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Long A Word Matching Game
In this long a word worksheet, students cut out words with long a in them and cut out the pictures they go with, and match them together. Students match 8 words with 8 pictures.
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Sounds and Letters: ai
Review reading skills with your class using this colorful presentation. Learners read a series of words missing the letter i. They add the letter and read the new word. It is a quick and simple review of the topic. Note: The...
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The Creaky Door Says "ehhhh"
Study the long vowel sound /e/, as in a creaky door noise. Children repeat the sound and learn a chant. They use letters in letterboxes to make words with the /e/ sound before reading a book and writing a message about their favorite...
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'Ew' (long u) Wordsearch
In this phonics word search puzzle worksheet, students use the 15 long u sound words listed in the word bank in the word search puzzle.
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'Ow' (Long o) Wordsearch
In this phonics word search puzzle instructional activity, students use the 20 long o sound words listed in the word bank in the word search puzzle.
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/o/ Word List
Caught, off, robin. The /o/ sound if the focus of an activity that asks readers to identify and highlight the /a/ sound in a list of words. The exercise is designed to develop the awareness skills needed to detect the vowel sounds in...
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Sounding Out CVCE Words
First graders explore vowels and consonants by participating in a flash card activity. In this phonetics lesson, 1st graders discuss the difference between short and long vowels and identify them within a story told to them by their...
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Short Vowels With Clifford
Phonetic masters identify and recognize short vowel sounds by reading and listening to a story that highlights select words. They use picture clues to aid comprehension and construct a story by actively choosing and identifying...
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Introducing Phonemic Awareness Using Oral and Written Instruction
First graders demonstrate their ability to read with fluency, accuracy, and comprehension through phonemic awareness. They use a color-coding system to master the long and short vowel sounds and develop their skills in listening and...
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'OO' (Long U) Missing Vowels
In this long u sounds worksheet, students fill in the missing vowels for the 'oo' words. Students spell and read 20 words that contain a long u sound in the 'oo' spelling.
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Y Long E Crossword
In this crossword puzzle instructional activity, students solve the clues to find the words spelled with y and have a long e sound. Students spell 9 words in the crossword puzzle.
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What a Day!
For this long O sound learning exercise, students view the picture "What a Day" to assist them in finding the words to fill in each blank in five sentences. Students circle each of their answers in the picture.
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letter a
In this letter a instructional activity, 1st graders will focus on both the long and short vowel sounds. Students will study 12 pictures and decide if the word contains a long or short sound and circle the correct answer accordingly.
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The Long I Sound
Learners read words with the long 'i' sound from a word box and then write four words that rhyme. They draw a circle around each word they use, then repeat the process finding three more words that rhyme. The activity is complete when...
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The Man and the Dog
In this long vowel worksheet, learners complete the short story "The Man and the Dog" by filling in the five blanks from the vocabulary words found in the word bank on the worksheet. Students then put the four pictures in chronological...
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Home Spelling Practice: Short I, Long I
In this spelling activity, students learn to spell a list of 20 words that have short or long vowel I. Students write each word one time on the lines. There are optional at-home activities as well.
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Long Vowels with Silent 'E'
First graders read words with a silent E at the end. In this literacy activity, the teacher explains how the silent E changes the sound a vowel makes, then students practice reading words. Students complete a worksheet with the teacher...
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Long i
In this phonics worksheet, students review words with the long i sound. Students practice their spelling by writing the six words and writing other words that have the long i sound within them.
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Long Vowel A
In this vowels worksheet, students recognize the long vowel A. Students look at one word containing the long vowel A and then look at six other words with their pictures circle the ones that have the long vowel A.
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Long Vowel O Sound
In this long vowel O worksheet, students practice saying the names of pictures with the long o sound, then color each picture. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Match the Rhymes
Tree, bee, knee, three... what do these have in common? Focus on vowel sounds in this matching worksheet for beginning readers. Learners connect a picture of a tree to pictures that rhyme with it and then get some printing practice. All...
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Vocabulary Building Worksheet: Short Vowel Sounds
In this vocabulary building - short vowel sounds worksheet, students match words and definition, solve definition clues and complete fill in the blank sentences for 24 short vowel words.
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Soap Boat
When two vowels go walking, who does the talking? Learners explore this question with several activities featuring words with OA, AI, and EA. The activity includes many fun pictures and requires different skills sets such as context...
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First-Grade Intervention
Learning how to read is a big challenge for young learners, but this series of lessons provides them with the extra support they need to succeed. With each lesson following the a clearly outlined format, children are introduced...