Students practice reading with fluency in this lesson. They listen to the teacher reading quickly, smoothly, and fluently. They then read with a partner. They use a stopwatch to time each other's reading, and chart the results of...

Students read orally to increase their reading speed and fluency in this lesson. They listen to the teacher model expressive and fluent reading. They then practice reading orally with a partner. The partner times their reading with...

Students complete a variety of activities related to the short /a/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then trace and write the letter A. Students then listen to word pairs and identify the word containing the short /a/...

Learners recognize the short vowel "E" in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /e/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and fill in the...

Students complete a variety of activities as they explore/review the letter 'o' as it makes the short /o/ sound. They recite short /o/ tongue twisters and practice writing the letter 'o'. They rewrite 'Skip to My Lou" using short /o/...

Pupils explore the short /e/ sound. They practice making the sound, noticing how their mouths move to make the sound. They use letterboxes to spell and write 'e' words. They listen for the /e/ sound in a story and then write their own...

Pupils identify /b/ in spoken words and recognize the letter symbol b in written words. They say a tongue twister which contains words with /b/. They then listen the the book "The Butter Battle Book" by Dr. Suess and identify the words...

Students recognize the short /o/ sound in spoken words in this lesson. They say a tongue twister with words emphasizing the short /o/ sound. They then listen the the book "Hop on Pop" by Dr. Suess, and identify the words they hear...

Students recognize /u/ in spoken words by observing a meaningful representation and a letter symbol. They then practice finding /u/ in words. They listen to the story "Fuzz and the Buzz" and identify the words they hear with the /u/.

Students identify and recognize the short vowel /i/ in spoken and written words. They identify the short /i/ sound and its letter symbol. They say a tongue twister emphasizing the short /i/ sound, and identify the words with /i/ in the...

Student increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After reviewing chunking, decoding, and rereading, students complete an initial read of a novel text. Working with a partner, they read complete a timed...

Students complete a variety of activities related to the short /a/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then trace and write the letter A. Students then listen to word pairs and identify which word in each word pair contains...

Students recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify the...

Learners explore the advantages of being able to read silently. They then review a "stuck on a word" strategy using context clues to determine meanings of unknown words. They then practice reading silently and the teacher assesses for...

Students practice identifying and writing the letter "a." They say a tongue twister and identify the words with short letter "a" sounds. They then listen to the teacher read "A Cat Nap" and identify the words that have the "a" sound. ...

Students explore the short /o/ sound using tongue twisters. They identify the /o/ sound in spoken language and recognize the /o/ in written words. Students practice writing the letter o. They spell words with the /o/ sound and they read...

Students practice spelling, sounding out, and identifying the "sh" digraph. Students listen as the teacher reads a tongue twister emphasizing words with the "sh" sound. Students listen to the story "Is Joe Home?" and identify the words...

Students build their sight vocabulary. They study the short vowel correspondence e. They practice pronouncing the /e/ phoneme when shown the grapheme e in written words. They read e = /e/ and write words that contain the e...

Students explore the short /e/ sound, and identify the short /e/ in writing. Students read fun sentences from the board which emphasize the short /e/. They stretch out the /e/ sound every time they come to it while reading. They then...

Students explore the letter B, the /b/ sound, and identify the letter B in words. Students read a tongue twister emphasizing the /b/ sound. They then practice writing the letter /b/ while saying the sound. Finally, they complete an...

First graders recognize the short vowel u in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the short vowel /u/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation...

First graders identify the digraphs in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion on the combinations of letters that comprise digraphs, 1st graders practice identifying initial and final placement of the digraph /ch/ in words...

Students complete a variety of activities related to the short /a/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, and trace and write the letter A. Students then view a stack of picture cards and identify the words containing the short...

Students complete a variety of activities related to the short /i/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, and trace and write the letter I. Students then view flash cards and identify the pictures containing the short /i/...