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I Can't Stop Itching
Students recognize the short vowel i in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /i/ from other phonemes. After reading the story "Liz is Six," students draw a picture with...
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Can you cry like a baby?
Students practice the strategies of phonemes and spellings maps to sound out new words. They work on the short vowel /a/ sound with a sentence strip with "Allie the Alligator sat on a mat eating apples," on it and the book, "Cat in the...
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A Peck of Peppers
Students identify the /p/ sound in spoken words and recognize the letter symbol in this lesson. They say a tongue twister emphasizing words with the /p/ sound. They then listen to the story "Patos Jam" and "pop" open their hands when...
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Shhh, Be Quiet, We're Trying to Read
Students practice spelling, sounding out, and identifying the "sh" digraph. Students listen as the teacher reads a tongue twister emphasizing words with the "sh" sound. Students listen to the story "Is Joe Home?" and identify the words...
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Say Ahh!!
Students identify the short /o/ sound in spoken words, and recognize the letter symbol /o/. They say a tongue twister emphasizing words with the short /o/ sound. They then listen to the story "In the Big Top" and identify the words...
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Adam's Apples
Students examine the /a/ phoneme in both written and spoken words. They practice finding the /a/ in words, watch how their mouths move when making the sound, and write the letter. Next, they differentiate the sound in words, listen to a...
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SSSneaky SSSSnake
Students identify words that contain the s sound - comparing the sound to a hissing snake. They say a tongue twister with words emphasizing the s sound. They then practice writing s's, and listen for the s sounds in words the teacher...
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Open Wide
Students recognize the short vowel o in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, students discriminate the short vowel o from the long vowel o. They associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify the...
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A Baby is Crying...Aaa!
Learners explore phonemes. They discuss the phoneme /a/ (short a). Students read and write words containing the phoneme /a/. They identify /a/ in written and spoken words. Learners recognize the letter symbol for /a/ and find words with...
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Buzzy B's
Students identify /b/ in spoken words and recognize the letter symbol b in written words. They say a tongue twister which contains words with /b/. They then listen the the book "The Butter Battle Book" by Dr. Suess and identify the...
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Identifying Matter by Sound and Feel
Students explore the physical properties of matter. In this matter lesson plan, students collaborate as they participate in an activity that requires them to identify objects using their senses of sight and touch.
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Thinking Spelling
An etymology resource is packed with suggestions for activities designed to build phonological, visual, morphemic, and etymological spelling skills.
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Picky Pig
First graders recognize the short vowel "I" in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /i/ from other vowel sounds. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and...
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Aaah, I'm hungry
First graders recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and spell...
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ABC Bingo
Students practice recognizing letters and phonemes. After the instructor reads a book emphasizing the sound each letter makes, students play letter recognition games. Through matching and listening games, they recognize the letter from...
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A Visit to the Doctor
Learners recognize the short vowel O in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /o/ from other vowel sounds. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify...
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"Aaaaaa!!!!" Please Don't Cry Baby!
Learners complete a variety of activities as they examine the letter 'a' as it makes the short /a/ sound. Through instruction and modeling, they explore the sound the letter makes and how the letter is written. They recite tongue...
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Alphabetic Acting
Students recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ from other vowel phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify...
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I'm Thinking
Students recognize the short vowel u in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /u/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation in...
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Open Wide
Students practice letter(s) map(s) along with phoneme sequences and sounds that make the /o/ sound in both spoken and written formats. They also decode words containing /o/ sounds to work towards becoming more fluent readers beginning...
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Listen Up!
Young scholars explore the short /e/ sound. They practice writing the letter 'e' and making the short /e/ sound. They recite an 'e' tongue twister and practice finding the short /e/ sound in spoken words. They identify pictures of...
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Where The Green Grass Grows
Students recognize the phoneme /g/. Through matching activities, students discriminate the phoneme /g/ from other letters and phonemes. They associate the phoneme /g/ with its letter representation and identify the phoneme /g/ in various...
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A Cat Nap
First graders recognize the short vowel A in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and read...
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Maggie's Merry Milkshakes
Students recognize the phoneme /m/. Through listening and matching activities, students discriminate the phoneme /m/ from similar looking letters and phonemes. They associate the phoneme /m/ with its letter representation and identify...