Phonics doesn't just have to be a daily routine for class members. Spruce up their phonemic awareness with an exciting game of Bingo! Young grammarians select cards, locate their matching homophones, spell the pairs, and identify how...

Learners will create a list of short vowel sound words and participate in computer phonics activities to practice. They will read an interactive storybook online. Next, they will complete words in order to better understand short vowel...

It's always nice to have a great idea and all the tools to make it happen. The class can use these nursery rhyme and alphabet cards to teach each other letter recognition and letter sound correspondence. There is a full set of alphabet...

Pay special attention to onsets and rimes and initial consonants with this packet of activities designed to provide additional support to youngsters just learning to read and write.

Teach your English language learners how to talk about their families with three weeks of lessons. Over the course of the thematic unit, learners pick up new vocabulary so that they can talk about families and relationships, clothing,...

Your kindergarten or first grade class works on recognizing the /a/ sound in spoken words. Use the fun tongue twister to help remember the target sound, and practice writing the letter a. Then have them write words that use this target...

Your young charges practice identifying the /i/ sound in this lesson. The class looks at words on cards and identifies which word has the target sound. They continue their practice using Elkonin letterboxes to spell words with the /i/...

What words rhyme? Help young learners deepen their understanding of rhyming words with this interactive plan. First they identify some words that rhyme, then they participate in a picture walk. Use books with rhyme, like Come Rhyme...

Youngsters retell the story of The Three Billy Goats Gruff. They write a sentence for speech bubbles for a character in the story, identify the phrases that can be used for retelling a story, and in small groups write a sentence for the...

Second graders read the story PUSS IN BOOTS identifying main characters, setting, and significant events. They then read the story JAMIL AND THE CLEVER CAT and compare it with the story PUSS IN BOOTS compiling a list of characters,...

Second graders observe the teacher model writing a letter to the author of the book, COPS AND ROBBERS. They then compare the story structure of the book to those of FUNNYBONES and identify the setting, characters and theme.

Students practice writing and working with the letter T from the alphabet in order to recognize the letter in words that have it in them. They assess the book, "The Berenstain Bears Visit the Dentist," view picture cards and then...

First graders distinguish between the different ways to create the sound for long vowel e. They are introduced to the vowel patterns that comprise long vowel sounds. They practice reading and spelling a variety of words containing the...

Young scholars practice discerning between the letters D and B. Through hands on activities, they recognize the difference between the commonly confused letters B and D. Students practice writing both letters and correcting common...

Students examine word blends. In this word blends lesson, students investigate common word blends. Working in pairs, students analyze words containing blends and generate a word list.

Students study words. In this phonemic awareness lesson plan, students play a game in which they identify if two words have the same initial sound. They play the game in pairs using a stack of word cards prepared by the teacher. This...

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

In this consonant blends activity, learners examine 10 words and identify those that begin with the blend wh. Students find the identified words in a word search and then answer a bonus question.

In this consonant digraphs activity, students examine 10 words and identify those that end with the digraph ck. Students find the identified words in a picture and color them.

Students complete a variety of activities related to the difference between the /b/ and /d/ sounds. They examine picture cards and identify which pictures start with B or D, and recite two tongue twisters. Students write the letters B...

Learners distinguish between the sounds for short vowel a and long vowel a. They are introduced to the vowel patterns that comprise long vowel sounds, with a particular emphasis on vowel-consonant-e pattern. They practice reading and...

Students complete a variety of activities related to the /m/ sound. As a class, they recite a tongue twister, and play the "I Spy" game for the letter M. Students then listen to the book "Mama, Do You Love Me?" and identify words in...

Learners explore vowel digraphs. They discuss the vowel digraph ou=/ow/. Students identify ou=/ow/ in spoken and written words. They read words with the ou digraph and practice spelling words that contain the ou=/ow/ digraph.

Students differentiate between the letters D and B. They trace and write the letters D and B, then spell different words containing D and B using letter manipulatives. Students then listen to the Dr. Seuss "ABC Book" and identify the...