Young scholars recognize that some letters stick together.  In this /ch/ lesson, students make the ch sound and identify words with that sound.  Young scholars take teacher cues but only pronounce the /ch/sound

In this th word worksheet, students write the part of speech and voiced or unvoiced choice for words containing th. Students do this for 18 words.

Students read through the text, and discuss the main points. They discuss the commonality of the digraph/th/. Students highligt any text with 'th'word where they see it. They identify the words. Students discuss the different sounds on...

In this name the picture worksheet, 2nd graders look at a small outline picture before choosing the three letter word that names it. They complete 16 examples by circling the correct word.

Students study the /sh/ digraph in order to determine that when the letters are together in a word they make one sound. They use letter boxes, letter manipulatives with the sh taped together, and poem, "My Shaggy Dog." Using the...

In this word blends worksheet, 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.

This sound fluency PowerPoint enables students to read the beginning sounds of "CVC" words. In this PowerPoint, students say the beginning sound of the word. There are illustrations on each slide to match the word that is given.

In this entry numeracy phonics worksheet, students on five separate pages first list the five vowels in the blanks provided and then list the vowel missing in five short words that follow on each page.

In this literacy instructional activity, students look at pictures, circle their long /a/ name from a word bank, and write it.

In this double "L's" word search puzzle, students identify words that contain double "L's." Examples include small, smell and gill. A list of 50 words are provided to assist students in their search.

In this phonics activity, students will copy 5 short vowel words that end with "M". Then students will draw a picture of a plum and some jam.

In this phonics instructional activity, students will 6 short vowel words that end with "N". Then students will draw a picture of a pen and a man.

In this phonics activity, students will copy 6 words that end with double "L". Then students will draw a picture of a ball and a doll.

In this phonics worksheet, students will copy 6 short vowel words that end with "S". Then students will draw a picture of a bus and a dress.

In this phonics word search worksheet, students locate and mark the 12 words in the word bank that begin with "pl."

Students practice spelling words with double letters. In this spelling lesson, students read a rhyme chorally and identify the words with double letters. Students complete a instant activity worksheet to practice spelling their words...

In this "bl" blend words worksheet, students complete the crossword puzzle by using the "bl" words from the word bank of twelve "bl" words.

A great spelling PowerPoint displays the weeks spelling words as well as common spelling patterns. Students can review and see examples of words that contain obvious spelling patterns.

First graders practice double letter words. In this word study lesson, 1st graders are introduced to double letter words and pronounce them slowly. There is a helpful video with this lesson that explains and demonstrates on how to...

First graders are consonants or vowels. If a vowel is called out the vowels try to run to the base line and the consonants chase them and try to tag them. If a consonant is called out, the consonants run to their base line chased by the...

Students identify voiced and unvoiced sounds. They practice using short and long vowel sounds. They identify consonants only after paying attention to the length of vowels. They use rubber bands to help them determine the difference...

First graders give examples of consonants and vowels. They review the sound the /u/ phoneme makes and then play a word creation game placing letters together to make the /kuuuu/ sound which bumps into /p/ forming the word "cup" as a class.

Students say words by blending sounds and phonemes. They decode words in order to read and identify and understand the letter a. This phoneme /a/ is one of the short vowels that are needed to read and write. They will show example of...

Students use letter/sound relationships of initial consonants to complete sentences that follow a given repeating pattern. These sentences be based on coin terms found on the U.S. Mint H.I.P. Pocket Change™ Web site.