Curated OER
What Do You See at the Pond?
With What Do You See at the Pond?, young readers explore pond life and practice reading strategies. Learners first make predictions and then read the simple story independently. After a second read-through with a partner, kids come...
Curated OER
Ike's Ice Cream is Icy
Learners recognize the short vowel i in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the short vowel /i/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and...
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First Day of School
Primary learners complete pre reading, writing, during reading, and interdisciplinary activities for the book First Day of School. They will complete journal entries, answer short answer questions, have discussions, and much...
Curated OER
Which Letter Comes First?
In this literacy worksheet, students find the pictures that correlate to the words and they also decide which letter to begin the spelling of each word.
Curated OER
"Name Those Vowels"
Help your class recognize the capital and lower-case forms of the five vowels. They will learn how to make capital and lower-case forms of the vowels and all the rules surrounding vowels. Fun songs and activities are included. Links to...
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Identify Base Words and Suffixes to Read Multisyllabic Words #1
Show your scholars how adding an affix changes the entire meaning of a word; they focus on the suffix -able. You'll find a complete script here, but if you don't want to read this verbatim, use it simply as an outline. Learners...
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Alphabet Organizer
Students practice organizing their vocabulary words in an online organizer tool. In this vocabulary lesson, students read a text and take notes. Additionally, students organize their vocabulary words into an online "Alphabet Organizer"...
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We’re Going on a Bear Hunt
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...
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Growing Seeds
In this science worksheet, students read 5 different scenarios with varied growing conditions for plants. Students make a prediction for each: Will it grow a little, grow a lot, or not grow at all?
Curated OER
Back To School Crossword
In this reading worksheet, students analyze 10 words which pertain to Back to school time. Students read clues and fit the words in the crossword puzzle.
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Web-Based Practice
Students explore technology by participating in a word structure activity. In this grammar lesson, students utilize the Writing Center computer software to practice keyboarding while identifying word formations in class. Students...
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Fluency is Fantastic
Students, through teacher modeling and guided activities, practice their word decoding and blending skills in order to become more fluent readers. Reading aloud to a partner, they practice reading smoothly and with expression.
St. Charles Place Education Foundation
Reading Bear: Long E Lesson
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate long /e/ in them. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound out words, see...
St. Charles Place Education Foundation
Reading Bear: Long E Quiz
This site is an interactive quiz to assess knowledge of words that incorporate long /e/ in them. The quiz is designed to follow the "Reading Bear: long e" lesson.
Starfall
Starfall: Picture Hunt: Y as Long E
Become a better reader with this interactive game. Hunt for pictures words with Y as a long E sound.
Rock ’N Learn
Rock 'N Learn: Ned and Pete: Long E (With Silent E) and Short E Sounds
This printable vowel letter learning exercise from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Students will identify and distinguish between words that contain short /e/ and long /e/. An answer key and...
Roy the Zebra
Roy the Zebra: Reading Games: Long Vowel Phonemes
A game where players can create words with the long "e" sound created by a double "e."
Roy the Zebra
Roy the Zebra: Reading Games: Long Vowel Phonemes: Words With the "Ea" Sound
Download this free interactive game to help a baby bird fly with her friends by building words that use the phoneme "ea" to create the long "e" sound.
Vocabulary Spelling City
Vocabulary Spelling City: Read a Word: Long O With a Final E
Practice reading one-syllable long-vowel words with a final -e. The focus of this game is on the long "o" sound.
St. Charles Place Education Foundation
Reading Bear: Y and More Lesson
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate "y" to form words with the long /e/. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Works from famous artists...
St. Charles Place Education Foundation
Reading Bear: Y and More Quiz
This site is an interactive quiz to assess knowledge of long /e/ with the letter "y". The quiz is designed to follow the "Reading Bear: y and more" lesson.
Rock ’N Learn
Rock 'N Learn: Maze Madness: Silent E
This printable consonant blends worksheet from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Students will follow long vowel words that end in silent "e" to complete a maze. An answer key and lesson extension...
Roy the Zebra
Roy the Zebra: Reading Games: Long Vowel Phonemes
A free downloadable interactive game. Help a baby bird fly by making words with a long "a" sound and a silent "e."
St. Charles Place Education Foundation
Reading Bear: U E Lesson
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate the silent e to form the long /u/. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound...