Review consonant blends with your scholars. Learners read a series of words containing a consonant blend, such as sp and mp. Then, they solve riddles involving these sounds. Finally, they create a list of words that have consonant blends.

Sight words are so important for young readers to know and the more words they recognize the broader their reading ability becomes. This presentation provides 12 words for students to review in two different ways. First, letters are...

Practice thirty-three different consonant blends, digraphs, and trigraphs with your emergent readers! Each letter combination has its own column in which you and your learners can write down five different words that demonstrate the...

As a class, scholars read the poems, Humpty Dumpty, Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater, and Jack and Jill, in order to identify words with the same ending sound. Using their rhyming skills, learners brainstorm additional words...

Emergent readers use a letter cube to identify, blend, and make words. They roll each of the three-letter cubes, mark down the letters they rolled, then blend the letter sounds together to make a word. They record each word on a...

Challenge your pupils to match words to images with these 29 pairs. Each word includes a consonant blend, either initial or final, and should be matched with its corresponding image either by simply putting two correct cards together or...

Old, ild, ind, and ost may sound like a foreign language, but they actually represent common final consonant blends. Help learners recognize and pronounce consonant blends with step-by-step instructions, including scripted conversations....

Animals are the theme of this series of English language development lessons. Scholars take part in grand conversations about woodland, jungle, and grassland animals. They also go on picture walks, read poems and high...

Youngsters practice using blends and digraphs. In this early reading lesson, students play a game of "Go Fish" using words that contain a blend or digraph. This allows them to practice recognizing the word and using it in a sentence.

Your class can increase their production of the target phoneme /sh/ through the use of video, the Internet, and hands-on activities listed here. Sound out the phoneme altogether, then model words that include  /sh/ at the beginning....

This activity explores the triple blend, 'scr'. First, learners use the given word dial to create different words starting with 'scr'. Next, they copy and complete 8 different sentences. Lastly, the class copies 4 yes or no questions and...

In this beginning blends learning exercise, students find a set of 17 words with beginning blends. Words are found in a list at the bottom of the page. A reference web site is given for additional activities.

Have fun creating rhymes! Your class will read the familiar nursery rhyme Three Little Kittens and list rhyming words. They then use the story as a template to develop their own rhymes.

Once your scholars know their letter sounds and recognize them in words, have them try making new words by manipulating phonemes. Pupils are given a word change picture board and a stack of word pictures. They pick a card and place it...

For this short space, it would be impossible to describe the breadth of this seven-page genetics worksheet. Geared toward AP or college biology learners, they explore not only the basic vocabulary and concepts, but also the Law of...

Individually, letters have their own sounds, but when combined with other letters, those sounds completely change. Introduce letter combinations with a lesson that asks learners to search for combinations in familiar words and use oral...

Students put word cards together and use the word parts to create correct words. In this phonics lesson plan, students practice pronouncing consonant blends and vowel sounds, demonstrating an awareness of beginning, middle, and ending...

Stamp, slap, and clap! Emergent readers demonstrate their awareness of the initial, medial vowel, and final sounds in spoken, short vowel, single-syllable words with a stamp/slap/clap activity. After identifying the letters and sounds of...

In this spelling worksheet, students copy a set of 21 words two times each. Words are sight, academic or have the final 'nd' blend. A website reference for additional resources is given.

For this spelling worksheet, learners copy a set of 21 words two times each. Words are academic vocabulary, sight words or have the final blend -sk. A website reference for additional resources is given.

In this spelling learning exercise, students copy a set of 21 words 2 times each. Words are academic, sight or have the final -st blend. A website reference for additional resources is given.

Help spellers hear words that have the same beginning letter in them and guess the letter. Each speller has a piece of paper where they are to write down the letter once they have identified it. For instance, the teacher will say, "may,...

In this S blends worksheet, students use a word bank to select words to fill in the blanks to complete sentences and to find words in a word search. They unscramble a list of s blend words. Students write twenty-two answers.

In this blending of consonants instructional activity, 4th graders complete a story by filling in sixteen blanks from a spelling list of words with ch/sh/tch/wh. Students find and circle each of their answers in a word search puzzle.