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OO (Long U) Wordsearch (nwb)

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this word search worksheet, students spell words with 'oo' letters to complete the word search puzzle. Students list the long u sound words on the back of the worksheet.
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'OO' Long U Anagrams

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this long u sound worksheet, students unscramble the words containing 'oo' letters to make a long u sound. Students unscramble 20 anagrams.
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Phonics Jeopardy

For Teachers 1st
In this phonics PowerPoint, 1st graders participate in a game show similar to "Jeopardy" in which they identify pictures that have a beginning sound corresponding to the given vowel pattern, blend, or digraph.
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Two Vowels Making one Sound

For Teachers 1st
First graders become word detectives and find words with the vowel combinations: "ee" and "ai". In this phonics lesson plan, 1st graders read the words they find and create pictionaries of the words read.
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Fun Fonix: Say it. Build it. Write it. Read it.

For Students K - 1st
In this phonics activity, students demonstrate their knowledge of the concept by responding to 12 fill in the blank questions. Students say the word represented by the picture, build new words with the letter/letter clusters given, write...
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Shape Recognition Games

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Learners explore shapes. In this math lesson, students identify basic geometric shapes. Learners complete activities in which they identify shapes, symbols and letters. Students draw geometric shapes.
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"Loud Cows All Around"

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students practice with vowel digraphs and how letters can correspond with phonemes. The lesson consists of students learning the ou=/ow/ correspondence in which they will learn in both spoken and written words through reading and...
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Phonics and Decoding Strategies for Struggling Readers Using Core Knowledge Poem

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students complete multiple activities to help them hear sounds, syllables, and spell words with vowel patterns, digraphs, or blends. In this word sounds lesson, students use letter tiles, sort words cards, analyze poems, and play a bingo...
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Rainbow Spelling (Kinesthetic Approach To Encoding)

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders demonstrate their encoding skills by spelling words using color coded paper, match correct letters with the colored paper to spell the words in standard form, and self correct any errors made in the spelling with colored...
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Say it. Write in the Sh. Read it.

For Students K - 1st
In this phonics worksheet, students say the names of each of twelve pictures featuring the sh sound. Students trace the shown letters and add the letters sh to each word.
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Word families accuracy

For Teachers 1st
First graders read new words that share the same rime as a word they already know.  In this word families lesson, 1st graders read words on index cards with the teacher, play a matching game with different rimes, and eventually read new...
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Phonics on the Farm

For Students K - 2nd
In these eight recognizing the phonetic sounds in picture words worksheet, students observe pictures of farm animals and color the ones that have the specified /c/ , /d/, /p/, /h/, /m/, /g/, /sh/, or /ch/ sounds. There are five pictures...
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Thump Your Thinker

For Teachers 1st
First graders discuss how t and h together make one sound and then make the sound while examining the mouth movement associated with it. They listen for the sounds in sentences that are read to them before making words with the Elkonin...
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Ch, Ch, Ch, Charlie

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore the /ch/ phoneme and how it just a combination of the /c/ and /h/ sounds. They recite /ch/ tongue twisters and write 'ch' words using letterboxes. They identify /ch/ words while reading the story, 'Chica Chica Boom Boom.'
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Shhhhhhh! The sheep are sleeping!

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars examine the use of /sh/ in written and spoken words by watching how their mouth moves while making the sound, identifying words, listening to a story, and making words with Elkonin letterboxes. As an assessment, they...
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Sh! Sh! We're in the Library

For Teachers K - 1st
Students focus on the diagraph of sh. They recognize this in both the written and spoken word. To introduce this lesson, the teacher asks if anyone's mom or dad has told them shhhh, when they were trying to get them to quiet down. ...
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Shiny Shells on the Shore

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students investigate how: A single phoneme, which is a vocal gesture in spoken words, can be represented by more than one grapheme. Also how a digraph is the combination of two letters that make one sound (there are both vowel and...
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Chicka, Chicka, Choo, Choo

For Teachers K - 1st
Students begin to read and spell words vis phonemes and letter correspondences. They encounter the concept digraph. This lesson helps the students see a c and h together, they make the ch sound. So, that the students recognize this...
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Do You Hear That Crying Baby?

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners study the short /a/ sound by examining the movement of their mouths as they make the sound mimicking a baby's cry. They recite a tongue twister and write the lower case "a." They raise their hands when they hear the letter sound...
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Hurry Hurry!

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify the fact that groups of phonemes form spoken and written words. They practice working with identifying words that have the letter "h" and point to its position in words.
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Spinning Short Vowel Game

For Teachers 1st
First graders, in pairs, use spinners to experiment with different combinations of letters. They combine letters and determine whether they have produced a word or not. They construct and record words choosing letters from designated tiles.
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Oo Printing Practice

For Students K - 1st
In this printing practice worksheet, learners follow the arrows, and trace the dotted lines to form O and o. They print a row of Oo, a line of O, a line of o, and a line of the word, Orange.
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Consonants - ch and j

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this consonants worksheet, students insert the consonants "ch" and "j" into words where they belong. Students insert the consonants into 6 words.
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Chirping Chickens

For Teachers 1st
First graders study the /ch/ diagraph using a tongue twister which they listen to and recite. Next, they use Elkonin letterboxes to make words with the /ch/diagraph. They listen to Jean Luc-Fromental's, "Broadway Chicken" twice, the...