Pupils identify the digraph /sh/ in written and spoken language. Students practice the production of the /sh/ sound through storiesand tongue twisters. They identify the initial and final placement of the new digraph /sh/ using a picture...

Students identify the digraph /ch/ in written and spoken language. Students practice identifying the initial and final placement of the digraph /ch/ in words by identifying pictures containing the sound. They read a decodable story...

Students identify the digraph /sh/ in written and spoken language. After a discussion of the independent and combined sounds of the phonemes /s/ and /h/ students practice identifying initial and final placement of the new digraph /sh/ in...

First graders identify the digraph /ch/ in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion of the independent and combined sounds of the phonemes /c/ and /h/ students practice identifying initial and final placement of the new...

First graders identify the digraph /sh/ in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion of the independent and combined sounds of the phonemes /s/ and /h/ students practice identifying initial and final placement of the new...

Students identify the letter and phoneme /n/ in written and spoken language. Students practice the production of the /n/ sound through stories and rhymes. They identify the initial placement of the letter and sound using a picture...

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

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...

In this beginning and ending sounds for grade 2 learning exercise, 2nd graders look at the picture and fill in the beginning and ending letters, not interactively, for 6 pictures;  pictures can be changed and answers are available...

In this word sounds worksheet, students fill in the blank with the word that best completes each sentence. The objective is to enhance students' understanding of word sounds.

What was the sound that letter made? The letter S is the phoneme of today's lesson plan and it is ready to make an appearance. Little ones discuss the sound S makes, then they hold up S cards every time they hear words containing...

Learners are introduced to the different sounds that could be used at the beginning of words. After being shown words, they choose the one that has the same sound as the word their teacher said. Individually, they sort out picture...

Learners play an alphabet game with beans that asks them create simple short vowel words. They spill several marked beans onto a paper and separate those that have fallen face-up. They arrange the beans into words and read them aloud.

For this name the picture worksheet, 2nd graders look at a small outline picture before choosing the three letter word that names it. They complete 16 examples by circling the correct word.

Students discover shapes on a playground. In this guided reading lesson plan, students discover new vocabulary words related to shapes as they read Shapes Where We Play. In small groups, students use picture clues and one to one matching...

Young scholars use letter/sound relationships of initial consonants to complete sentences that follow a given repeating pattern. These sentences be based on coin terms found on the U.S. Mint H.I.P. Pocket Change™ Web site.

Students explore alphabetic principle and phonemic awareness by making alphabet books. They identify initial consonant sounds and choose pictures of objects that begin with given letters of the alphabet. Students identify phonemes...

In this phonics worksheet, students say the name of 12 pictures, listening to hear if the indicated letter comes at the beginning or ending of the word. Students color the first or second box to indicate whether the letter comes first or...

First graders engage in a study of phonics that focuses on the beginning sounds with an emphasis upon varying types of genres that includes songs, speech, and poetry. They recognize the beginning sounds of words and make physical...

In this rhyming words instructional activity, students locate 12 rhyming words that begin with -ch that are hidden in a word search puzzle. They locate words such as chalk, choose, cheer, and chart.

Who says your budding readers are too young for crossword puzzles? Scholars use visual clues instead of written ones to complete single-syllable words. They fill in the initial letter for each of six words, and a second letter for one of...

Kindergarteners practice prewriting skills in a 10-day unit.  Young scholars blend sounds and syllables, build shapes with playdough, write shapes on paper, and trace their names.

In this phonics worksheet, students write in the correct initial cluster for each picture. Students make up a sentence containing 'st' words and one for 'sw' words.

In this word wheel worksheet, students cut out the two parts of a word wheel and the window on the top wheel. They place the wheel with the "ay" ending sound on top of the wheel that shows beginning consonants before spinning it to make...