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...

For this sounds of y practice worksheet, students discover that y can be a consonant or a vowel as they respond to 15 questions.

First graders practice their letter and word recognition skills. In this initial and final sounds lesson, 1st graders participate in a classroom activity that requires them to blend phonemes into spoken words and sound out multisyllable...

Students explore the blending of individual sounds to make words and, using visuals and manipulatives, equate this process to the hooking up of railroad cars to make a train. They link individual letters/sounds to make short words.

In this phonics worksheet, 1st graders play tic-tac-toe while they practice reading words with short vowel sounds. Students cut Xs and Os to match with short vowel words on the game board.

In this phonics worksheet, students practice reading a group of words with short vowel sounds while playing tic-tac-toe. Students cut out x's and o's to match with the words on the game board.

For this phonics worksheet, 1st graders play tic-tac-toe while they practice reading words with short vowel sounds. Students match Xs and Os to short vowel words on the game board.

In this phonics worksheet, 1st graders practice reading words with short vowels and cvc pattern while playing tic-tac-toe. Students cut out Xs and Os to match with words on their game board.

In this phonics worksheet, 1st graders play tic-tac-toe while they practice reading words with cvc and cvcc pattern. Students cut out Xs and Os to match with short vowel words on the game board.

Here is a perfect activity for all your kinesthetic learners. They practice long and short vowel discrimination as they hang out the paper articles of clothing on a clothes line. They each take turns pulling word clothes out of a pretend...

There is one object that doesn't belong in each of these sets. Scholars circle the one that doesn't rhyme, listening for the /o/ vowel sound (long and short) in the others. They connect two of the objects to printing practice,...

Students explore the long /I/ sound as it is used in 'i_e' words. They recite a long /I/ tongue twister and use letterboxes to practice spelling 'i_e' words. In groups, they read a book with several long /I/ words and identify pictures...

Students recognize the long "e" sound, and identify it in spoken words by learning letter symbols. Students participate in role playing and tongue twisters to learn the long "e" sound. By learning phenomes, students are taking the...

Young scholars complete a variety of activities related to the long /e/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, and write the letter E. Students then listen to word pairs and identify the word in each pair that contains the...

Learners complete a variety of activities related to the long /e/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then trace and write the letter E. Students then play a concentration type game, listen to the book "Lee and the Team,"...

Learners are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e patter that changes short vowel sounds into long vowel sounds. They distinguish between the short vowel sound for o and the long vowel sound for o. Students practice reading and spelling...

Students explore the phoneme for the vowel-consonant-silent e grapheme. They recognize the silent "e" at the end of words and practice speaking them. Students say words, spell them, and say tongue twisters with the vowel differences. ...

Young readers distinguish between the sounds for short vowel e and long vowel e. They are introduced to the vowel patterns that comprise long vowel sounds, with emphasis on /ea/. They practice reading and spelling a variety of words that...

Students distinguish between the sounds for short vowel a and long vowel a. They are introduced to the vowel patterns that comprise long vowel sounds, with a particular emphasis on vowel-consonant-e pattern. They practice reading and...

Students practice reading words with vowel patterns that change the sound of the vowel. After reviewing the short vowel sound /a/, they are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e pattern that changes the short vowel sound into a long vowel...

Second graders participate in guided reading and writing experience in this set of five lessons. They complete a picture walk of Michael Rosen's, We're Going on a Bear Hunt before listening to the story and retelling it. Working with a...

Learning to read can be exhilarating for some pupils, but for others, it's difficult to get past the frustration of not knowing how to read a particular word. A tutoring resource provides several ways to guide class members into...

In this word search worksheet, learners find the hidden 'y' words within the word search puzzle. Students use the word bank to help them locate the 16 words.

In this long vowel O activity, students determine which shapes on the page contain words with the long vowel O sound. Then, they cut them out and glue them together on another piece of paper to create a scarecrow.