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Variation on Making Words
Learners copy the letters ABEDREF onto their strip of paper and cut the ltters out.
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Sounding out accuracy, Word Potato
Learning to sound out CVC words can be fun, when you turn skills practice into a game. Kids play "Hot Potato" by passing a bucket filled with phonetically regular words on cards. When the music stops, students choose a word and sound it...
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Initial Consonant Cluster
For this grammar worksheet, students read and identify squ- words and then, recognize that sq (and q) are always followed by u. They also read a story and highlight all the words that begin with squ. Finally, students complete a...
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Guided Reading: Shapes Where We Play
Students discover shapes on a playground. In this guided reading lesson, students discover new vocabulary words related to shapes as they read Shapes Where We Play. In small groups, students use picture clues and one to one matching to...
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Reintroduce /kn/
Students practice reading words with the kn pattern. In this phonics lesson, students review the sound kn makes. Students then play a game to reinforce the correct use of the kn spelling pattern.
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Long Vowels Chart
In this phonics worksheet, students learn the spelling patterns for long vowels and combinations by analyzing the long vowels chart. Students see the different ways to spell the long vowel sounds and notice words with that spelling...
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Made You Mad
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. ...
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Sounding out accuracy, Musical Chairs
Here is a great spin on the classic game, Musical Chairs! Instead of fighting to get the last chair when the music stops, learners will need to read a CVC word to stay in the game. They walk around, whoever is near the word bucket when...
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Mr. Cloak Loads his Boat with Oats
First graders distinguish between the sounds for short vowel o and long vowel o. They are introduced to the vowel patterns that comprise long vowel sounds, with a particular emphasis on /oa/. They practice reading and identifying a...
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Meet Lee, the Sleepy Bee
First graders distinguish between the different ways to create the sound for long vowel e. They are introduced to the vowel patterns that comprise long vowel sounds. They practice reading and spelling a variety of words containing the...
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Here is Santa
In this holiday reading worksheet, students learn the sight word "here" by making a book about Santa. Students staple the 8 pages, color and read the book which has the repetitious pattern of "Here is my list," "Here is my ___."
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"eat" Word Family Alphabetical Order
In this alphabetical order learning exercise, students study a list of 11 words in a word box that all have the "eat" spelling pattern. Students alphabetize the words.
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Vocabulary Building Activity: Short a
For this vocabulary skills worksheet, students examine the words damp, match, track, trap, pattern, insects, and travel. Students use the words in a memory activity, a word scramble activity, and a sentence writing activity.
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Vocabulary Building Activity: Words With "or"
For this vocabulary worksheet, students learn the spelling and meaning of six words with the "or" pattern. Students spell the words in dictation, unscramble the letters in the words and use them in sentences.
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Long Vowel Sounds "i-e"
In this long vowel sounds "i-e" worksheet, 2nd graders look at four pictures, read the clues and guess what the word is that fits the "i-e" pattern.
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List of Word Cards
For this sight words worksheet, students cut out and study 50 flashcards. The words are common sight words and follow no specific spelling pattern.
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CVC Words: a
In this CVC pattern worksheet, 1st graders add the missing letters to each word that follows the consonant-vowel-consonant pattern. The vowel is the letter "a." Students then read each word and draw a picture for it.
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Spelling List B-12
In this spelling worksheet, students write each of 16 words two times. This list contains words with the -ew pattern, sight words, and academic vocabulary.
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Ew Words
In this phonics instructional activity, 3rd graders focus on the -ew spelling pattern. Students use a numbered code corresponding to the letters of the alphabet to decode 15 -ew words.
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Review of "-ea-"
In this sentence writing worksheet, students read 5 words that contain the vowel pattern "-ea". Students write a sentence using each word. Note: The words are capitalized even though they are common nouns.
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International Phonetic Alphabet: Diphthongs
In this diphthong review worksheet, students record as many words as they can think of that have the ai vowel sound. A chart is provided.
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Sing Your Way Through Phonics Lesson Plan
Students read words containing the dipthongs ow, ou, oi, and oy. They write and spell words containing the dipthongs ow, ou, oi, and oy.
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Animal Adventures: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 6)
This packet, the third in the series of support materials for the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt thematic units on animal adventures, contains skill-building activities designed for learners who need extra support mastering the...
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Anansi and the Tug o' War
Combine art, math, language arts, drama, and delicious Jell-o with a instructional activity based on the African folktale Anansi and the Tug o' War. Kids make predictions and discuss plot points of the story before joining in...