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Rhyming Words
In this rhyming words instructional activity, students read four words in a row; three rhyme and one does not. Students underline the word in each of the 7 rows that does not rhyme.
Curated OER
Rhyming Words
In this rhyming words worksheet, students read a word and then select, from the next 4 words, which does not rhyme with the first word. There are 7 questions on this worksheet.
Curated OER
Web-Based Practice
Pupils explore technology by participating in a word structure activity. In this grammar lesson, students utilize the Writing Center computer software to practice keyboarding while identifying word formations in class. Pupils practice...
Curated OER
Picture Match
Young scholars match pictures with words that have specific phonics connotations. In this picture matching lesson plan, students have groups of words with the same phonics sayings.
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Writing With Environmental Print
Students develop literacy skills by exploring street signs, cereal boxes, and billboards. In this writing with environmental print instructional activity, students build word recognition in every day print. Students decode words and...
Curated OER
Color Recognition Game
Students study color words. In this math lesson, students complete a variety of activities on the computer in which they identify colors and color words.
Curated OER
Alphabet Activities
In this literacy worksheet, students complete a variety of activities involving the alphabet. They also practice putting words into alphabetical order.
Curated OER
Building Successful Parent-Teacher Rapport
Students discuss the importance of having a strong parent-teacher relationship. They brainstorm ways to build and strengthen the relationship with their child's teacher. Groups of students role play the different methods of...
St. Charles Place Education Foundation
Reading Bear: Blends (Ending, Part 1) Lesson
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate blends in them. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound out words, see words...
Kidsource OnLine
Kid Source: Beginning Reading and Phonological Awareness
Key to learning how to read is the ability to identify the different sounds that make words and to associate these sounds with written words. There are 44 phonemes in the English language, including letter combinations such as /th/,...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Ann's First Day
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart contains reading lessons on Ann's First Day by Constance Andrea Keremes. Phonics lessons on initial, medial, and final consonant sounds. Language lessons on statements and questions and...
Starfall
Starfall: Digraph (Th) Activity
Check out this interactive digraph activity for the "th" sound. Students will find this interactive activity engaging and educational.
St. Charles Place Education Foundation
Reading Bear: C and K Lesson
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate "c" or "k" in them. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound out words, see...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Consonant Digraphs
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is an interactive and colorful flipchart allowing students to practice making sounds and identifying if they are beginning or ending sounds. A wonderful activity is included.
ESL4kids
The Efl Playhouse: Phonemic Awareness for Young Language Learners
A group of ten simple activities easily incorporated into the course of a day to reinforce phonemic awareness.
Free Reading
Free Reading: Riddle Game: Oral Blending
A fun classroom game! The teacher says a riddle, gives the sounds that make up the answer, and the students guess the answer by blending the sounds together.
Free Reading
Free Reading: Slate Races: A Phoneme Blending Game
A classroom or small group game to build accuracy of students' abilities to blend phonemes. Students write the sounds that the teacher gives them on their own slate/dry erase board and then blend the sounds together to form words.
Free Reading
Free Reading: Guess What I'm Thinking?: Initial Sound Accuracy
A version of the "20 Questions" game. The instructor tells the class he is thinking of something that starts with, for example, /b/. The students have to come up with what the teacher is thinking of.
Free Reading
Free Reading: Draw My Sounds: Oral Blending Fluency Activity
A fun activity that has students draw each individual letter and then blend them together.
Organization for Community Networks
Ofcn: "The Blending Slide" Sounding Out Cvc Words
A kindergarten/first grade lesson plan for sounding out consonant vowel consonant words. Learners and teachers will benefit from this hands-on activity.
Rock ’N Learn
Rock 'N Learn: Name That Picture: Cvc Words
This printable vowels worksheet from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Students will view pictures and identify the words that contain the consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) spelling pattern. An...
Wisconsin Response to Intervention Center
Wisconsin Rt I Center: Blending [Pdf]
Classroom teachers will learn how to blend words as a classroom modeling strategy. Teachers will learn direct instructional techniques for blending; games and activities are also provided to reinforcement the concept of blending.
Rock ’N Learn
Rock 'N Learn: The Bell Has Rung: Ung
This printable consonant blends worksheet from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Students will add form -ung consonant blend words that will complete a paragraph. An answer key and lesson...
St. Charles Place Education Foundation
Reading Bear: Ge, Dge, Etc. Lesson
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate "ge", "dge", etc. Students will choose to sound out words, see words sounded out, see words with pictures with and without sounds, and see...