In this identifying same vowel sounds worksheet, learners read an underlined word and three additional words in a line and determine which of the three words has the same vowel sound as the underlined word.  Students write 10 answers.

In this recognizing vowel sounds worksheet, learners read the first word on each line, determine its underlined vowel sound, and identify the other word that has the same sound. Students circle 65 words.

Wait, what is that? Young learners will be surprised when they see that they've colored a snake! By coloring all of the words with the same sound as lips green and the words with the same ending sound as gems brown, they'll create their...

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. 

Dogs and logs don't necessarily have a lot of do with one another, except for how they are spelled! Practice with these two -og words by putting together and playing with these cards. Kids match the images and the letters to spell dog...

What do a pie and a tie have in common? The ie digraph, of course! Invite your learners to practice these two rhyming words with these cards. Once cut out and glued together, kids can practice spelling these words and matching up the...

Explore the ea and ee digraphs with a worksheet full of images. For each drawing, kids choose between these two digraphs to complete the matching word and master the long /e/ sound.

How long have you been looking for a learning exercise that focuses on the long /u/ sound? You've found one here! Pupils add in the letter u to six words. They then match the words to the images along the left side of the paper.

Students listen to and discuss the folktale from India, "The Drum," written by Rob Cleveland. They discuss the "Golden Rule," and answer story comprehension questions. Students then complete a drum phonics worksheet and a matching...

Spring has sprung in your classroom! An entire month of activities relating to spring prompts learners to color, draw, write, and work on phonics. 

An interactive Jeopardy-style PowerPoint provides an effective review of Kindergarten concepts in phonics, math, and sentence structure. This review game contains 25 questions for your class to answer. An effective teaching tool!

A series of well-written activities, these lessons prompt middle schoolers reading below grade level (at a second, third, or fourth grade level) to use poetry to practice basic reading skills. They rhyme, build words, make inferences,...

Take advantage of multiple objectives in this phonics instructional activity. Each of these single-syllable words is missing a first letter. Spellers complete the word along with its rhyming partner, drawing a picture of the second word....

Create a set of letter fans for your learners based on the letters or blended sounds that you're working on in your class. The printable allows you to customize the particular letters on the fan, making the activity applicable to any...

An excellent grammar reference page from Jolly Phonics provides definitions and actions to remember several fundamental parts of speech. The methods are interesting for learners who have a hard time remembering the differences between...

Get your class started on description and dialogue with a Jolly phonics worksheet! Learners decide what the three illustrated characters are talking about and write a brief description of their conversation.

Go over digraphs, vowel sounds, and affixes with a series of decoding and spelling lessons. Each lesson guides learners through a different reading and phonics skill, building on the lesson before, and challenging them with each step.

Choose from a variety of phonological activities to complement a reading lesson. The guide goes through the basic components of good phonics instruction focusing on sound types, levels of phonological awareness, assessment methods,...

Assess the spelling skills of your beginning readers with a simple instructional activity. Looking at a list of five CVC words, children must correctly match each one to another word with exactly the same spelling. An easy way...

Help your class learn the spelling rule for adding -es to plural nouns and third-person singular verbs. The resource suggests using songs daily to reinforce the rules. The songs are contained in a Sing Your Way Through Phonics 2-CD set...

Students state the letters of the alphabet individually and in new words. In this alphabet lesson plan, students use the alphabet in a variety of ways during reading.

In this grammar worksheet, students read and identify squ- words and then, recognize that sq (and q) are always followed by u. They also read a story and highlight all the words that begin with squ. Finally, students complete a crossword...

In this early childhood long o sound worksheet, learners examine the 6 sets of 4 words. Students identify the word in each set that has the long o sound. Picture clues are provided.

Pupils practice counting the number of sounds in names and words through the use of a ninja puppet that chops the sounds. The emphasis is on the breaking up of the names with the use of karate chops to increase student participation.