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Short Vowel "I"

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this short vowels activity, students identify the picture in each example and bracket the short 'i' sound for the 5 examples.
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Spelling Practice: ow and ou Words

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders complete activities for ou and ow words. In this ou/ow words lesson, 5th graders practice ou and ow words by completing the 'instant activity.' Students complete a crossword puzzle activity for ou and ow words.
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Reintroduce "ee"

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore phonics by participating in a word sound activity. In this repeating vowels lesson, students identify the sound that is made from the letters "ee" and words in which the consecutive vowels appear.
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a e i o u Practice

For Students K - 1st
In this identifying vowel sounds in words worksheet, learners name the pictures and finish the words by filling in the blanks with vowels, Students complete eighteen words.
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Consonant/Vowel Patterns

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify consonants and vowels in various words from stories they have read. They examine the consonant/vowel word pattern.
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The Icky Sticky Frog

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners practice the strategy of phoneme awareness in order to identify phonemes with vocal gestures in spoken words. They blend letters and sounds together utilizing the phoneme /i/ by symbol and letter representation and listen as the...
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VCe Rule Accuracy

For Teachers K - 1st
Explore word structure by participating in a vowels and consonants activity with young readers. They will read words their teacher points out in class and pronounce them correctly. Then they identify the words they say which have a...
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Ehhh...What'd you say?

For Teachers K - 1st
Practice pronouncing and spelling words with the /e/ sound with spellers. They blend phonemes with spelling maps to master important representation and letter symbol of the short vowel /e/. They also make sock puppets and study the...
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VCe Rule Fluency

For Teachers K - 1st
Explore English by identifying word structures. Learners find many words that end with a vowel, consonant, and then an e. The class will participate in a word flash card game in which they correctly pronounce vowel-consonant words.
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Izzy the Insect

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel i in written and spoken language. Through listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /i/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify them...
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Open Up and Say /o/

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore letters and phonemes. They discuss the phoneme /o/. Students recognize /o/ in both spoken and written words. They discuss the shape their mouths make when saying /o/. Students learn a tongue twister to help them identify...
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Phonics: Encoding and Decoding, Letter Cube Blending

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Emergent readers use a letter cube to identify, blend, and make words. They roll each of the three-letter cubes, mark down the letters they rolled, then blend the letter sounds together to make a word. They record each word on a...
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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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Segmenting and Blending Words

For Teachers K
Students are introduced to the concept of segmentation and blending of words. As a class, they are shown various words and are asked to determine the amount of letters and sounds in each. To end the lesson, they participate in a...
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Segmenting and Blending Words

For Teachers K
Students listen to words, then segment them into sounds, and hear sounds and blend them into words.
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Say it. Trace and Write in the O. Read it.

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this phonics worksheet, students identify nine pictures of items or activities that contain the short sound of o in them. Students trace the consonants in each word and write in the letter o.
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Book Of Vowels - Long and Short Vowel Sounds

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students study letters. In this vowel sounds lesson, students distinguish between long and short vowels. They work independently to make a book of the two types of vowels.
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Phonics Test #15 - Review (A Birthday Mystery)

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this identifying same vowel sounds worksheet, students read an underlined word and three additional words in a line and determine which of the three words has the same vowel sound as the underlined word.  Students write 10 answers.
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Starfall

Robot and Mr. Mole

For Students K - 2nd
In this language arts learning exercise, students investigate the long /o/ sound by identifying pictures and writing its name.
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Alphabetizing Animals- Part Two

For Teachers K - 1st
Students identify animal names and put them into alphabetical order. In this word study instructional activity, students recite the names of animals and alphabetize the names. Students complete a worksheet as a follow-up activity.
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Rhyming Objects

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students explore language arts by reading Dr. Seuss stories in class. In this word play lesson, students identify the rhymes in both Dr. Seuss and Nursery Rhyme stories. Students utilize flash cards with rhymes written on them to play a...
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Bee a Good Reader

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Being able to distinguish between the sounds for short vowel e and long vowel e is an important skill. Young readers are introduced to the /ee/ vowel pattern that makes the long vowel sound. They practice reading and identifying a...
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The Big Hit

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Pupils are introduced to the phonetic sound associated with the short letter "i" and listen to a story which includes words with this sound. In this the big hit starfall instructional activity, students build sound letter accuracy....
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Here's an Instant Activity for March 3, 2008

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Here are some good spelling activities for 'ou' words. First and second graders complete an oral spelling activity with their teacher and then an Instant Activity worksheet. and spell 'ou' words.