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Long -oo and Short -oo
When two Os are put together in a word, a long -oo or a short -oo sound are produced. Learners examine two slides that have pictures and decide if the word depicted has the long -oo or short -oo sound. Examples are: football, hood, and...
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Scanning Worksheet-Catullus 58
Your advanced Latin learners mark the metrical pattern in Catullus 58, a poem written by Catullus concerning his love and hatred of Lesbia. Spend time translating the poem so your learners have a complete understanding of the passage.
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Y (long i) Decoder
In this phonics word decoder instructional activity, students use their problem solving skills and the decoder key to decode 16 sets of numbers in order to form 16 long i words.
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'Ow' (long o) Decoder
In this phonics word decoder worksheet, students use their problem solving skills and the decoder key to decode 20 sets of letters in order to form 20 long o words.
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Making Sense of Decoding and Spelling
Go over digraphs, vowel sounds, and affixes with a series of decoding and spelling lessons. Each lesson guides learners through a different reading and phonics skill, building on the lesson before, and challenging them with each step.
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Mike and Mick: Long I and Short I Vowel Sounds
In this long and short I vowels activity, students analyze 12 pictures and label them with words that contain vowel I. Students color the long vowel pictures and circle the short vowel pictures.
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Sound the Foghorn
Students complete a variety of activities related to the long /u/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then trace and write the letter U. Students then listen to pairs of words and identify which word contains the long /u/...
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Long and Short Vowel O
In this long and short vowel O worksheet, students analyze the words inside pencil shapes and color the short vowels blue and the long vowels orange.
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Vocabulary Building Activity: Two Letter Long Vowels
For this vocabulary skills worksheet, 1st graders examine the words go, no, me, we, and going. Students use the words in a memory activity, a word scramble activity, and a spelling activity.
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Color and Read Long Vowel Words
In this long vowel learning exercise, students read and color 8 words with long vowel sounds. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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'Ow' (Long o) Crossword
For this phonics crossword puzzle worksheet, learners use the 10 clues in order to complete the word puzzle with the appropriate long o words.
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'Oo' (Long u) Crossword
In this phonics crossword puzzle worksheet, students use the 10 clues in order to complete the word puzzle with the appropriate long u words.
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Home Spelling Practice: Grade 6: Short U, Long U
In this spelling worksheet, learners learn to spell a list of 20 words that have the sound of short or long vowel U. Students write the words one time. There are additional suggestions on the page for at-home activities.
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Sorting long a words
In this long a words worksheet, students fill in the blank with words that have a long a sound in it. Students fill in the blank to 6 sentences.
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Long o
For this long o worksheet, students copy the words given to them with the long o sound. Students copy 6 long o words onto the lines.
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1st Grade Spelling: Long "e"
In this 1st grade home connection spelling practice worksheet, 1st graders examine 6 spelling words that feature the long "e" sound. Students write the words 1 time each.
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1st Grade Spelling: Long "o"
In this 1st grade home connection spelling practice instructional activity, 1st graders examine 6 spelling words that feature the long "o" sound. Students write the words 1 time each.
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Word Family - Long Vowel 'E'
For this ea words worksheet, students trace and write ea words that make the long vowel e sound. Students trace and write 18 words total.
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Long E Word Match Up
In this long e word instructional activity, students match a set of 8 long e words to their corresponding pictures. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Long U Words
In this long u word worksheet, learners draw lines to match pictures to their long u word names. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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The Creaky Door Says "ehhhh"
Study the long vowel sound /e/, as in a creaky door noise. Children repeat the sound and learn a chant. They use letters in letterboxes to make words with the /e/ sound before reading a book and writing a message about their favorite...
Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk, University of Texas at Austin
Lesson 7 - Letter Combinations
Individually, letters have their own sounds, but when combined with other letters, those sounds completely change. Introduce letter combinations with a lesson that asks learners to search for combinations in familiar words and use oral...
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Bud and June
In this identifying words with short and long "u" sounds worksheet, students observe pictures, write their names, and count the short and long "u" words. Students write 10 answers.
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Oh Deer!
In this identifying the long o sound words activity, learners observe a puzzle with words written on each piece, color the words with long o sounds brown, and the remaining words green. Students color 17 puzzle pieces.