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Animated Alphabet
Students explore English by completing an interactive language history activity. In this word recognition lesson plan, students discuss word formations and the phonetic relationship between letters. Students identify the origin of...
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Vocabulary through Text
Explore word meanings. Sixth graders identify examples of words with affixes while listening to the story Paul Bunyan by Steven Kellogg. They participate in the game "Pass the Parts" and practice separating given words into their root...
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Sounds of Y
In this sounds of y practice instructional activity, students discover that y can be a consonant or a vowel as they respond to 6 questions.
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Final Sounds: Y
In this word and letter recognition activity, students examine 6 words that are missing letters. Students fill in only the blanks with the letter y that should end with the letter y. Picture clues are included. Students also practice...
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Final Sounds: ch
In this word and letter recognition worksheet, students examine 6 words that are missing letters. Students fill in only the blanks with the letters ch that should end with the letters ch. Picture clues are included. Students also...
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Final Sounds: ck
In this word and letter recognition worksheet, students examine 6 words that are missing letters. Students fill in only the blanks with the letters ck that should end with the letters ck. Picture clues are included. Students also...
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Letter Sounds
In this letter sounds worksheet, 1st graders focus on initial, middle, and ending consonant sounds. Students complete 7 multiple choice questions, selecting the sounds for each placement in the word and writing the completed word on the...
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Initial Or Ending Consonants in Words
In this phonics worksheet, students say the name of 12 pictures, listening to hear if the indicated letter comes at the beginning or ending of the word. Students color the first or second box to indicate whether the letter comes first or...
Pyro Innovations
Phonemic Awareness
What was the sound that letter made? The letter S is the phoneme of today's lesson and it is ready to make an appearance. Little ones discuss the sound S makes, then they hold up S cards every time they hear words containing the...
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Phonics Endings --ar: Worksheet #2
Six colorful pictures all contain words that end in -ar. One space is left in front for learners to fill in the correct consonant or two. Turn this into a quiz or game to challenge your young writers!
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Word Scramble
Have your class play a motivating word game to practice reading skills. Learners take a look at a group of letters and use them to form words. The words all end in the -ay sound. A teacher could use this resource to practice reading,...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Look at Us!: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 1)
Support struggling learners and focus on the alphabet with the three weeks of activities and materials provided here. Each day, learners review some letters and practice others in depth. They work on rhyming, practice new words, and...
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Sounds of Yy
In this sounds of y practice worksheet, students discover that y can be a consonant or a vowel as they respond to 15 questions.
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Where is the Sound of - m ?
In this word and letter recognition worksheet, students examine 7 pictures and words. Students identify whether they hear the m sound at the beginning or end of each of the words.
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Where is the Sound of - l ?
In this word and letter recognition worksheet, students examine 7 pictures and words. Students identify whether they hear the l sound at the beginning or end of each of the words.
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Where is the Sound of - d ?
In this word and letter recognition worksheet, students examine 7 pictures and words. Students identify whether they hear the d sound at the beginning or end of each of the words.
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Where is the Sound of - b ?
In this word and letter recognition learning exercise, students examine 7 pictures and words. Students identify whether they hear the b sound at the beginning or end of each of the words.
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Igh and Y Words
In this vocabulary activity worksheet, students examine 12 sentences and fill in the blanks in each sentence with a word ending in igh or y. A word bank with suggestions is provided.
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Introduce /ay/
Students practice identifying the "ay" sound. In this sound fluency lesson, students view the two letters "ay" on the board and practice repeating the sound. Students identify 12 other letter combination sounds that are written on the...
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Introduce Reading Connected Text
Get your scholars ready to read their first story...with a little assistance, of course. Projecting the short story (included) for all readers to see, point to each word so they can sound it out together. The strategy here is not to have...
Ken Baker
Phonemic Alliteration Lesson Plan
Old MacDonald had a ... dragon? A shared reading of this funny take on the classic children's song engages beginning readers as they learn about phonemes and alliteration.
Florida Center for Reading Research
Phonological Awareness: Phoneme Manipulating, Phoneme Swap
Reading readiness can be a fun skill to foster. Scholars manipulate phonemes to change one word into another. They pick picture cards, say the object's name on the card, then change the final phoneme to create a new word. They then find...
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Vowels and Consonants
Now that your scholars know the alphabet, make sure they understand that not all letters are the same! Explore the difference between vowels and consonants...not to mention that pesky y. Learners say the alphabet out loud and...
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Chicken Soup With Rice
Complete a variety of activities related to the Maurice Sendak's book Chicken Soup With Rice. Readers identify the months of the year, identify words starting with the letter J, explore online illustrations created by Maurice Sendak, and...