity, students practice pronouncing names of numbers and matching the number with an amount of objects....
Alabama Learning Exchange
Word a Day
Young scholars create a word bank of sight words. Each student creates his/her own personal word bank, and creates pictures to illustrate the word.
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Picture Hunt: R Control O
Students use the r controlled o sound to sound out words and identify items and people in a picture. In this r controlled o lesson plan, students use the internet to complete their activity.
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Color Picture/Word Match
Students match colors to the color words that they represent and complete a matching puzzle to go with it. In this colors lesson plan, students put the puzzle together to match up the colors.
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Where's My Name?
Students identify their name in print by picking it out of the group and attaching it to a picture of themselves. In this name lesson plan, students use print letters to focus on and identify their own name.
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Word Recognition
Students recognize and spell color and shape words. In this color and shape words lesson plan, students reinforce their vocabulary and spelling skills.
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"-at" Turkeys
Students practice spelling by creating a model turkey. In this vocabulary instructional activity, students utilize fake feathers and foam letters to spell words on a fake turkey body, Students read the book Ten Fat Turkeys, and...
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Word Families: A Kindergarten Experience
Students study rhyming words. In this language arts lesson, students participate in several activities in which they practice rhyming words. Students match onsets and rhymes and practice spelling words.