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Abracadabra /a/ /a/ /a/

For Teachers K - 1st
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...
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There's a Mouse in the House! Aaa!!!

For Teachers K - 1st
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...
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A Doctor's Visit

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel A in spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation in words and picture worksheets.
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"Aaaaaaa...a Fast Crab! "

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students participate in an emergent literacy lesson that focuses on the skill of phonemic awareness. The phoneme chosen is the letter "a". They need to correlate the sound to the letter.
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"Mmmm...Mmmm... Yummy"

For Teachers 1st
First graders observe the letter "m" when it is written on the board and make the sound they make when they eat something they like; "Mmmm...Mmmm... Yummy!". They then read a tongue twister stressing the /m/ sound in every word and...
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A Punch in the Gut

For Teachers K
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/.
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A Baby is Crying...Aaa!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore phonemes. They discuss the phoneme /a/ (short a). Students read and write words containing the phoneme /a/. They identify /a/ in written and spoken words. Students recognize the letter symbol for /a/ and find words with...
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Say /o/!!!

For Teachers K
Students watch as the /o/ sound is modeled and repeat. They emphasize the /o/ phoneme while repeating a tongue twister and after observing sets of pictures to see if they are able to recognize the one with the /o/ sound. They then...
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Giddyup Gilbert

For Teachers 1st
First graders think about telling a horse to go faster by saying "giddyup" every time they hear the /g/ sound. They say the /g/ sound together and try to hear the sound in the word frog and then practice saying a tongue twister making...
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Popcorn PPPPopping P

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students are introduced to the most popular phonemes to help them with their reading. As a class, they listen to popcorn popping and identify the sound being heard. They practice saying different tongue twisters and drawing the letters...
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A Cat Nap

For Teachers 1st
First graders 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 read...
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Fuzz Gets a Big Buzz

For Teachers 1st
First graders recognize the short vowel u in written and spoken language. Through listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /u/ from other phonemes. Students identify the phoneme and letter in a decodeable story they read...
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Aaaa! Don't Scare Me Like That!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students practice saying each letter of the alphabet to determine the different sounds from each letter. As a class, they are given a tongue twister to practice making the "a" sound and spelling the words. To end the instructional...
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Allie the Rat

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars identify the letter a and the short vowel sound it makes. They do a tongue twister with the sound in it and write what the letter a looks like on primary paper. Students have to listen to or read a story called Pat's Jam...
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Five Fantastic Frogs

For Teachers 1st
First graders observe the letter "f" and the sound it makes. They practice making the sound /f/ and look at pictures to tell if they begin with that sound. They pretend to be angry cats and make the /f/ sound and try a tongue twister for...
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Tim the Turtle Takes Two Turns Today

For Teachers 1st
First graders examine the way their mouths move when making the /t/ sound at the beginning and middle of a word. Next, they recite a tongue twister and write the letter. They listen to "A Cat Nap," discuss the story, and write a message...
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Quiet Time

For Teachers 1st
First graders practice making the /sh/ sound walking around the room, pretending to be in the library. They then try to say a tongue twister containing the phoneme and practice writing the letters s and h and identify the /sh/ sound in...
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Pop Your P's

For Teachers K - 1st
Students identify the letter and phoneme /p/ in written and spoken language. Students practice the production of the /p/ sound through songs and tongue twisters. They identify the initial placement of the letter and sound using a picture...
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Everyone is Reading

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners study /e/ in both written and spoken words using a tongue twister and letterbox activities. They recite a tongue twisters and make words using letterboxes. Next, they read "Red Gets Fed" and find words that contain the /e/...
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The Squeaky Creaky Elevator

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students engage in an emergent literacy lesson plan in order to help develop the skills of letter recognition and corresponding sound of the phoneme. This is done with the use of a tongue twister using the phoneme of the letter "e".
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Ew!!! It's Icky Sticky!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners engage in an emergent literacy lesson plan that focuses upon the skill of phonemic awareness. The phoneme sound for the letter "i" is used with a tongue twister to build this important reading skill.
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Pop, Pop, Popcorn

For Teachers K - 1st
Students study the letter 'p' in both written and spoken word. They practice making the /p/ sound before reciting a tongue twister and writing the letter. Next, they listen to a read aloud of Charles Pomerantz, "Piggy in the Puddle"...
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E-E-E-E-Extra E-E-E-E-Effort

For Teachers K - 1st
Students listen to a tongue twister emphasizing the short e sound. They practice writing the letter e and attaching different words with that sound to it. They listen to a book about a dog that enhances the letter e. They write a...
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Tick Tock Goes The Clock

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice letter recognition in written language and sounds for /t/ in both the upper and lower case forms. They utilize a chart with "Today Teddy talked to ten people at two o'clock," on it while making the sounds that are...