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Animated Alphabet

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
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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Vocabulary Building Activity

For Students 3rd - 5th
The four worksheets here are provided to introduce your learners to new vocabulary on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Each list contains seven vocabulary words focused on a specfic vowel pair. First the learner hears the word,...
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Make a Word: Long U by Starfall

For Teachers Pre-K - K
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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Letter Aa Practice

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this printing and vowel practice worksheet, learners trace the lowercase and uppercase letter Aa. Students then study the images and write the words with 'a' as the middle vowel. Learners then write 'a' into the missing blank to...
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Phonics and Decoding Strategies for Struggling Readers Using Core Knowledge Poem

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students complete multiple activities to help them hear sounds, syllables, and spell words with vowel patterns, digraphs, or blends. In this word sounds lesson, students use letter tiles, sort words cards, analyze poems, and play a bingo...
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Letter Recognition Flash Games for Kids

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students explore the alphabet by completing an on-line letter identification activity. In this phonetics instructional activity, students utilize the website www.literarycenter.net and listen to word sounds as they identify the spelling...
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Learn-to-Read Pumpkin Patch

For Teachers K - 1st
Students practice identifying and pronouncing the short letter "u" sound. In this phonetic awareness lesson plan, students access the Starfall.com website and follow the directions on the screen to reinforce the short "u" sound. Students...
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Who Knows the Letter?

For Teachers K
Help learners identify initial consonant sounds and letters that represent that sound. They indicate awareness of consonant sounds and letters by responding with a physical movement. They also sing using "Sing Your Way Through Phonics"...
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Number Recognition Games

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Learners explore number sense by participating in a math recognition activity. In this number identification lesson, students practice pronouncing names of numbers and matching the number with an amount of objects. Learners practice...