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Theo and His Thirty Thirsty Brothers

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students recognize the digraph /th/ in both spoken and written words. They read and spell words containing /th/ digraph. They read "Changes in Seasons" by Eizabeth Sengel and make a list of the words containing /th/ digraph.
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Bo Knows "O"

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e patter that changes short vowel sounds into long vowel sounds. They distinguish between the short vowel o and long vowel o. Students practice reading and spelling words with the...
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Segmenting and Blending Words

For Teachers K
Pupils are introduced to the concept of segmentation and blending of words. As a class, they are shown various words and are asked to determine the amount of letters and sounds in each. To end the lesson, they participate in a guessing...
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Short A and Short O

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this short a and short o instructional activity, students match pictures to words that have the short a and short o in them. Students complete 15 matches total.
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Cookie Crisp Howl

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students are introduced to the vowel pattern that produces the /oo/ sound in words. Through matching, listening, and spelling activities, students recognize the phoneme /oo/ and it's placement in words. They write a message using words...
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Hi, My Name is A

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Pupils 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 vowel-consonant-e pattern.
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I Say You Say

For Teachers K
Students practice switching initial consonant sounds to make rhyming words. They identify the difference between rhyming words is in the initial sound. Students practice various rhyming phrases and create their own rhyming pairs.
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Word Lists

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this Language Arts worksheet, learners read 5 lists of three to four letter words. The lists are groups by consonant-vowel combination.
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I'm going to chase you

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify the digraphs in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion of the combinations of /c/ and /h/ that comprise the /ch/ digraph, 1st graders practice identifying initial and final placement of the digraph...
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Matching Words and Pictures

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this matching words and pictures worksheet, students enter the number for the word that matches each picture, checks the answers and goes to the next letter (from A to Z).
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Word Match

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In this spelling worksheet, learners spell the first word by looking at the picture. Then, students write the same letters in the boxes on the line below it, except the boxes with a letter already in it. Learners read the new words and...
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Picture Word Match

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In this spelling worksheet, young scholars spell the first word by looking at the picture. Then, students write the same letters in the boxes on the line below it, except the boxes with a letter already in it. Young scholars read the new...
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Introduce /X/

For Teachers K
Students repeat the letter x sound following teacher modeling. In this phonics lesson, students brainstorm words that begin with the /x/ sound and say the sound as the letter is pointed out among a set. Students continue recognition and...
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Mind Reader

For Teachers 1st
First graders engage in a game which helps them recognize the word wall words. In this word lesson, 1st graders are given clues to follow, to determine the word on the wall. Students are assessed based on teacher observations. Students...
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'U / Magic E' Missing Vowels

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this missing vowels instructional activity, students study the given letters and fill in the missing vowels for the 'u magic e' words. Students spell 15 words.
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'O / Magic E' Missing Vowels

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this missing vowels worksheet, students study the given letters and fill in the missing vowels for the 'o magic e' words. Students spell 20 words.
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'AY' Decoder

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this spelling codes worksheet, students use the code box of numbers and letters to decode the numbers and spell 'ay' words. Students spell 20 words.
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Consonants and Vowels

For Students K - 2nd
In this phonics learning exercise, learners look at letters in squares and color those that contain consonants one colors, and vowels a different color. Correct answers solve a riddle.
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Opera Singer

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel o in written and spoken language. Through listening and decoding activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /o/ from other phonemes. Students identify the phoneme and letter in pseudo words they read.
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Don't Wake Mama

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students identify the digraph /sh/ in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion of the independent and combined sounds of the phonemes /s/ and /h/ students practice identifying initial and final placement of the new digraph...
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It's O-o-o-obvious That You're Sick

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students experience the phonemes and map spellings of the short vowel /o/ sounds in spoken words. They practice matching letters to phonemes to identify the /o/ representations and letter symbols in words. Students work with the Dr....
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Icky Fingers

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners are introduced to digraphs so they can match letters to their phonemes. They recognize the short vowel i=/i/ in both spoken and written words by practicing reading and spelling words containing /i/. Elkonin Letter Boxes are...
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O No!

For Teachers 1st
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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Yummy in My Tummy

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars explore phonemes in spoken words. They discuss the correspondence u=/u/. Students identify a meaningful representation for the phoneme and practice identifying /u/ in both written and spoken words. Young scholars learn a...