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Wade Swayed At the Masquerade
Young scholars practice reading words with vowel patterns that change the sound of the vowel. After reviewing the short vowel sound /a/, they are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e pattern that changes the short vowel sound into a long...
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Champions of /Ch/
Pupils identify the digraph /ch/ in written and spoken language. Students practice identifying initial and final placement of the digraph /ch/ in words by identifying pictures containing the sound. They decode and spell words in with the...
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The Cat in the Hat
Students participate in an emerging literacy instructional activity in order to focus on the skill of phonemic awareness. The letter "a" is the phoneme that is chosen for letter and sound recognition in the instructional activity.
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Swish, Swish, Swish
Students 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 digraph...
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I'm going to chase you
First graders identify the digraphs in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion of the combinations of /c/ and /h/ that comprise the /ch/ digraph, 1st graders practice identifying initial and final placement of the digraph...
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Beat the Heat
First graders are introduced to the concept of vowel digraphs. They identify the digraph /ea/ in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion, 1st graders apply the rule for identifying and spelling words containing the /ea/...
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BL to the Ends (blends)
Students examine word blends. In this word blends lesson, students investigate common word blends. Working in pairs, students analyze words containing blends and generate a word list.
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Beginning Sounds Worksheet
In this early childhood beginning sounds worksheet, students recognize beginning letters of words as they look at the pictures of the newspaper, money, octopus, jellyfish, duck and yarn on the page and choose from the letters in a box...
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Letter Pronunciation- "o" Sound
In this letter "o" activity, students read four words that all contain letter O. Students circle the word that best describes the picture and use it in a sentence.
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Shirley Loves To Shake Her Shakers
Students 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 digraph...
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Hi, My Name is A
Students distinguish between short vowel a and long vowel a. They are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e pattern that changes short vowel sounds into long vowel sounds. They practice decoding pseudo words with the vowel-consonant-e...
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Final Sounds: p
For this final sound worksheet, students trace the letter p, and insert a p into the final sound of words. Students trace 5 letters and insert the p into 6 words.
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Final Sounds: m
In this final sound instructional activity, students trace the letter m, and insert a m into the final sound of words. Students trace 5 letters and insert the m into 6 words.
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The Letter K
In this letter k worksheet, students practice tracing and printing the upper and lower case letter K, then write K above pictures that begin with the letter.
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Letter i
In this letter i worksheet, students print the letter i in upper and lower case. Students trace and print the two versions of the letter i.
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Letter Jj: Printing and Words
In this letter j activity, students learn to print upper and lower case Zaner-Bloser letter j. Students trace the examples and then practice on the lines. Students color letter j word pictures.
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Sounding out accuracy, Musical Chairs
Here is a great spin on the classic game, Musical Chairs! Instead of fighting to get the last chair when the music stops, learners will need to read a CVC word to stay in the game. They walk around, whoever is near the word bucket when...
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Steve and Harriet's Wedding
Young scholars identify the digraph /sh/ in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion the independent and combined sounds of the phonemes /s/ and /h/ students practice identifying initial and final placement of the new...
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School-Home Links: Three and Four Letter Words
In this phonics learning exercise, students follow directions and practice saying a list of 6 three and four letter words. Students first say the word, then say each sound each letter makes. Worksheet is designed to be signed by parent...
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The ee Sound
When two vowels take a walk, the first one does the talking! Scholars see this motto put to use as they study the /ee/ sound in various spelling patterns. Learners read a short introduction on this concept before reading several example...
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A Poem to Share
This festive winter poem incorporates rhyming using the oa sound. Readers examine the words to find examples that use that sound. This is good phonics exposure to words that have the same sound but are spelled differently....
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Find the Rhyme
Find the rhyming word. All of these rhyming, single-syllable words have the short i sound, but learners have to determine which ones they are. There are four starting objects each heading a row of three objects. They examine the...
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Poems: Eating Treats
Which poem is best? Your kindergarten class follows along as you read three different poems. They decide which one they like best, then draw a picture to illustrate it. The class can also discuss why they chose the poems they did. A...
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Long or Short Vowels?
Vowel letters of the alphabet and the sounds associated with the vowel are the focus of this lesson. Learners distinguish between both long and short vowel sounds by reading, writing, speaking, and listening to the words and sounds....