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Friends Together: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 4)

For Teachers K Standards
Enjoy this thematic friendship unit compiled with ESL lessons to develop strong language development while listening, speaking, looking, and moving. Class members participate in activities covering topics like making friends, asking for...
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Wendy Walrus

For Students K - 2nd
In this recognizing words with the beginning consonant W worksheet, learners draw an X on the fish that do NOT begin with the W sound and count the ones that do begin with W. Students mark 8 answers.
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Words That End with Letter G

For Students K - 1st
For this language arts and printing practice worksheet, students learn the ending consonant sound of letter G by printing 6 words on the primary writing lines. Students then draw a dog and a pig.
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Sound It Out!

For Teachers 2nd
Help your class improve their spelling skills. Learners take a test, are given a particular spelling rule to practice, and play a Bingo game. This employs various methods for practicing spelling skills.
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Guided Reading with Elizabeti's Doll

For Teachers K - 2nd
Practice reading strategies using Elizabeti's Doll by Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen. Readers utilize decoding and comprehension strategies before, during, and after reading the story. A detailed list of text features, high frequency words,...
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Bossy IR words

For Students 1st
In this ir words worksheet, 1st graders study the word bank containing 'ir' words. Students write the words in alphabetical order on the provided lines.
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Consonant Vowel Consonant Skill 1

For Students K - 1st
In this recognizing words spelled with the cvc pattern worksheet, students say picture words, choose the beginning, middle, and final letters, and write the picture words. Students spell and write twenty words.
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Introduce /ch/

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize that some letters stick together.  In this /ch/ lesson, students make the ch sound and identify words with that sound.  Students take teacher cues but only pronounce the /ch/sound
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Shhhhhhhh!!!!!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners recognize and practice putting certain letters together as they make unique sounds in one mouth movement. This lesson focuses on the digraph /sh/. They study and recite the tongue twister "Shelly's aunt, Sharon shears sheep" and...
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Chicka-Chicka-Boom-Boom

For Teachers K - 1st
Students review the "ch" digraph in this lesson plan. Students identify words that have the "ch" sound, and practice writing the digraph. Students then listen to the story "Chicka-Chicka-Boom-Boom" and identify the words in the book with...
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Helping Dyslexia

Picture Pairs Final Blends

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Engage your pupils in learning final blends with a game of memory! Provided here are 44 word and image pairs to print and cut out in order to put together the game. Each word includes a final blend.
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Initial Blend "Gr"

For Students K - 1st
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"

For Students K - 1st
In this consonant digraph activity, students read the labeled pictures that begin with the digraph "ch". Students bracket the "ch" in each word. Example: (ch)amp.
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Initial Blend "Fr"

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this initial blends worksheet, learners say the word for each picture and bracket the 'fr' initial blend sound for each word. Students complete 5 examples.
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Spiders Are Fun

For Teachers K
Students study facts about spiders using a number of literary forms, including stories, poems, and songs. They work with consonant sounds by matching pictures with the beginning consonant sounds. They design art projects that emphasize...
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Totally Tubular Blending

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students practice a wide variety of techniques and strategies to strengthen their blending skills to form words and read. They read "A Cat Nap" and interact with different colors of inner tubes with the letters "a, c, b, d, f, l, m, p,...
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Hard and Soft C

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this phonics activity, students read about the sounds made by the hard and soft c. They cut out 16 words at the bottom of the page and place them in the chart under the proper heading; either soft c or hard c.
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Add ch, sh, th, wh

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this word blends activity, students put ch, sh, th, and wh in the beginning of words. Students fill in the beginning of 10 words and put 6 words into sentences.
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'Cl' and 'Cr' Clusters

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this consonant blends worksheet, students study the pictures and listen for the initial cluster sounds. Kids write in the correct consonant blend for each picture. Students make up a sentence containing 'cl' words and one for 'cr' words.
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CVC Words - Initial Sounds

For Students K - 1st
In this phonics worksheet, students study each picture and then fill in the missing sound for each word. Students follow a consonant-vowel-consonant pattern.
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Initial Blend "Spr"

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this initial blends worksheet, students identify the word for each picture and bracket the 'spr' sound for each word. Students complete 5 examples.
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Digraph sh

For Students K - 2nd Standards
Shhhh! Listen up to learn about the sh digraph. With the materials provided here, kids will have the opportunity to hear, say, write, and read this particular digraph many times.
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Vowel Lessons: To Help Improve Spelling

For Teachers K - 12th
There are a few things every good speller knows: spelling rules, vowel sounds, and word endings. Help your learner with dyslexia become a more efficient speller with a few tips from a dyslexia expert. Included in the lesson is a video,...
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Letter Fans (Can Customize)

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Create a set of letter fans for your learners based on the letters or blended sounds that you're working on in your class. The printable allows you to customize the particular letters on the fan, making the activity applicable to any...