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Using Starfall to Review the Short A Sound

For Teachers K - 1st
Students read a story with the short a sound. The story is about a rat. They access Starfall and select the story called Zac the Rat. They read the story out loud as a group then the students answer comprehension and skill questions...
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Home Spelling Practice: Grade 6: Short U, Long U

For Students 5th - 6th
In this spelling worksheet, students 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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Vowel Sounds -- Short Aa Words

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this short a word search worksheet, students locate and circle the 20 word that have short a in them in the word search puzzle.
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On-Level Small Group Phonics Lesson: ea /e/

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore /e/. In this phonics lesson, students decode words with "ea" representing the short e sound. Students read sentences and a short book that includes "ea" word practice.
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Home Spelling Practice: Grade 6: Short O, Long O

For Students 5th - 6th
In this spelling worksheet, students learn to spell a list of 20 words that have the sound of either short O or long O. Students write the words one time each. There are additional at-home spelling activities listed.
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Short A and Short O

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this short a and short o worksheet, students match pictures to words that have the short a and short o in them. Students complete 15 matches total.
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Word with the Short I Sound Word Search Puzzle

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this short i sound worksheet, students locate and circle the 20 words that have the short i sound in the word search puzzle.
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Beginning and Ending Sounds Springtime Bouquet: Short E

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this beginning and ending sounds worksheet, students fill in the letter blanks in each of the 7 words with the short e sound to make the 7 words match the pictures that go with them.
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Short e

For Students K - 1st
In this short e worksheet, learners copy the words given to them containing the short e sound. Students copy 6 words with the short e sound.
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Short E Words: Spelling Connection Grade 2

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this spelling worksheet, students analyze the words in a maze of shapes. Kids connect the short E words. Students then fill in the missing letters in ten short E words.
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CVC Cloze: Middle e

For Students K - 2nd
In this CVC cloze activity instructional activity, students fill in the blanks in 10 sentences with CVC words that have the short e sound. Students also list as many other CVC words with the short e sound as possible.
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Learning Short a and Long a sounds

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners recognize the difference between the short a sound and the long a sound, then compile a list of words containing short a and long a sounds.
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Short I Word Search

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this word search puzzle, students search for nine one and two-syllable, short /i/ words. The puzzle, a seven-by-seven matrix, contains words like pin, fin, wig, kitten, six, zipper, dish, and lip. Pictures are placed above the words...
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Vocabulary Building Activity: Short A

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this short a vocabulary building worksheet, learners write the short a spelling words, unscramble the words, find the words written incorrectly and rewrite with the correct spelling.
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Vocabulary Building For Short "u"

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this vocabulary building for short "u" worksheet, students write the words after hearing them, unscramble the words and rewrites misspelled words.
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Short U Word Search

For Students K - 2nd
Learners in this language arts activity examine a picture word bank of nine words with a short /u/. Students locate the words in the easy word search puzzle.
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How Many Feet Will We Meet?

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Emerging speakers distinguish between the sounds for short vowel /e/ and long vowel /e/. They are introduced to the vowel patterns that comprise the long vowel sounds, with emphasis on /ee/. They practice reading and spelling a variety...
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To the Sea

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Improve pronunciation and phonemic awareness in your first and second graders! With this plan, they distinguish between the sounds for short vowel e and long vowel e. They are introduced to the vowel patterns that comprise long vowel...
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Phonics Instruction: Long Vowel Sound, Silent E

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Young scholars explore language arts by participating in a class word identification game. In this phonics lesson, students read several words in class and identify the different sounds between short and long vowel words. Young scholars...
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Bee a Reader

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Use a fun tongue twister to help your class remember the /ee/ sound! With this lesson, they distinguish between the sounds for short vowel e and long vowel e. They are introduced to the vowel patterns that comprise long vowel sounds,...
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I Scream You Scream We All Scream for Ice Cream!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
Use letter boxes and example words to help kids distinguish between the sounds for short vowel e and long vowel e. They are introduced to the vowel patterns that comprise long vowel sounds, with a particular emphasis on /ea/. They...
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Shake With A

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Use letter boxes and letter tiles (d,a,y,l,p,w,k,f,r,i,t,s,b,c,I) to help your class 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...
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The Squeaky Door

For Teachers 2nd Standards
Young readers distinguish between the sounds for short vowel e and long vowel e. They are introduced to the vowel patterns that comprise long vowel sounds, with emphasis on /ea/. They practice reading and spelling a variety of words that...
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Vocabulary Building Activity - Short e Words

For Students 2nd
In this vocabulary building worksheet, 2nd graders write a list of 7 short e words as the teacher dictates them. They unscramble the words and write sentences using each one.