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The Tug Says Uhh!
Kindergarteners and first graders discover the /u/ sound! After practicing making the sound with the funny tongue twister, youngsters use their Elkonin letterboxes to divide a set of words into their phonemes. Then pairs read Bud...
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Chad's Choo Choooo
Choo, choo! Do your youngsters like trains? After studying the target sound, have your learners read A Peach for Chad. Do a class read and an independent read to increase fluency. At the lesson's close, consider creating a ch train...
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Indiana Igloo
Your young charges practice identifying the /i/ sound in this lesson. The class looks at words on cards and identifies which word has the target sound. They continue their practice using Elkonin letterboxes to spell words with the /i/...
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How Many Feet Will We Meet?
Emerging speakers distinguish between the sounds for short vowel /e/ and long vowel /e/. They are introduced to the vowel patterns that comprise the long vowel sounds, with emphasis on /ee/. They practice reading and spelling a variety...
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Practica de pronunciación y ortografía: za, ze, zi, zo, zu
Practice pronouncing the syllable combinations za, ze, zi, zo, and zu with your novice Spanish speakers. Even though the list of words is only 20 words long, they'll have a better idea of how to pronounce other words that contain those...
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Practica de pronunciación y ortografía: va, ve, vi, vo, vu
Hone pronunciation skills by introducing your class to the syllable combinations va, ve, vi, vo, and vu. As you read the list of 20 words, pupils record the letters they hear. Then, as a class, pronounce each word aloud.
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Magic Squares: The Awakening
After matching words drawn from Kate Chopin’s novel, The Awakening, with their definitions, readers complete a magic square game. Included are instructions for how to develop magic squares.
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Final Consonant Sounds: Review - ft, ld, lt, mp, nd
These are challenging phonics review sheets. On the first page, learners match the end sounds to the pictures and write a rhyming word for each word. For the second page, pupils choose an end sound to complete a series of incomplete...
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Buoyant Behavior
Combine science and literature with this lesson on buoyancy. Read There's an Ant in Anthony by Bernard Most to examine words containing the letters a, n, and t. Then introduce your class to the word "buoyant." Demonstrate how an egg...
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Places Around the Neighborhood
Where would go to catch a plane? To send a letter? To get some money? English language learners first identify places around the neighborhood and then use these words to complete a crossword puzzle. An answer key is provided.
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Short Vowel Sounds: Listening Exercise
In this CVC pattern words activity, learners examine eight pictures, say the name of each picture, and use the provided letters to spell the words. Pupils also write a sentence using as many of the eight words as they can.
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Practica de pronunciación y ortografía: fa, fe, fi, fo, fu
Introduce your Spanish language learners to the sounds fa, fe, fi, fo, and fu. As you read the list of 20 words, your pupils will attempt to fill in the missing syllables for each word. Extend this activity by asking learners to list one...
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Practica de pronunciación y ortografía: ta, te, ti, to, tu
Get your language learners listening carefully as you read a list of 20 words using the syllable combinations ta, te, ti, to, or tu. As you read, pupils record the missing letters for each word. Then, after you finish, the class should...
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Practica de Pronunciación y Ortografía: ya, ye, yi, yo, yu
Build phonetic skills with your Spanish language learners. Teach them the sounds ya, ye, yi, yo, and yu letter combinations make, and have them complete each word with the syllable combinations given. There are 20 words; make sure to...
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Sets of Real Numbers
Real and unreal, rational and irrational, your learners will become experts at labeling numbers with this learning exercise. A full sheet of different numbers requires your mathematicians to label each number with any category that fits...
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Short Vowel Sounds
Use this resource to provide a quick review of words with short vowel sounds. Learners view pictures, and read and write words with the short vowel sound o. Afterwards, they write a sentence using some of the short o words. Students...
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Practica de pronunciación y ortografía: gue, gui
Spelling in Spanish is so much easier when you know typical syllable combinations. Introduce your class to the combinations gue and gui. Then, as you read the list of 10 words provided, learners attempt to record the correct letters for...
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Noun-mania
Students study nouns and verbs. In this parts of speech lesson, students use laminated pattern letters and write out as many nouns to spell out the word "n-o-u-n." They then repeat the activity with verbs.
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January: Following Directions
In this January icebreaker activity, students reveal their personal preferences and experiences. There are bubble letters at the top spelling the word January. There are 8 directions below. Students color the letters in response to the...
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Spelling Connections
In this spelling words completion worksheet, 4th graders use the letter clues to write spelling words and then solve the mystery word. Students write 20 fill in the blank answers.
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Nancy's Nice Nose
Students recognize the phoneme /n/. Through matching activities, students discriminate the phoneme /n/ from similar looking letters and phonemes. They associate the phoneme /n/ with its letter representation and identify the phoneme /n/...
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Vacuum that Rug
Learners 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...
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Uh, Bugs
Students recognize the short vowel u in written and spoken language. Through listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /u/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify the...
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Icky Sticky Tin Man
Learners recognize the short vowel i in written and spoken language. Through listening and matching activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /i/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and...