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Words have parts

For Teachers K - 1st
Reinforce the concept that words have beginnings and endings. Students will view a series of slides that depict how words are formed, using beginnings such as 'c' and endings such as 'at.' There are 58 slides that show multiple...
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Here Comes the March!

For Students Pre-K - K
In this word recognition worksheet, students call out the final word in a poem that is read to them. The students focus on the rhyming words at the end of each stanza.
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Long Vowel Words

For Students 2nd
In this phonics worksheet, 2nd graders say the picture word and listen to the sounds. Students circle one letter or group from each column for the beginning, middle, and final sound. Students write the whole word on the line.
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Beginning, Middle, or End?

For Students 2nd - 4th
Here's a worksheet to help students become familiar with where to find words in a dictionary. Students whether the each of the 15 flower related words would be found at the beginning, middle or end of the dictionary.  
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Long Vowels with Silent 'E'

For Teachers 1st
First graders read words with a silent E at the end. In this literacy lesson, 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 for...
Interactive
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People: -er -or -ar

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this er, or, and ar learning exercise, students fill in the end of the word for the person described. Students complete 20 multiple choice questions.
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Advanced Phonics Redux Fluency

For Teachers 1st
First graders review various advanced phonics words by playing a game. In this advanced phonics lesson, 1st graders read through a stack of word cards, they build fluency by identifying letters in words that get doubled and letters...
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Words That End in "--tch"

For Students 4th - 5th
In this language arts worksheet, students investigate words that end with "--tch." Students read a 2 page story about an angry wife who ends up at her own surprise birthday party. Students mark the "--tch" words. Then students complete a...
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Instant Spelling Activity: Unstressed Endings

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders practice their spelling skills. In this word patterns and analysis lesson, 7th graders  examine the unstressed -er, -or, and -ar. Students listen to a mini lesson regarding the endings and then complete a worksheet....
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August House

Why Koala Has a Stumpy Tail

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Learn about the animals of Australia with a language arts lesson about an Australian folktale called, Why Koala Has a Stumpy Tail. After reading the story as a class, kids discuss events and characters from the book, retell the...
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Friends Together: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 4)

For Teachers K Standards
Friendship is the theme in this series of extra support lessons. With a variety of resources (practice worksheets, letter, word, punctuation and picture cards), young readers gain knowledge of initial consonants v and h, blending short...
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Beginning Sounds and Blends

For Students K - 2nd
In this sounding out picture words learning exercise, students say the picture word, determine the beginning sound letter, circle the middle and ending blend letters, and write the words. Students write twenty words.
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Letter K Ending

For Students 1st
In this letter sounds worksheet, 1st graders find words that end with the letter 'k' sound. Students color the pictures that end in the letter 'k' and glue them into the book. Students find four words that end in 'k'.
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School-Home Links: Long Vowel/Same Endings

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this long vowel sound worksheet, students read the words in the box that have long vowel sounds and the same endings. Students then divide the words according to their vowel sounds. They write words that rhyme with hay and cake on the...
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Sing Your Way Through Phonics

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students recognize and spell sets of words with/shun/suffixes. They become familiar with common t-i-o-n, s-i-o-n, s-s-i-o-n, and c-i-a-n words. Students listen as the teacher say, "I'm going to say several different words that all have...
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Guided Reading with Elizabeti's Doll

For Teachers K - 2nd
Practice reading strategies using Elizabeti's Doll by Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen. Readers utilize decoding and comprehension strategies before, during, and after reading the story. A detailed list of text features, high frequency words,...
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Ending Digraphs

For Students 1st
In this ending sounds worksheet, 1st graders color the pictures that end in /sh/ red and the words that end in /tch/ in blue. Students also write in the missing letter endings.
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Alphatech

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students explore letters and their sounds.  For this beginning phonics literacy lesson, students bring objects from home that begin with an assigned letter.  Students show their object/s and the teacher takes a picture. ...
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Short "i" Words

For Students 1st
In this spelling worksheet, 1st graders write each of the short "i" words two times each and rewrite the words adding an "s" at the end of each word. There are five words to write.
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Consonant Blends Blended with Short Vowels

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Here is a simple, yet effective lesson on consonant blends. Young readers watch as the teacher demonstrates voiced phonic sounds, unvoiced phonic sounds, and voiced vowel sounds. They practice rhyming consonant blends and trigraphs.
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Missing Instrument

For Students K - 1st
Do you see an instrument in this picture? You will once similar word sounds are colored! Words that begin with yellow begin with the same sound as queen, words that end with the same sound as fox are red, and all other words are green....
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Heidi Songs

Penguin Word Families

For Students K - 1st
These silly penguins are just asking to be colored in! Similar to paint-by-numbers, kids color in these penguins based on the words written on the drawing. They color in anything in the -it family black and the -in family orange.
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Where is the Sound of -b?

For Students K - 1st
In this phonemic awareness worksheet, students say the word that names each picture and circle the first b if they hear the sound at the beginning of the word. They circle the second b if they hear the sound at the end of the word. They...
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Where Is the Sound of -f?

For Students 1st
In this phonemic awareness worksheet, 1st graders say the word that names each picture and circle the first f if they hear the sound at the beginning of the word. They circle the second f if they hear the sound at the end of the word....