Florida Center for Reading Research
Fluency: Letter-Sound Correspondence, Letter-Sound Mix-Up
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.
Florida Center for Reading Research
Picture the Word
This is an excellent way to make onset and rime visual for beginning readers. They examine CVC-word picture cards that are all missing the first letter. Using plastic letters (or whatever you have), they complete each word and record it...
Curated OER
Hidden Words
For this long vowel E (ie) instructional activity, students print the word for each of the five pictures that contain a long vowel E on the lines provided and then locate and circle each one in a word search puzzle.
Curated OER
Scare the Crows
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.
Curated OER
Long I Sound
In this letter i worksheet, 1st graders will read pictures that have the letter i sound. Students will then trace 8 words before drawing a line from the word to the correct picture it represents.
Curated OER
Phonics: Long O With a Silent E
In this long o with silent e learning exercise, students pronounce twelve pictures and determine if they have a long or short o in them. Students circle their answers.
Curated OER
Long Vowels with Silent 'E'
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...
Curated OER
Phonics: Long U With Silent E
In this long u with silent e worksheet, learners look at eight pictures and add a u and e where they belong to complete each word that names each picture.
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Phonics: Long O With a Silent E
In this long o with a silent e learning exercise, students say what each picture is, write in the o and e to finish each word, trace each word and then read each of the twelve words out loud.
Rock ’N Learn
Ann and Abe – Long A and Short A Vowel Sounds
In this long and short vowel A worksheet, students analyze a puzzle picture in which each piece has a word. Students color the long vowel A words blue and the short vowel A words gray. A secret picture will be revealed.
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Clifford Phonics Fun
Students develop phonemic awareness skills. They recognize consonant sound spellings and distinguish easily confused letter pairs. Students examine common short and long vowel sound spellings. They read stories containing high frequency...
Mari
Word Herd
Practice r-controlled vowels with a phonics game and worksheet. After rolling the dice, kids land on spaces on the game board and then find the matching r-controlled word in their stack of cards.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Family Time: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 5)
Support English language development with a family-themed unit consisting of a series of lessons designed to get your scholars moving, looking, speaking, writing, and listening. Conversation topics...
Texas Center for Learning Disabilities
First-Grade Intervention
Learning how to read is a big challenge for young learners, but this series of lessons provides them with the extra support they need to succeed. With each lesson following the a clearly outlined format, children are introduced...
University of Texas
Essential Reading Strategies for the Struggling Reader
Beneficial for beginning readers, struggling readers, and those in need of review, a set of language arts activities is a great addition to any foundational reading unit. Focusing on phonological awareness, fluency, instructional...
Curated OER
Oh! Let's Go Home
Students distinguish between short vowel o and long vowel o. They are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e pattern that changes short vowel sounds into long vowel sounds. They practice reading and spelling words with the vowel-consonant-e...
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When I am Blue...Long U (ou, ui, ue)
In this long vowel writing worksheet, students read a paragraph about when they are sick. The paragraph has 6 blanks in which students fill in the correct words, which are all located in a word bank at the bottom of the page. These words...
Curated OER
Long E Reading Worksheets
In this long e reading worksheet, students recognize the words that have the long a sound as they read 2 short story selections.
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Long A Reading Worksheets
In this long a reading worksheet, students recognize the words that have the long a sound as they read 2 short story selections.
Curated OER
Short A Puzzle Game
In this short A puzzle game worksheet, learners match 24 short A words with the pictures on puzzle pieces that the teacher has printed, cut and laminated.
Curated OER
Phonics Jeopardy
In this phonics PowerPoint, 1st graders participate in a game show similar to "Jeopardy" in which they identify pictures that have a beginning sound corresponding to the given vowel pattern, blend, or digraph.
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Phonics
In this writing exercise worksheet, students sound out 6 pictures containing words with a long i with a silent e in them. Students write each word our or use them in a sentence. Students create one example on their own.
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Short Vowels With Clifford
Phonetic masters identify and recognize short vowel sounds by reading and listening to a story that highlights select words. They use picture clues to aid comprehension and construct a story by actively choosing and identifying...
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Phonics Jeopardy Grade Two
This phonics review PowerPoint provides second grade students with an interactive review of phonics. Playing a "Jeopardy" game enables students to review concepts such as long vowels, blends and digraphs. This is an interactive and fun...