Students explore language arts by participating in a pronunciation activity. In this word sound lesson, students discuss the sound made by the letters /th/ and identify words where that sound appears. Students participate in a game in...

Students explore phonetics by participating in a pronunciation activity. In this word sound lesson, students identify words in the English language which contain the "sh" sound. Students practice saying the words and the individual "sh"...

Students study letters. In this letter identification lesson, students practice recognizing the letter "u" and pronouncing the sound it makes. They participate in various group activities practicing the use of the letter "u." This lesson...

Students study letters. In this letter identification lesson, students practice recognizing and making the sound for the letter "o." They work as a class to actively participate in various drills the teacher takes them through. This...

Students study letters. In this letter identification lesson, students practice identifying and pronouncing the letter "b." They actively participate as a group in various drills the teacher leads them through. This lesson includes links...

In this alphabet activity, learners write letters, pronounce letters, write words that start with troubled letters, and more. Students complete 8 tasks.

Students practice blending letters and vowel sounds so that they run together smoothly, view clown poster, blend letters on balloons to form words with different letters, and read aloud story, A Cat Nap, to practice pronunciation.

An engaging lesson that teaches the /op/ word family is here for you. In it, learners utilize a PowerPoint and a worksheet embedded in the plan to help them better-understnad this word family. This fun lesson should be a hit with your...

Pronunciation guides really help beginning Spanish speakers. You don't have to know the word to know its pronunciation. Consider including a few words at the bottom and having your class underline where the stress belongs.

First graders recognize words associated with recycling. In this environmental lesson, 1st graders go through the alphabet and think of words associated with recycling that start with a letter. Students create a recycling ABC book.

Provide young learners practice identifying different letters and the sounds they create. For each illustration, learners will say the word aloud and identify the correct spelling based on the word's pronunciation. Then they write the...

Improve pronunciation and phonemic awareness in your first and second graders! With this plan, they distinguish between the sounds for short vowel e and long vowel e. They are introduced to the vowel patterns that comprise long vowel...

Pupils practice and utilize phonograms (word families) found in the patterns of frequently used words. They assess strategies to assist them in dividing long words as well as to develop their phonemic awareness to new vocabularies....

Learners practice reading words with the kn pattern.  For this phonics lesson, students review the sound kn makes.  Learners then play a game to reinforce the correct use of the kn spelling pattern.

First graders study language. In this plural words lesson, 1st graders discover how words that end in -s are either pronounced with a /s/ sound or a /z/ sound. They work as a group to determine how various words are pronounced. This...

Students write a diary entry or a letter from the viewpoint of a character in a myth.  In this Aztec myths lesson, students define myths and read "The Heart of Copil" and "The Eagle of Tenochtitlan" and find the land of the...

Students recognize and pronounce the /th/ sound. In this pronunciation of the /th/ sound lesson, students speak only if the sound is /th/.

In this identifying words spelled with "ai" worksheet, students use definition clues, unscramble letters, and create sentences using the words main, hail, straight, trailer, remain, railroad, and maintenance. Students write twenty-one...

In these four building vocabulary worksheets, students view vocabulary word lists, use definition clues, unscramble letters, and write sentences using each vocabulary word. Students write twenty-one answers per worksheet.

First graders give examples of consonants and vowels. They review the sound the /u/ phoneme makes and then play a word creation game placing letters together to make the /kuuuu/ sound which bumps into /p/ forming the word "cup" as a class.

In this letter F sound worksheet, students participate in singing a song to the tune of "Do Your Ears Hang Low?" Students will learn the proper pronunciation of the consonant F by singing this song.

What would you like to eat? Perhaps una hamburguesa? Teach your class eight Spanish words that relate to food with these cards.

Explore rhyming in this phonemic awareness and French lesson. Listen to the poem "J'Adore la Pizza" by Karen Kransky and identify rhyming words. Compare grapheme spelling patterns with like phonemes, and sort word cards according to...