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Florida Center for Reading Research

Phonics, Letter-Sound Correspondence: Letter Bag

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
An activity focuses on final sounds sorting. Scholars pull objects out of a bag, identify what letter sound the object ends with, then draw the picture under the appropriate column.
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Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Phonics: Letter Recognition, Alphabet Tiles Name Sort

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Beginning readers practice identifying alphabet letters using upper and lower case letter tiles. Each class member is given a T-chart, letter tiles, and a name card. They then separate the letter tiles in their name from those not in...
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Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Phonics: Letter-Sound Correspondence, Letter-Sound Folder Sort

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Practice letter-sound correspondence using an activity that challenges pupils to sort images based on their final sounds. Pairs choose four final sounds to place in an open file folder, take turns selecting image cards, pronouncing the...
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Curated OER

Practicing Letters W and X

For Students Pre-K - K Standards
Match initial phonemes to practice recognizing the sounds made by the letters w and x. Early readers circle all of the objects that begin with either an x or a w, then trace each letter several times. Try a fun variation by having...
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Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Phonics: Letter-Sound Correspondence, Letter-Sound Place Mats

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Young scholars create personalized place mats as they learn about initial sounds. Using construction paper, they stamp their names using letter stamps. Scholars examine print resources and cut out pictures with the same initial sound as...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Reintroduce /x/

For Teachers K
What words end with /x/? Unite several alphabet concepts as scholars learn all about the letter x. After identifying it, they listen to you pronounce the /x/ sound and try it themselves (use these tips to explain how you do this)....
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Curated OER

Genki Phonics: Letter x

For Students 1st
In this letter x instructional activity, 1st graders study the mini arrows to learn the stroke pattern for the letter x. Students then fill in the missing letter x for the words x-ray and xbox.
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Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Recognizing Letters

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Boost letter recognition with an activity that challenges young scholars to match a plastic letter to one printed on a card. 
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Alphabet Worksheet: Printing the Letter X

For Students K - 2nd
In this letter X instructional activity, students trace the uppercase and lowercase letter X. They then color 2 items that begin with the letter X.
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Kiz Club

"X" Sound

For Students K - 1st Standards
X marks the spot, and the end of several of the words on this page. Given matching images and the first two letters of each word, learners write in the final sound of each word. They circle the words than end in X.
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Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Fluency: Letter-Sound Correspondence, Letter-Sound Mix-Up

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
Scholars time each other as they work through a sheet of all 26 letters. They test each other to see how many letters sounds they can identify in one minute.
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Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Fluency: Letter-Sound Correspondence, Letter Flash

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Scholars work in pairs to drill and practice alphabet sounds, keeping track of their progress on a chart. Working one at a time, each partner flips letter cards, saying the sound and letter. If they get it correct, it goes in the YES...
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Curated OER

Beginning Sounds: X,Y,Z

For Students K
In this phonics worksheet, students will trace the letters x, y, and z two times each. Then students will write the beginning sound for 6 pictures.
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Curated OER

Genki Phonics: Letter X

For Students 1st
In this letter X worksheet, 1st graders study the arrows to learn the stroke pattern for the uppercase letter X. Students then fill in the missing X for the words x-ray and xbox.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Letter Xx Worksheet

For Students 1st - 3rd
For this alphabet letter Xx worksheet, students practice the initial sound recognition of letter Xx, trace and write the letter Xx ten times each, write the initial letter of seven pictures and draw a picture of an item containing the...
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Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Fluency, Letter-Sound Correspondence, Make a Match

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
An activity tests the fluency skills of young readers. Scholars match initial sound cards to letter cards. Pairs take turns and work to locate the most matches before the timer goes off. The activity ends with a peer evaluation.
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Curated OER

Letter Sounds

For Students Pre-K - K
In this sounds learning exercise, students circle the pictures that begin with the given letters. The letters include h, v, x, j, y, and g.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Upper And Lower Case Ee- The Short E Sound

For Students K - 1st
In this phonics and printing practice activity, students analyze 3 pictures in each row. Students circle each picture that begins with short E sound, and make an X on each picture that does not. Students make 1 example of upper and lower...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Fun Fonix: Say it. Find it. Write it. X it.

For Students K - 1st
In this phonics instructional activity, students respond to 6 questions by saying the word represented in the picture, finding the word from the wordbank at the bottom of the page, writing the word, and placing an X over the word in the...
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Curated OER

Letter/Word Recognition Activity Sheet

For Students K - 1st
In this letter recognition instructional activity, students name the given letters and practice their sounds. Students also read the five given sentences and say six sight words.
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Curated OER

Letter x- Printing Practice and Beginning Sounds

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this Xx printing practice and beginning sound worksheet, students place the letter x in front of the letters given for each of 3 words. They say the completed words after looking at the associated pictures.
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Curated OER

Vowels and Consonants

For Students K - 1st
Now that your scholars know the alphabet, make sure they understand that not all letters are the same! Explore the difference between vowels and consonants...not to mention that pesky y. Learners say the alphabet out loud and observe...
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Curated OER

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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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Introduce /d/

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Give youngsters a better grasp of the letter d by combining letter sounds, pronunciation, recognition, and word examples. Scholars examine the letter shape then listen to you make the /d/ sound and try it on their own. Kids brainstorm...