Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Learn-to-Read Pumpkin Patch

For Teachers K - 1st
Students practice identifying and pronouncing the short letter "u" sound. In this phonetic awareness lesson, students access the Starfall.com website and follow the directions on the screen to reinforce the short "u" sound. Students can...
Worksheet
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'Ow' Long O Anagrams

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this long o words worksheet, students unscramble the long o 'ow' words. Students then write and read the 'ow' words on the 20 lines.
Lesson Plan
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Connecting Letters and Memory

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Elementary students with mild to moderate mental disabilities use a variety of tools to connect letter sounds to images. They use flash cards, posters, and writing while saying to connect letter image to phonemic equivalent. Then, they...
Unit Plan
Core Knowledge Foundation

Second Grade Skills Unit 1: The Cat Bandit

For Teachers 2nd Standards
For twenty-two lessons over five weeks, scholars practice sound-spelling correspondence, spelling patterns, tricky words, and reading decodable text. Assessments aid in small group formation and gauge comprehension. Lessons begin with a...
Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Canned Sort

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Give your budding readers practice with vowel sounds using a sorting activity which will especially appeal to kinesthetic learners. They examine two cans, each with a header card attached. The header card words have the same vowel...
Unit Plan
Core Knowledge Foundation

Second Grade Skills Unit 2: Bedtime Tales

For Teachers 2nd Standards
A unit covering second-grade skills reviews 16 letter-sound correspondences, tricky words, and punctuation. Readers provide context for examining story elements, and pupils participate in close reading and write narratives retelling a...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Science: Microcosms in the Biosphere

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In a series of lessons, examine the impact on humans by microcosms in the biosphere. Among the plans structured for students with different abilities and learning styles, are activities describing the symbiotic relationship, drawing the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Vowels: review of short and long e, o

For Teachers 1st
First graders investigate sounds of short and long vowels for e and o. They develop phonics skills through drill and practice sessions. They use a variety of activities that include games. This is a whole unit plan.
Worksheet
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Scare the Crows

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this long vowel O activity, students determine which shapes on the page contain words with the long vowel O sound. Then, they cut them out and glue them together on another piece of paper to create a scarecrow.
Worksheet
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Language: lesson 23

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this language arts worksheet, students complete activities such as reading, writing high frequency words, finding long o words, fill in the blanks, and short answers. Students complete 4 activities.
Worksheet
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Hidden Words

For Students 2nd - 4th
For this long vowel E (ie) worksheet, students print the word for each of the five pictures that contain a long vowel E on the lines provided and then locate and circle each one in a word search puzzle.
Worksheet
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Color the Bubbles Long And Short Vowel Discrimination-i

For Students 1st - 3rd
For this long and short vowel discrimination worksheet, students study 16 bubbles containing words with long and short i sounds. They color each bubble according to the provided directions.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Does it Have a Long I or a Short I

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this phonics activity, students say the name of each of twelve pictures. They identify circle either the long i or short i symbol to tell which sound is in the picture.
Worksheet
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Home Spelling Practice: Grade 6: Short A, Long A

For Students 5th - 6th
In this spelling worksheet, learners learn to spell a list of 20 words that have both long and short sound of vowel A. Students write each word one time. There are additional at-home activities listed.
Lesson Plan
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Beginning and Ending Sounds

For Teachers 1st
First graders practice the beginning and ending sounds of words. In this phonological awareness lesson, 1st graders use picture cards for one syllable words and pronounce each word. Students match other picture cards with the same...
Worksheet
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Long and Short Vowel a

For Students 1st
In this vowel worksheet, 1st graders focus on the usage of the long and short a sound. Students study 10 pictures and write the name of each picture under the correct column for the short and long vowel sound.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Vowels: The Long and Short! E

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this long and short vowel E worksheet, students read the labels under 8 pictures of words with vowel E. Students write the name of each picture under the Long or Short vowel heading.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Vowels: The Long and Short: U

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this long and short vowels activity, students analyze the 8 labeled pictures of common objects. Students write the words under the correct heading: short vowel words, long vowel words. All words have long or short U.
Lesson Plan
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The Sound of Music and Passage to Freedom

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders examine music examples to investigate a conflict in history about Hitler's invasions during WWII. In this music analysis lesson, 7th graders discuss vocabulary and the history for the Holocaust and Hitler's invasions....
Worksheet
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Home Spelling Practice: Vowel Sounds "oo" and "yoo"

For Students 5th - 6th
In this spelling worksheet, students learn to spell a list of 20 words that contain the long sound of /oo/ or /yoo/. Students write each word two times. There are additional at-home activities listed.
Lesson Plan
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Book Of Vowels - Long and Short Vowel Sounds

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students study letters. In this vowel sounds lesson plan, students distinguish between long and short vowels. They work independently to make a book of the two types of vowels.
Lesson Plan
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Wade Made Lemonade in the Shade

For Teachers K - 1st
Students complete a variety of activities related to the long /a/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, and identify words that contain the long /a/ sound. Students spell words containing the long /a/ sound using letter...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A-Okay

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students complete a variety of activities related to the long /a/ sound and the a_e vowel correspondence. As a class they recite a tongue twister, and spell words containing the /ae/ correspondence using letter manipulatives. Students...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Beginning Reading Design: A and I are Team Players

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students complete a variety of activities related to the long /a/ sound and the /ai/ correspondence. As a class they recite a tongue twister, and spell words containing the /ai/ correspondence using letter manipulatives. Students then...