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Got the Giggles

For Teachers K - 1st
Students identify the grapheme and phoneme for G. They practice writing the letter G and through listening activities, discriminate the phoneme /g/. They associate the phoneme /g/ with its letter representation and identify it in various...
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Sh Sh Sh: The Baby is Sleeping

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners work with the /sh/ digraph. They read and spell words that contain the phoneme /sh/. Students read Sh!Sh! Stop that Noise. They identify the words containing the phoneme /sh/ while reading the story. Learners practice spelling...
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Picture Hunt: R Control O

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students use the r controlled o sound to sound out words and identify items and people in a picture. For this r controlled o lesson plan, students use the internet to complete their activity.
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Where's My Name?

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Learners identify their name in print by picking it out of the group and attaching it to a picture of themselves. In this name lesson plan, students use print letters to focus on and identify their own name.
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The Rain in Spain Stays Mainly in the Plains

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students review the concept of vowel digraphs. They identify the digraph /ai/ in spoken language. After a brief discussion, students apply the rule for reading and spelling words containing the /ai/ digraph by creating a word chart.
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Long Vowels With Clifford

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners recognize long vowel sounds by reading and listening to a story that highlights words with long vowel sounds. They then construct an original story. They use picture clues to aid comprehension, and match words with similar vowel...
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Animal Alphabet Book

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars identify each letter of the alphabet. They listen as the teacher reads an animal alphabet picture book. Students listen to the alphabet song. They create their own movements for the alphabet song. Young scholars are...
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Bubbling Good Speech

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners increase their production of the target phoneme /b/. Production increase in isolation, syllables and the initial position of words. They utilize video, and worksheets and websites which are imbedded in this plan to gain practice.
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P is for P-P-Pumpkin

For Teachers K - 1st
Students examine the letter 'p'. Through instruction and modeling they explore the sound the letter makes, how to make the sound with their mouths, how the letter is written, etc. They say tongue twisters with the /p/ sound in them. They...
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The Causes of Pollution

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Learners identify types of pollution. In this environmental lesson plan, students view a video and discuss the types of pollution. Learners create a poster to suggest ways to prevent pollution.
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Chrysanthemum Sound Boards

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students listen and match sounds such as rhyming, beginning, ending and vowel sounds to build phonemic awareness.
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Ch, Ch, Ch, Charlie

For Teachers K - 3rd
Young scholars explore the /ch/ phoneme and how it just a combination of the /c/ and /h/ sounds. They recite /ch/ tongue twisters and write 'ch' words using letterboxes. They identify /ch/ words while reading the story, 'Chica Chica Boom...
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"OU" O U Hurt Me!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars explore the digraph ou=/ow/ in written and spoken words. They practice writing words with the ou=/ow/ digraph. Students match phonemes in words they hear. Young scholars read The Napping House and identify words with the...
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Common Sounds in Words

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this identifying one common sound in pairs of words, students write the letter in the box and fill in the three boxes with the corresponding graphemes for each phoneme. Students write 6 answers.
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Initial Consonant Cluster

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this grammar worksheet, students read and identify squ- words and then, recognize that sq (and q) are always followed by u. They also read a story and highlight all the words that begin with squ. Finally, students complete a crossword...
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ESOL: Pronouncing Multi-Syllable Words

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders in an ESOL class discover where to place the stress in multi-syllable words. Through drill and practice sessions they identify a variety of stress patterns for words containing multi-syllables. In pairs, 12th graders...
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Ow! That Hurts!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars identify the diagraph of ow coming together to make one sound. They read words containing this diagraph and spell words too. In the story, The Napping House, each pair of students finds -ow words. As an assessment,...
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Where is the Sound of - j ?

For Students K - 1st
In this word and letter recognition worksheet, students examine 7 pictures and words. Students identify whether they hear the "j" sound as "juh" or "ge" sounds as they identify and print those words with the "juh" sound.
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A Seed for All Needs

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students identify uses for plants. In this agricultural activity, students read the book Spring Gardening and distinguish between food plants and flowers. Students plant flower in cups as a follow-up activity.
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Sight Word Matching

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore English by participating in a match game. In this sight word vocabulary lesson, students read the book The Cat's Surprise and identify the sight words which they are unfamiliar with and need to review. Students identify...
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Where is the Sound of - k ?

For Students K - 1st
In this word and letter recognition instructional activity, students examine 7 pictures and words. Students identify whether they hear the k sound at the beginning or end of each of the words.
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Where is the Sound of - h ?

For Students K - 1st
In this word and letter recognition worksheet, students examine 7 pictures and words. Students identify whether they hear the h sound or g sound at the beginning of each of the words.
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Where is the Sound of - c ?

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this word and letter recognition worksheet, students examine 7 pictures and words. Students identify whether they hear the c sounds described in the instructions as they print their answers on the lines provided.
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Trucks and Community Workers

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify community helpers and their roles. In this transportation lesson, 1st graders complete a series of lessons integrating technology and literacy. Students decode sounds of short u, c/s/ and g/j/ words and improve...