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Initial Consonant Clusters 3
In this ESL worksheet, students analyze word and picture cards.  The worksheet focuses on using consonant blends tr, pr, dr, and gr at the onset of words.  Students also practice reading words that contain "ee" and "ry."
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I Can See CVC Words
For this letter pattern worksheet, students read each sentence and use the picture to write the consonant-vowel-consonant word in the blanks.
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Racing Through Reading
Students increase their reading fluency through rereading selected text. They review the rule for a vowel-consonant-e spellings which are used during the fluency assessment.  Given a grade level appropriate text multiple times, they...
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Initial Consonant Clusters -1
In this literacy worksheet, learners find the words to complete the crossword puzzle. They are focusing on the concept of consonant clusters.
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Syllables: Double Consonants
In this double consonant worksheet, students divide words into syllables, using the double consonant rule. One example is completed for students.
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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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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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Made You Mad
Students explore the phoneme for the vowel-consonant-silent e grapheme.  They recognize the silent "e" at the end of words and practice speaking them.  Students say words, spell them, and say tongue twisters with the vowel differences. ...
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le Sound
The blend le is the focus of this primary-level presentation. It's nicely done; clear examples, and a lot of them! Pupils should gain a good understanding of this blend after viewing this PowerPoint.
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Closed Syllables
Second graders, given 5 elephant words, divide the words into syllables by underlining the talking vowels, swooping, and pulling down consonants to find cutting pattern, and to explain that a single vowel represents the short vowel sound.
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The Indefinite Article "a" or "an"--Cut and Paste
In this language arts worksheet, students learn when to use each article "a" or "an" by first reading the rules, then cutting out small boxes with the articles. Students paste the correct article in front of 12 words, then write 12 of...
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Guided Reading: Shapes Where We Play
Students discover shapes on a playground. For this guided reading lesson, students discover new vocabulary words related to shapes as they read Shapes Where We Play. In small groups, students use picture clues and one to one matching to...
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Trucks and Community Workers
First graders identify community helpers and their roles. In this transportation lesson, 1st graders complete a series of lessons integrating technology and literacy. Students decode sounds of short u, c/s/ and g/j/ words and improve...
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Comparative Adjectives
Reinforce comparative adjectives with a straightforward worksheet. Learners convert each adjective into a comparative adjective and write it on the provided line.
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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...
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Silent E
In this silent e worksheet, 1st graders spell words using long vowel sounds. Students study 8 pictures and complete each word next to the picture using the given clues of "c" for consonant or "v" for vowel to spell each word phonetically.
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Patterns in Poetry: Part 2 -- Sound
Students understand a variety of poems listening for sound letter correspondence, rhyme scheme, assonance, and alliteration. For this language arts lesson, students practice listening and reading skills to complete patterns in...
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Vowels, Reading Fluency
Third graders practice identifying words with the short o vowel sound. They use the strategy will reading a page from The Hare and the Tortoise. They read the passage while focusing on increasing their reading fluency and practice...
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Write CVS Words
In this writing a complete sentence worksheet, students observe pictures of cvc words and write complete sentences about the pictures using correct cvc pattern words and prepositions. Students write 4 sentences.
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Long ee or ea
Students practice spelling words with the long e sounds using ee or ea. In this ee or ea lesson plan, students complete words using the ee or ea pattern, identify rhyming words, and write a rhyming poem using ee words. Using word and...
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Consonants Blended with Vowel Digraphs and Endings
First graders explore words. In this blending syllables lesson plan, 1st graders practice voiced and unvoiced phonic sounds. They follow the teachers lead in practicing various sounds and then try to come up with cvvc 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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Poetry Notes
Break this presentation into two or three days so as not to overwhelm your kids. Fifty-four slides is a lot of slides, but the PowerShow is well-organized, and terms are defined clearly and illustrated in examples provided. A general...
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A Race to Place
Students 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 spelling words with the vowel-consonant-e pattern.