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Vowel Lessons: To Help Improve Spelling

For Teachers K - 12th
There are a few things every good speller knows: spelling rules, vowel sounds, and word endings. Help your learner with dyslexia become a more efficient speller with a few tips from a dyslexia expert. Included in the lesson is a video,...
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Kindergarten Phonics

For Teachers K
Students are introduced to the letters and phonemes for C, L, N, P, T, and A. They identify each letter in its upper and lowercase forms. Students differentiate the letters from each other and practice identifying objects and pictures...
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Aaa! It's a Rat!!

For Teachers K - 1st
Pupils answer a series of questions about the different sounds that the letter A makes. They practice saying a tongue twister about the letter A. They write the letter A and attach different words with the letter sounds. They listen...
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Build Fluency /A/

For Teachers K
Pupils are introduced to the letter "A" and play a game to reinforce the printed and sound recognition of the letter "A."  In this letter "A" lesson, students observe the teacher model the letter card game. Pupils participate in the...
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Something's Missing

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this vowel sound game worksheet, students insert the missing vowel letters into the dental words. Students try to complete the worksheet in two minutes.
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Aaaaa! A Monster!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students complete a variety of activities as they examine the letter 'a' as it makes the short /a/ sound. Through instruction and modeling, they explore the sound the letter makes and how the letter is written. They recite tongue...
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You woke up the baby

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ in words and sentences. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and read...
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Aaaaa! Ashley's Scared of /a/!

For Teachers 1st
First graders discover that by moving their mouths different ways, they can make different sounds. They practice making the short /a/ relating it to the sound that is made when they were so afraid they screamed. They then practice saying...
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Short Vowel A

For Students 1st
For this short vowels worksheet, 1st graders look at and say each pictured word. Students listen for the vowel sound of the short "Aa." Students color only the pictures that have the short "Aa" sound. Students then trace the upper and...
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Aaaaa is for Short /a/

For Teachers K
Students identify and interpret the sound of the letter /a/ by looking at pictures and seeing if they can figure out what sound it makes. They practice writing the letter a, both upper and lower case on primary paper. Finally, students...
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Mmmm...Mommy Made Muffins!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore phonemes. They explore phonemes in spoken word contexts. Students discuss the phoneme /m/. They learn a tongue twister to help them recognize /m/. Students read "Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon and identify the phoneme /m/...
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Volcanoes

For Students 6th - 8th
In this science worksheet, students use basic scientific concepts to complete the series of puzzles that are intended to acquire and review vocabulary about volcanoes.
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How Willl I GEt There

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners develop of list of different travel options and evaluate the schedules for these forms of transportation. Working individually, students interpret the schedules for local forms of transportation. They also list the pros and...
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Introduction to Poetry

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Young scholars determine the rhyme scheme of a poem and find examples of similes. For this poetry analysis lesson, students review definitions needed for the topic and analyze the rhyme or rhythm for the example poems. Young scholars...