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Sheep Rhyme
In this rhyming words activity, students use the sheep and the letters "eep" to help them learn words that rhyme with the word sheep.
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Story-Hour Kit
Students explore four picture books. In this early childhood lesson, students are read the books, discuss them, and then complete extension activities. These include writing and illustrating their own experiences, practice with emotions,...
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Segmenting and Blending Words
Students are introduced to the concept of segmentation and blending of words. As a class, they are shown various words and are asked to determine the amount of letters and sounds in each. To end the lesson, they participate in a...
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End Blends Match
For this word blend worksheet, student focus on the word blends at the end of each word. Students match 6 pictures in the first column with the correct word that corresponds in the second column.
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Short Vowel Words
In this phonics practice worksheet, students examine 6 pictures and identify each picture by writing the short vowel words for each of them on the lines provided.
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Short Vowel Words 2
In this phonics practice worksheet, students examine 6 pictures and identify each picture by writing the short vowel words for each of them on the lines provided.
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I Like to Shuffle Along in My Shiny Shoes
Students study the letters s and h as they blend together to make one sound. They practice making the sound, reciting a tongue twister while stretching the sh sound, and writing the letters. Next, they make words using letter boxes...
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Language Arts: Then and Now
First graders hear Great Grandma and I. They locate objects representing then (seed) and now (tomato). They make then and now charts for members of their families.
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If You Were Katy: Let's Play a Game
Students simulate sound effects from Katy and the Big Snow. They read and discuss Katy and the Big Snow, create sound effects for the objects in the book and practice sounding out beginning sounds for words. After sounding out the words,...
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Beginning Sounds - Kindergarten Reading
Students practice the use of beginning sounds to improve their emerging reading skills. In this beginning sounds lesson, students review beginning sound of words before participating in a "Bingo" type game that has them use the sounds...
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Beginning Sounds
Students find the beginning letters of words. In this alphabet instructional activity, students sound out words to find the beginning sound and the beginning letter. They play a game to mark these letters on a card.
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Short A Words
Students study the short "a" sound. In this word study lesson, students brainstorm words that begin with a short "a" sound and are given a picture of the word. Students play an online game to reinforce the concepts taught.
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Spelling Practice
In this spelling worksheet, learners practice writing their spelling words containing the long i and long o sounds. Students write 24 spelling words.
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Home Spelling Practice Unit 1
In this reading and writing short vowel words in cursive worksheet, students read a list of words and write them on the lines provided. Students write 20 word answers.
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Initial Sound Memory Game
Students are reintroduced to initial sounds and play a picture card game to build accuracy. In this initial sound lesson, students place the picture cards face down and organize the picture cards into an even number of rows and columns...
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Build Accuracy /A/, /M/
Pupils practice identifying the letters /a/ and /m/. For this letter identification lesson, students examine letter cards for /a/ and /m/, tell the difference between the two, and say the sound for each. They play an identification game...
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Animal Alphabet
Students make a class animal book using the letters of the alphabet. They use a website imbedded in this plan to get pages with animals that begin with any of the 26 letters.
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Learning Short a and Long a sounds
Young scholars recognize the difference between the short a sound and the long a sound, then compile a list of words containing short a and long a sounds.
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Letter Hunt
Students search for and find certain letters, blends, or vowel combinations in words, sentences and paragraphs. They investigate how these letters, blends or combinations are used in "every day" writing.
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The Fly Swatter Game
Learners are placed in small groups to participate in the "Fly Swatter Game" to reinforce phonetic sounds of letters.
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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...
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Bo Knows "O"
Students are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e patter that changes short vowel sounds into long vowel sounds. They distinguish between the short vowel o and long vowel o. Students practice reading and spelling words with the...
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Easy Reading Worksheet- Short a Sound
In this easy reading activity, students read a list of short a words and a story that includes the words. They circle the words cat, mad, hat, and sad before answering three questions about the story.
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Easy Reading Worksheet- Short e Sound Worksheet
In this literacy worksheet, students read a list of short -e words before reading a short paragraph that contains the words. They circle the words bed, get, pet, let, and left, and answer three short answer questions about the story.