Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk, University of Texas at Austin
Lesson 12 - Ed Suffix with Unchanging Base Words
Understanding different verb tenses begins with knowing how to decode words. A lesson on the -ed suffix with unchanging base words introduces readers to the past tense. Teachers present the skill with oral reading and spelling...
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School-Home Links: Compound Words
What is a compound word? Have young learners review compound words, identify the two independent words in a compound word, and look for examples through reading and listening. Send this home for independent practice, and make sure to...
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School-Home Links: Compound Words #2
Provide elementary learners additional practice with compound words. First they identify the two independent words used to create a compound word, and then they search for examples in their daily life. Where can you read or hear compound...
National Institute for Literacy
Making Sense of Decoding and Spelling
Go over digraphs, vowel sounds, and affixes with a series of decoding and spelling lessons. Each lesson guides learners through a different reading and phonics skill, building on the lesson before, and challenging them with each step.
Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk, University of Texas at Austin
Lesson 16 - Adding Vowel Suffixes to CVC and Silent E Base Words
There's a big difference between hoping and hopping. A instructional activity on adding vowel suffixes discusses when to double a consonant before adding a suffix such as -ed or -ing. Readers practice breaking down words into syllables...
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Guided Reading with Elizabeti's Doll
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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School-Home Links: Reading Words
In this early childhood reading words worksheet, students sound out 5 letter combinations and then read the words with the consonant cluster. Students identify 5 words that begin with th.
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School-Home Links
In this school home links CVC words instructional activity, students practice sounding out the words dog, pot, sat, cat, cap, hit, box, cup, and bed.
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...
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School-Home Links: Reading Common Words
In this reading words learning exercise, students practice reading the common words from the list from top to bottom and bottom to top. Students then make flash cards of the words and practice again. Parents or guardians must sign the...
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School-Home Links: Reading Common Words 2
In this reading words worksheet, students practice reading the common words from the list from top to bottom and bottom to top. Students then make flashcards of the words and practice again. Parents or guardians must sign the worksheet.
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Introduce -ed = /d/, -ed = /t/ Words
First graders explore word structure by participating in a phonics activity. In this word ending lesson, 1st graders discuss the -ed endings to many words and practice sounding out words with that ending. Students identify the changes in...
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School-Home Links
In this learning to read worksheet, students decode 12 words as they work with a caregiver to sound each letter of the word out until they have successfully pronounced the word.
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School-Home Links 2
In this learning to read worksheet, students decode 8 words as they work with a caregiver to sound each letter of the word out until they have successfully pronounced the word.
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School-Home Links
In this learning to read worksheet, students decode 5 words as they work with a caregiver to sound each letter of the word out until they have successfully pronounced the word.
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School-Home Links
In this learning to read worksheet, students decode 5 words as they work with a caregiver to sound each letter of the word out until they have successfully pronounced the word.
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School-Home Links:
In this early childhood reading words worksheet, learners sound out 5 letter combinations and then read the words with the consonant cluster. Students identify 5 words that begin with tr.
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School-Home Links
For this early childhood beginning sounds worksheet, students say the name for 15 pictures and, with the help of a caregiver, write the beginning sound of each word.
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School-Home Links: Reading Common Words 4
In this reading words worksheet, students practice reading the word list of common words from top to bottom and bottom to top. Students then create flashcards to practice reading the words again. Parents or guardians must sign the...
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School-Home Links: Reading Common Words
In this reading words activity, students practice reading the word list of common words from top to bottom and bottom to top. Students then create flashcards to practice reading the words again. Parents or guardians must sign the activity.
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School-Home Links: Read Words Quickly
In this reading words worksheet, learners learn to read some words quickly without sounding them out. Students read the words on each strip to their child and ask them to practice reading the words aloud.
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School-Home Links
In this reading words fluently worksheet, 1st graders look over 6 groups of letters, say the sounds quickly and then say each word. Students write their favorite word on the line provided.
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School - Home Links: Colors
In this words and colors worksheet, students have their parents read 6 color phrases to them, point out each word with their fingers and then color each picture the color stated in the phrases read to them.
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Kama's Lei
Learners read a book entitled "Kama's Lei" and "El Lei De Kama." They discuss the meaning of the word "lei" and predict what may happen int he story. Students explore strategies for decoding unfamiliar words. They explore the sequence of...