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More Long Vowel Sounds

For Teachers K - 1st
Which words use long vowel sounds, and which ones are trying to trick your young learners? There are 12 words to consider, and learners must also match each word to the correct picture. 
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Long Vowels

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Now here is a great set of activities that will make learning about long vowel sounds a snap. The activities cover two days and include vowel identification, reading, and several great games. Kids will hunt for long vowel words, play...
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High Five Blend and Word Family Game

For Teachers K - 2nd
Practice using word blends and learning about word families by participating in a class game. Learners will collaborate as teams in a game by throwing beanbags onto a shower curtain with word blends on it. They will say the sound their...
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Go Fish For Blends and Digraphs

For Teachers K - 1st
Youngsters practice using blends and digraphs. In this early reading lesson, students play a game of "Go Fish" using words that contain a blend or digraph. This allows them to practice recognizing the word and using it in a sentence.
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Sight Words and Letter Sounds

For Students K - 2nd
Is your elementary class learning letters and letter sounds? This take-home sheet provides a week's worth of practice for your learner at home. The repetitive nature helps learners remember! 
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Small Group: BL

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Practice target sounds, especially the /a/ sound. The teacher first speaks and learners repeat words, discriminating between words with varying sounds after focusing on /a/. Letter cards are held up to show the symbolic representation of...
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Using Initial Sounds and Picture Clues to Read Unknown Words

For Teachers K Standards
Kindergarteners read the bold words that are unknown by using the strategies of initial sound and picture clues. They meet individually with their teacher in order to assess this concept. Excellent resource!
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Raven Chapter 13 Guided Notes: Patterns of Inheritance

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
For this short space, it would be impossible to describe the breadth of this seven-page genetics worksheet. Geared toward AP or college biology learners, they explore not only the basic vocabulary and concepts, but also the Law of...
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Kindergarten Phonics

For Teachers K
With attractive graphics and easy-to-read letters, this resource could be used in kindergarten to review letters and sounds. Although just a presentation with letters and pictures, it could be used in a variety of ways. Teachers could...
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What I Have Learned: Phonics Review

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Providing an exploration of phonics rules, including the use of suffixes, this presentation would be a good tool to use as part of a language arts lesson. The easy-to-understand information on the slides could solidify these concepts in...
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Silent "e"

For Teachers K - 2nd
Large font and colorful images allow your students to study words including the silent "e". There are a total of nine words on separate slides with the consonants and vowels typed in different colors. Tip: While reading the...
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Rhyming Words: The -at Family

For Teachers K - 1st
Explore rhyming words with your kindergarten or first grade class. Learners review words that end in at, an, ar, aw, and more. This is a comprehensive review of the topic. It is visually-appealing and bound to get your class rhyming.
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ai Sound

For Teachers K - 1st
Here is a well-designed presentation for young readers on the ai vowel blend sound. Nice photographs, graphics, and text are embedded in the slides along with lots of examples for practice.
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'Sh' Digraph Story

For Teachers 2nd
Explore consonant blends using this resource. Learners read a story about a boy named Shaun who encounters a group of pirates. They read words beginning with the sh- sound including shark, shiver, and ship. In addition, they discuss the...
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Hello Class: Consonant Blends

For Teachers 2nd
Review consonant blends with your scholars. Learners read a series of words containing a consonant blend, such as sp and mp. Then, they solve riddles involving these sounds. Finally, they create a list of words that have consonant blends.
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Phonics: Encoding and Decoding, Three-In-One

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Scholars use the provided pack of alphabet cards to construct basic CVC words, then write down each word they make in one of two columns. Column one is for real words and column two is for nonsense words.
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Phonics Instruction: Writing Simple Words

For Teachers K - 1st
Sound it out, read it, then sound it out, and write it. Little ones work as a class to sound out simple words. After they have sounded out each word they will write that word on the white board. This is a great way to build a connection...
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Introduce /f/

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Hook your scholars by drawing a large f on the board; do they know what letter this is? Once you've demonstrated the sound it makes, use these tips to help them make the same sound. Although the audio function is neat, it may not be...
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Reintroduce /s/

For Teachers Pre-K - K
What letter is this? As you introduce pre-readers to letter sounds, keep them entertained with this fun game. Start by drawing the letter s on the board, large enough for all to see. Once you've demonstrated the sound it makes, use...
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Carl's Corner

Consonant Digraphs Junior Jeopardy

For Teachers K - 3rd
Games are great for reinforcing key skill sets and providing fun practice. Here are two games complete with printable materials and instructions. Children will play consonant digraph Jeopardy and digraph concentration using the same set...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

A World of Animals: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 10)

For Teachers K Standards
Animals are the theme of this series of English language development lessons. Scholars take part in grand conversations about woodland, jungle, and grassland animals. They also go on picture walks, read poems and high...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

All Together Now: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 1)

For Teachers 1st Standards
All Together Now is the theme of this series of ESL lessons. Provide support to your language learners through games, role play, stories, and discussions all about greeting others, giving commands, telling about themselves, and...
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Surprise!: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 2)

For Teachers 1st Standards
Surprise! is the theme of a unit covering such topics as consonants, blending, short vowels sounds, high frequency words, and number words. The unit's lessons also include teachable moments covering story structure, illustrations,...
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Thinking Spelling

For Teachers K - 6th Standards
An etymology resource is packed with suggestions for activities designed to build phonological, visual, morphemic, and etymological spelling skills.

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