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Short Vowels: Read and Color
In this short vowel learning exercise, students read words inside of pictures that have a short vowel sound, then use a color key to color correctly. Worksheet contains links to additional activities.
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A's Baseball
First graders distinguish between short vowel a and long vowel a. They are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e pattern that changes short vowel sounds into long vowel sounds. They practice reading words with the vowel-consonant-e pattern.
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O No!
First graders distinguish between short vowel a and long vowel O. They are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e pattern that changes short vowel sounds into long vowel sounds. They practice spelling words with the vowel-consonant-e pattern.
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Spare Square
In this recognizing the -are words instructional activity, learners read one syllable words in squares, identify those with the same vowel sound as square, and color them. Students color 8 squares.
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Catchin' Air
In this identifying words with -air sound worksheet, learners observe rows of balls with words and color the balls with the same vowel sound as chair. Students color 5 balls.
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Jake Makes Cake
Students distinguish between short vowel a and long vowel a. They are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e pattern that changes short vowel sounds into long vowel sounds. They practice changing words to long vowel sounds by adding an...
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Ned's Red Guitars
In this phonics practice activity, learners examine 10 words that have "ea" in them. Students color the guitars with the long e sound red and those with the long a sound gray.
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Bud And June
In this letter u worksheet, 1st graders will focus on both the long and short vowel sound. Students will study 8 pictures and write the word below each picture on the lines provided.
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Word Building
In this long vowel instructional activity, 1st graders will focus on the long o sound. Students will study 6 pictures and choose the beginning, middle, and end sound for each before writing the words on the lines provided.
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International Phonetic Alphabet: Diphthongs
In this diphthong review learning exercise, students record as many words as they can think of that have the ai vowel sound. A chart is provided.
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Put Out the Fire
In this phonics practice worksheet, students examine 10 words and then follow the directions to identify the words that have the same vowel sound as the word fire.
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Ned's Red Guitars – More Sounds of "ea"
In this vowel sounds worksheet, students analyze 14 pictures of guitars with long or short vowel A words printed in them. Students color red all guitars that have the same vowel sound as Ned's name. Students color gray all guitars that...
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The Scary, Creaky Door
Students recognize the short vowel e in written and spoken language. Through listening and matching activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /e/ from other phonemes. Students identify the phoneme and letter in pictures using a...
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Long and Short Vowel O
In this vowel activity, students sort pictures according to their vowel sound, either long or short o, writing the words beneath the correct label. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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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.
Kelly's Kindergarten
April Daily Resources
Spring has sprung in your classroom! An entire month of activities relating to spring prompts learners to color, draw, write, and work on phonics.
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Y Long I Word Search NWB
In this word search worksheet, students locate the long i words that are spelling with the letter y. Students list the words on the back of the worksheet.
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Say It. Write It or Make Sentences: Long O Words
For this long O worksheet, students say the name of 6 pictures. Students write the word on the primary lines and use it in a sentence. All words have long O sound.
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Short e, Long e Spelling Activity
In this spelling activity worksheet, students rewrite the words with short e and long e sounds on the lines. Students spell 20 words.
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Long U Words Printing Practice and Sentence Writing
In this language arts instructional activity, students examine 4 words in a word bank which all have long U sounds. Students trace, then write the words. Students then use 2 of the words in a sentence.
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Shy Tyrone
For this identifying long and short i words instructional activity, students cut pictures with words using the long and short i vowels and paste them in categories according to their sounds. Students solve 8 problems.
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What A Day!
In this completing sentences learning exercise, students fill in the blanks with long o words and then circle those word pictures hidden in a scene. Students write 10 answers.
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Crazy Crossword
For this recognizing long i words crossword instructional activity, students use the word box of "ie" words and the across and down clues to complete the crossword puzzle. Students write 8 answers.
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Hay Day
In this phonics practice learning exercise, students examine five riddles and answer each with the appropriate long a-word. Picture clues are provided.