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Word Puzzle
Add some fun to rhyming using a word puzzle worksheet. First, learners match up single-syllable rhyming words. Then, they find all the words in a word search. This beginning reading activity only has words spelled horizontally from left...
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Connect the Rhymes
If your budding readers are new to rhyme, this is a visual way to give them practice. They examine familiar sets of objects, matching them to their rhyming partners by drawing a connecting line. Practice left to right skills by asking...
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16 Fall Themed Math and Literacy Centers for Kindergarteners
Look no further because your fall literacy and math centers are here. Cards allow learners to practice counting, writing, tracing, finding missing numbers and letters, skip count, and match letters to their sounds.
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What Begins With Bb?
First graders match letter sounds to pictures they represent. In this matching letter sound lesson plan, 1st graders use the computer program Kidspiration to match the letter sounds to the corresponding pictures. This can be used for 1...
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Connect the Rhymes
Connect these rhyming images. There are two sets of six familiar pictures here, and scholars draw a line from the left objects to their rhyming partners on the right. The images may be difficult for learners to identify, so be sure this...
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The Sound Monster - Words That Make Sounds
There are words in the English language that actually make sounds, such as vroom, and, buzz. Here is a clever lesson which introduces young readers to these sound-making words. They play an interactive game on the computer that has...
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Reading: Classroom Words
There are 10 classroom words located at the top of this instructional activity. Kindergartners match the word to the object in the picture, they write that word on the line near that object. This is a great way for them to recognize...
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Discriminating Phonemes
Develop the fluency of beginning readers one sound at a time with this phonemic awareness instructional activity. Through a series of whole-class instruction, independent practice, and collaborative learning activities,...
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Initial P: Word Match
In this word recognition instructional activity, students examine 12 pictures and select the words that represent each of the pictures from the listed possibilities.
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Beginning Sounds Worksheet: Part 2
In this matching sounds worksheet, students study the pictures and then write the letter that each picture begins with on the line. Students may reference a letter bank to help them with the pictures.
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Beginning Sounds Worksheet: Part 1
In this matching sounds worksheet, 1st graders study the pictures and write the letter that each picture begins with on the line. Each pictures starts with one of the letters in the box at the bottom of the page.
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Beginning Sounds Worksheet
In this phonics worksheet, students match 5 pictures with their correct beginning sounds. Sounds/letters included are: L, F, U, A and T.
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Letter Pronunciation- The X Sound
In this letter X worksheet, students analyze a picture and 4 possible word choices. Students circle the word that best describes the picture and use it in a sentence.
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Letter Pronunciation- Y Sound
In this letter Y worksheet, learners analyze a picture and four word choices. Students circle the word that best describes the picture and use it in a sentence.
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Letter Pronunciation- Z Sound
For this letter Z worksheet, students analyze 7 pictures and the four words for each. Students circle the word that best describes the picture and use that word in a sentence.
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Letter Pronunciation- The Letter W
For this letter W worksheet, students analyze 7 pictures and four words that begin with W. Students circle the word that best describes each picture and use that word in a sentence.
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Letter B
In this printing worksheet, students write 4 lines of lower and uppercase B's. Students also circle three pictures that start with the letter B and match the uppercase to the lowercase letter.
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Word Family Memory Match
In this word families matching instructional activity, students cut out 24 word cards. Students place beginning sound cards face down in one group and word family ending sound cards face down in a separate group. Students turn over cards...
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Cat in the Hat Beginning Sounds Match
In this Cat in the Hat matching beginning sounds learning exercise, students cut out the cat's hats with pictures and matching hats with words, then match the beginning sounds hats. Students cut and match pairs of forty-eight hats.
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Name That Sound
Students begin to demonstrate beginning reading strategies. In this technology lesson plan, students match the correct beginning letter and letter sound to a variety of pictures created in a "Kid Pix" template.
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Sight Word Matching
Students explore English by participating in a match game. In this sight word vocabulary lesson, students read the book The Cat's Surprise and identify the sight words which they are unfamiliar with and need to review. Students identify...
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Sound the Foghorn
Students complete a variety of activities related to the long /u/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then trace and write the letter U. Students then listen to pairs of words and identify which word contains the long /u/...
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Consonant Sounds
In this consonant sounds worksheet, students respond to 3 questions that require them to match the pictures to the consonant letters they begin with.
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Using Starfall to Review the Short A Sound
Students read a story with the short a sound. The story is about a rat. They access Starfall and select the story called Zac the Rat. They read the story out loud as a group then the students answer comprehension and skill questions...