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Ouch! I have a booboo

For Teachers 1st
First graders recognize the short vowel o in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /u/ spelled ou from the short vowel /u/ spelled u. Students associate the phoneme with its letter...
Lesson Plan
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Eerie Exits

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel e in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the short vowel /e/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and...
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Go Fish

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ from other vowel phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation in a story...
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Icky Sticky

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel i in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /i/ from other phonemes. Students identify the phoneme and letter in pseudo words they read.
Lesson Plan
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Can You Open the Creaky Door?

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners recognize the short vowel e in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /e/ from other phonemes. Students identify the phoneme and letter in words and pictures.
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Open Wide

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel o in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /o/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation in...
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Open Wide and Say Ahh

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel o in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /o/ from other phonemes. Students identify the phoneme and letter in words and pictures.
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Ike's Ice Cream is Icy

For Teachers K - 1st
Students 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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The Cat Ate My Apple

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the phoneme for the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through a variety of activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter...
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I Am Tired

For Teachers 1st
First graders recognize the short vowel o in written and spoken language. Through listening and matching activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /o/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation...
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Crying Baby Sound

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /a/ from other phonemes. Students identify the phoneme and letter in words from the story...
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Icky Sticky Tin Man

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel i in written and spoken language. Through listening and matching activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /i/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and...
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Open Up and Say /o/

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel o in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /o/ from other phonemes. Students identify the phoneme and letter in words and pictures.
Worksheet
Rock ’N Learn

Ann and Abe – Long A and Short A Vowel Sounds

For Students 1st - 2nd
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.
Worksheet
Rock ’N Learn

Mike and Mick: Long I and Short I Vowel Sounds

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this long and short I vowels instructional 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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Hi, My Name is A

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars 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 decoding pseudo words with the...
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Wade Swayed At the Masquerade

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Pupils practice reading words with vowel patterns that change the sound of the vowel. After reviewing the short vowel sound /a/, they are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e pattern that changes the short vowel sound into a long vowel...
Unit Plan
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Phonics and Decoding Strategies for Struggling Readers Using Core Knowledge Poem

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students complete multiple activities to help them hear sounds, syllables, and spell words with vowel patterns, digraphs, or blends. In this word sounds lesson, students use letter tiles, sort words cards, analyze poems, and play a bingo...
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I Ate Grape Cake

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students distinguish between the sounds for short vowel a and long vowel a. They are introduced to the vowel patterns that comprise long vowel sounds, with a particular emphasis on vowel-consonant-e pattern. They practice reading and...
Activity
Mari

Word Herd

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
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.
Worksheet
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The ee Sound

For Students K - 1st Standards
When two vowels take a walk, the first one does the talking! Scholars see this motto put to use as they study the /ee/ sound in various spelling patterns. Learners read a short introduction on this concept before reading several example...
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Icky Insect Is In Icky Sticky Ink

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Practice the strategy of letter-sound correspondence when identifying the short vowel /i/ sound in written and spoken words. The teacher recites the tongue twister "Icky insect is in icky sticky ink," while listeners repeat. Letter boxes...
PPT
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CVC Words

For Teachers K - 1st
The -ap word family includes many members. This colorful PowerPoint shows five words ending in -ap; each slide also includes a great image to match the word. After viewing this slide show, ask your class to share more examples of -ap words.
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Don't Punch Too Hard

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars recognize the short vowel u in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /u/ from other phonemes. Students identify the phoneme and letter in words and pictures.