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What words sound like rice?
Young scholars experiment with sounds of words. For this word comparison lesson, students complete a series of games to assist them in hearing and sounding out the letters in the word rice. Young scholars use this information to find or...
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Story-Hour Kit
Young scholars 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...
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Young Readers
Students experience early readers. In this early childhood introduction to literacy, students are read a story (four book options) then complete associated, simple activities. Activities include ideas such as coloring pages, simple...
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Sounding out fluency, Relay Race
Students practice reading. In this fluency building lesson, students participate in a relay race to quickly sound and read word cards. They work in small groups to accurately sound out and say three word cards before it is another team...
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Introduce Word Families
First graders study words. For this word families lesson, 1st graders discover words that rhyme with the endings -est and -ill. They work as a group to determine which ending various words have and to put them in the proper category...
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Rhyming Words
In this Language Arts worksheet, students read three lists of a variety of words. The words are categorized according to their word family.
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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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A-Okay
Young scholars 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....
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When A Says Its Name
Students are introduced to the concept of vowel digraphs. They identify the digraph /ai/ in spoken language. After a brief discussion, students apply the rule for reading and spelling words containing the /ai/ digraph by playing word bingo.
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I Love to Eat Apples!
Pupils study the a=/a/ correspondence by first examining how they hold their mouths when biting into an apple. They practice the sound while reciting a tongue twister and making a gesture each time they hear the /a/. While looking at...
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Clapping Syllables
Students explain that words are made up of parts called syllables. They associate spoken language with written words
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Spiders Are Fun
Pupils study facts about spiders using a number of literary forms, including stories, poems, and songs. They work with consonant sounds by matching pictures with the beginning consonant sounds. They design art projects that emphasize...
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Build Fluency /M/
Students determine whether letters shown on cards are "m" or "not m" as the teacher displays each. In this phonics lesson, students continue identifying the letter m at as face pace as possible as the teacher moves through the stack of...
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Ow Sound
First graders write words containing the "ow" sound and use those words to write sentences. In this simple language arts lesson, 1st graders view models of sentences written by their teacher which contain examples of the "ow" sound, then...
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Sound Stretching
In this basic vowel and consonant blending instructional activity, young learners are shown how to "blend" the sounds of different letters together in order to make a word. Simple words such as, "sun," "moon," and, "ant," are used in a...
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Rhyming Words
In this phonetic worksheet, students read a list of words from two sounds. The first list includes air, chair, and their. The second list includes tour, unusual, and pure.
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Rhyming Words
In this Language Arts worksheet, learners read three lists of a variety of words. The words are categorized according to their word family.
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Chopping Sounds
With the swing of a paper ax, young learners demonstrate how to appropriately segment three-letter words. Consider breaking learners into small groups and having them share a paper ax to keep the peace. This plan is so creative, but be...
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Rhyme Time Lesson Plan
What words rhyme? Help young learners deepen their understanding of rhyming words with this interactive plan. First they identify some words that rhyme, then they participate in a picture walk. Use books with rhyme, like Come Rhyme with...
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Smart Board Literacy Center
Students practice spelling their names. In this technology and early emergent literacy lesson, students locate the letters in their name among a cluster of letters on the Smart board, then click and drag each letter to the other side of...
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The Grouchy Ladybug
Pupils complete a Cirlce Map about time. They recall times during the grouchy ladybugs travels, and add dots on ladybugs using turn-around facts. Pupils correctly sequence the events of The Grouchy Ladybug. Students compose new...